First Manned Aerobatic RACING Drone - Will it FLIP? 😲

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We go to Europe to see DCL's new, and the world's first manned aerobatic racing drone. This 12-motor, 24-battery giant drone carries a person and is a prototype for their future manned multirotor racing.
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[@michaeltapp7691]

Human: makes drone to enable aircraft to be unmanned Also human: pUtS hUmaN iN thE dRonE

[@danielmonge2318]

puts a human that doesn''t know how to pilot it at all. Duh

[@robertjohnson8250]

for travel purposes, not operation.... it's the only actual way we'll ever have "Flying Cars"

[@Langor]

Also human: calls it droneuber and gets to various destinations that way, avoiding traffic

[@matticus3877]

12:08 Tries to give a high-five to the FPV "blind guy" lmao

[@benjaminsteep5691]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA good catch how has no one liked this had me dying!!

[@frog1443]

and 18:22

[@hieroglyph321]

LOOOOOOOOOOL

[@bmw328igearhead]

If Ryan Seacrest can do it to a real blind guy....

[@GoForGold256]

So the “manned” bit was click bait The drone is cool though. Skip the bloat at 14:20

[@fartyperson]

yes

[@GoForGold256]

Liam MusicScale filler

[@GoForGold256]

Vousie V yeah they conveniently cut the bit where the guy got back out of the seat. But he def wasn’t in there when it flew because if he was they would’ve run over to ask him how it felt.

[@dandiaz9752]

Thank you

[@airsoftstib7317]

A filipino made a manned drone already

[@_you_aint_wrong_788]

Cartels: how many kilos can it lift and distance from operator

[@lyteyearz5810]

MuleDrone™ Contact your local Cartel from a burner phone for pricing.

[@williamhardes8081]

@@lyteyearz5810 nice one!

[@williamhardes8081]

make load ability to carry operator and distance is no longer a problem?? hang on, sounds like a helicopter to me? bugger there goes the fun with drones :(

[@lyteyearz5810]

@@williamhardes8081 finally someone replied to this comment. For the life of me I could not find it. KZbin really sucks at relocating old comments you’ve made smh

[@jesta531]

as long as you have mobile data and a cell signal... you could also use pre-programmed GPS guided flight paths for dead zones... hypothetically, of course

[@KillerKarl1000]

If it is called anything other than Podracing, I will be extremely disappointed...

[@TrueInkpoint]

Now this is podracing

[@ashmarsim]

We should call it Podracing till they make it official.

[@davidsawyer5204]

Animaboo

[@JohnBelley86]

came down to suggest podracing. It'ss workkkinng it's worrrrkkkkiiinng.

[@FranciscoEspinosa366]

PODRACING sounds incredible

[@Renard380]

"Manned drone"? So this is a "manned unmanned vehicle"? Interesting concept. But if it crashes, does it make the pilot an undead dead?

[@TheSlegi]

It's the people who are not scared that are moving the world forward. When the airplane was invented people thought it's probably more deadly then this. ;)

[@TheCsel]

Drone implies that it is "dumb" not carrying a pilot. Usually this means piloted remotely, but computer advancements have introduced some AI piloted drones. UAV is the term for unmanned aerial vehicle, usually they are synonymous, but sometime differ as in this case.

[@GauravSingh-fh9cu]

😂😂

[@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093]

Renard The undead? That give me an idea for a name ... Zom bee

[@zazzy99]

@@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093 Thats a good one

[@gregntammie]

I can see this being in a James Bond chase scene next movie.

[@xavtek]

Greg Seewald or mission impossible !!

[@freezatron]

Yeah I can see this in a bond movie, it's like a modern day version of Little Nellie ! I wonder what Bond would call it ? Little Willie ?

[@brianbrock6774]

I was thinking the same thing! James bond always had up and coming or in the future Tech - on full display in the books and movies and I think even inspired things!

[@RocketCityGardener]

@@xavtek Tom Cruise just felt a tinglin in his thetans

[@karelpgbr]

Greg Seewald Yeah, that would be sooo cool

[@robloxprincess8218]

It will be fun chasing this drone in the sky with my DJI FPV!

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

Pretty sure the words “manned” and “drone” don’t go together...

[@jokergwild7676]

LoL

[@retard1582]

@Aaron Ennis nope, still wrong... watch the first 35 seconds of the video again... "manned racing drone"

[@douggreen7939]

Semantics are hardly relevant to such an incredible accomplishment.

[@tabbyplays930]

This is true

[@CoolVideos-gf8fm]

Manned drone hmmm not a helicopter

[@MrPlasticdinosaur484]

This was fantastic! It's just hard to believe that Peter Sripol was driving his pop's around a field a year ago in a manned drone ,and it didn't get the aw factor that this did.

[@Fernando-sd6xt]

Once it's manned it's no longer a drone.

[@ernst7704]

Fernando V I know right?

[@theundead1600]

Dcl obviously wasny the first. They know that. They improved upon it. The next may come and give us consumer manned multi rotors. Needs a catchy name. Cant do pods racers disney will assassinate ya. Lol. Peter and yhe boys from dcl are doing great things.

[@Fernando-sd6xt]

​@@ernst7704 I feel like it should be autonomous too, otherwise it's just RC. But the US airforce calling their long range RC stuff "drones" for this long has pretty much nuked that definition.

[@johnwhitehead3685]

I can totally see this appearing in a James Bond movie in the near future.

[@olobiksnagol2178]

First thing I thought!

[@SteveBueche1027]

Or Mission Impossible

[@Reth_Hard]

Well... I can totally see this appearing in the obituaries section of the newspapers too...

[@cmdraftbrn]

bond, james bond.

[@zeroblade6599]

Or the new fast and furious

[@maniacalcoyote6087]

Call it a "Sparrow", so we can have "Sparrow Racing League" in real life!

[@Izzy-vt2sj]

destiny reference

[@connornobbs3487]

Sadly this video was posted a year ago, but I really do love destiny

[@kokokangeroo]

Totally

[@Fishofftheperc30]

Still need to bring it back

[@dellawrence4323]

I prefer Leg Chomper.

[@ScorpionX1290]

Engineers: creates an unmanned flying vehicle Dcl: what if we put men in those unmanned vehicles

[@John-X]

I hope this becomes the future of transportation. Has anyone ever played the Playstation exclusive called *_Wipeout?_* This drone looks like one of the ships in that game.

[@kaptainkmann7808]

it becomes an aircraft.

[@starwolf3020]

think about the first automobile, your looking at the Model A for this vehicle, possible applications, well let yourself imagine !!!!

[@kbcZed]

Savage AF!

[@kbcZed]

@@John-X Agreed!

[@mjproebstle]

USA: our drone is so big it has a drone GERMANY: HOLD MY BEER

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Wouldn't that be hold my stein?

[@MonocledTree997]

GERMANY: HOLD MY GERMANY

[@collonellbenered8088]

*Hold my Bier

[@zaphot6056]

@@collonellbenered8088 *Halt mein Bier! ;)

[@jackglider2268]

Hab schon gedacht ich währe der einzige Deutsche hier

[@stewiepid4385]

" Hello NASCAR? I've got an idea ......"

[@belgianbushrc7934]

Stewie Pid They’re making a left turn!!

[@The_Real_Ryan]

BelgianBush Rc They’re making another left turn

[@EddyKorgo]

NASCAR? Redbull or Monster. They do this things better.

[@stewiepid4385]

@@EddyKorgo That's why it was a parody. An attempt at dry humor. "left turn ..." Anyway, enjoy my channel!

[@thegod5996]

No bad idea bad idea

[@garyz777]

I live this flying machine, it's incredible! The shape, sound and colors makes me think of a wasp. How about calling it The Wasp?

[@pikachu1788]

That’s a smart name I like that name they should name it that

[@Sam-O-matic]

1970: we will have flying cars. 2020: *we forgot to put the controls in the cockpit*

[@tristanlane6292]

It’s a drone. It wouldn’t be called a drone if the controls were on the inside.

[@KP3droflxp]

It's a test flight, they aren't idiotic enough to fly in it until it works as expected

[@rambazamba9575]

Just sit inside with the remote control in your hands. Solved.

[@vigneshs2886]

@@rambazamba9575 Damn I seriously didnt think about it lol. Now I am feeling dumb :D

[@ncg8259]

Weighs less than built-in controls too, which is important to both flight and racing, so it was probably an easy decision for them

[@jbirdmax]

I have a name for it: “SkyCoffin”

[@kevinshen9391]

FORESHADOWING?

[@lozm4835]

For now, at least. Give it decade or so. Cars were lethal as hell when they first showed up.

[@loneaxolotl]

It's the birth of something awesome. Give it time.

[@5in1killa]

If it crashes hard enough it'll even bury itself.

[@jbirdmax]

Loz M that’s true, but it’s also true that cars still are lethal as hell. Irrelevant.

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

"I see sketchy things flying on the internet..." Yes, duh, your subscribers watch you fly them dude... ;)

[@MonocledTree997]

Lmfao

[@blastalldaybitch]

He does not know what he does, he just does lol

[@equiaux]

Now all it needs is a Minigun

[@braveheartthecommentor5805]

Loses a blade jams on full auto with tracers

[@impr3subie]

Yes and needs to b3 chasing a blue hedgehog

[@MrUnder30seconds]

A minigun would push it backwards considerably

[@zachcagley9519]

@@MrUnder30seconds I agree that would cause some issues, we need StyroPyro to build it a pulse laser.

[@jjtruble7263]

@@zachcagley9519 beautiful

[@slickstretch6391]

The use of an F1 monocoque is brilliant. Lightweight, aerodynamic, sturdy, and already designed and built.

[@robertosfield]

The F1 monocoque is designed for airflow passing nose to tail, not for the airflow around a multi-copter, and really doesn't fit well for this usage case. If the motors rotated for forward flight it might be a but more appropriate, but still not ideal. The use F1 monocoque is really about marketing not engineering. It does look cool so it's served it's function.

[@robertosfield]

@derestricted It "might" be impact resistant in this context, it all depends on how it's connected to the main spars and pilot seat/cage. In aircraft design you have to really have to optimise everything for it's specific purpose, aerodynamically, structurally, weight, failure modes. it's very different set of things you are optimizing for compared F1 or any other car. Just taking stuff from a F1 car isn't going to make it optimal for a multi-copter, it'll weight more and function less well. Your aircraft will be compromised because of it.

[@Igeltod]

not good design for the way a quad moves. the back is unnessesary wide for flight and will cause a lot of drag. front is ok.

[@robertosfield]

@@lrz98gaming5 You have fallen for the marketing. No structural component works on it's own, as soon as you take the shell away from the rest of the functional structure it ceases to function as intended., it's not the same thing anymore. You simply can't equate F1 monocoque on the F1 chasis it was designed for to a multi-coptor. demonstrator.

[@DuffusMonkey]

I think a good name for a manned racing drone should be the "Darwin Award Racer"

[@atomicskull6405]

The US Army did this in the late 1950's only theirs use a central turboshaft engine and variable pitch constant rate props. Look up Curtis-Wright VZ-7

[@freezatron]

Could call it a MAD - Manned Aerial Drone . :)

[@bt70a9]

I think it should be called Racing Quad-Copter, or RQ for short

[@robertjohnson8250]

@@atomicskull6405 that was different though.... wasn't a "drone" & was an aircraft operated from inside the "aircraft", unlike this. No onboard controls & it's controlled remotely or autonomously

[@kingrc6865]

Anyone catching "Wipeout" the old spaceship racing game vibes with the design of this 👀🔥🔥

[@freezatron]

Totally !!!

[@dthree4496]

I loved Wipeout

[@P8FPV]

I'm done with fpv let's go wipe out guys 😉

[@woody555kl]

Defo, 👍

[@kingrc6865]

@@dthree4496 That was my game on PS1 and PSP 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@cptcosmo]

A "Drone" with a human pilot is no longer a "Drone"...

[@jimbopg4245]

VTOL can be manned or unmanned

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

@@jimbopg4245 When it is manned, it's not a drone. When it is unmanned, it's a drone. What makes or brakes it being or not being a drone is whether or not there is a person on board. It's not a permanent state of being. IF you fly a 777 passenger plane, empty, with no people on it, it's a drone.

[@eamonia]

It would have taken you less time to look up the definition of drone than it did to write that comment. I guess you're pretty good at making an ass of yourself but you should really work on your research skills.

[@TDREXrx9]

@@eamonia "An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ,commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew or passengers on board". copied and pasted

[@BallMuncher555]

@@eamonia damn I think you’re the real fool here. A quick search of the term “drone” will show you that a drone is in fact unmanned. In fact, one of the first things that comes up is the Wikipedia page for UAVs.

[@niniliumify]

"Manned Drone" seems like an oxymoron.

[@hansturpyn5455]

its just a drone, no man in it

[@infantryrecon101st]

Ninilium ikr! Just call it what it is, an electric aircraft.

[@ikarustigger]

basically it is not a drone but a copter. A drone is an aircraft, that can fly fully autonomously, which this thing currently is Not capable of.

[@padwoofpadwoofington3151]

@@SuicideNeil where are you getting your dictionary definition for a drone aircraft from? Because every source I can find defines it as an unmanned aircraft that can be either remotely controlled or fly autonomously? Genuinely curious, please enlighten.

[@EddyKorgo]

Ultra-light helicopter.

[@comedytv6573]

The “DART”or a dart,I can hear f1 style commentary in my head now.Imagine yourself inside one of those small neon lit racing drones,going through rings of fire and down neon lit tunnels,imagine the G’s.It would be the best and most popular sport in the WORLD,imagine a sport that the whole world tunes in for!100%GOLDMINE!.I had to add this,just though of it now.M,A,V,or mav for short.Manned Ariel Vehicle,as a possible name for this marvel of engineering?

[@MrKnutriis]

Rob Smith and spectacular crashes. Would make formula 1 slow as molasses in comparison. The UFC of the air.

[@pandagmail3505]

100% fatality in crashes 😨😱

[@ambosaim]

Imagine the crazy pilots that will fly with this.

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

The boomers would never tune into this.

[@comedytv6573]

PandaGmail,not necessarily you could start of with a standard race car style track.And also the pilot would have to undergo a lot of training on a simulator,if I were the designers I’d mount a rotor-less version on a flight simulator platform with a giant hi def screen surrounding the entire platform, a dome screen maybe.It may be a while yet but it COULD be done!

[@ZebbMassiv]

7:46 An-2 Antonov !! This is the plane my father stole in 1982 and smuggled my family out of communist Poland into Sweden. I owe my life to this plane.

[@aaronthoming8192]

That's awesome. Your dad's a champ.

[@russianbot1420]

You should definitely do a vid,or a book about your brave father's escapade.

[@ZebbMassiv]

@@russianbot1420 . I wish Could get it translated to English. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXqzf6OGediprc0

[@ZebbMassiv]

@@aaronthoming8192 thanks. He pass away last month unfortunately

[@pankajuchiha9232]

Wow fascinating.

[@baronlund9725]

The FAA will love to get their teeth into this project.

[@rocco4498]

and DARPA

[@thecaptainnoodles]

It’s in germAny idiot

[@TwistedShadow90]

@@thecaptainnoodles actually, they had to go to Croatia because it was illegal in Germang

[@canUfeelMYface]

You spelled teef wrong

[@timwalt9190]

bad design, these guys have no clue, will get racers killed

[@BravePotato]

Not a single WIPEOUT game reference?! Thats what I see and am excited for. Grandfather of anti-grav racing her! Cant wait for teams like Qirex, AG Systems, Pirahna, and Assegi to be buzzing down an overly LED lined track.

[@enigmista994]

They start flying it at 15:26 You're welcome

[@tg1093]

Acc they start earlier

[@desk-kun]

Thanks

[@createrroyal986]

Tq I hate much speaking

[@crispsofpotato524]

@@createrroyal986 Me too bro

[@SkillzorZ021]

We are not worthy

[@coinhawk]

crazy, cause 10 years ago that kid was in school.... now he's flying million dollar drones...

[@FlowerCrow]

defo not a million-dollar drone

[@ghoul9349]

Crow probably more expensive than ya think I saw a big one at a dronecon and it wasn’t even made for a man it was just really big and cost like over $200,000 imagine how much a manned one would be

[@zachnunes123456789]

Dude that kid I believe is sponsored by Mikado and is or I guess now, was flying a SAVAGE routine using their, 700. So naturally this was right for him. Lol.

[@OnTheSnap1]

Mr.Skin Mirko is a 3D beast on the Heli’s. Nice kid as well. He was close friends with a friend of mine and they have competed for years in the heli scene

[@anotherguy1260]

It costs about 1.75k-2k per dual motor arm for motor/esc/battery/blades to buy.....cost of fuselage I wouldn't know. Cost of hardware for this build is 16k-30k without buying specialised hardware.

[@marcusinfestus1333]

"Whirly-coffin" Oh! How about: "The Tilt-A-Whirl"

[@professor_roundhead]

Lol juggalos would love that

[@FastSloW-qt8xf]

Doesn’t it stop being a drone when it’s manned

[@animalmother3526]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@hanas_340]

Basically a fancy quadcopter

[@edwardspaccarelli5944]

MAV? Manned Aerial Vehicle?

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

@@edwardspaccarelli5944 👌

[@StevenWillmy]

It's not manned, it just has a man in it. The man isn't controlling the aircraft or performing any services for it

[@dongallagher7756]

Formula X-treme I expect to see this in a James Bond film.

[@anonymoussteve3372]

Formula Air

[@found6393]

It's not a 'first manned' anything until there's actually a person flying it.

[@doktormcnasty]

But it's still click-bait!

[@neilsagun2746]

we did that here in the philippines 4 years ago,just search it here in you tube.and it was made not by an engineer but a hip hop dancer

[@Neighborhood_hooligan]

You know one of those dudes in the shop has to have taken it for a spin Atleast a low hover under controlled circumstances

[@lossantoscity3249]

Search "Smallest Flying Sports car by Kyxz Mendiola" better than this clickbait, and the guy uses it everytime to entertain people and inspire. he also made it with just a fraction of these guys budget.

[@pbilk]

It's no longer a drone technically if the person in the air is flying it.

[@pthrelkeld090]

The shot of them carrying the drone down the runway immediately brought the movie cool runnings to mind

[@voyteck7696]

Correction it's the first drone with a mannequin in it.

[@gabydewilde]

mannequined drone!

[@hamzakarim9651]

Clickbait rules youtube ...

[@tobichessell132]

@@vladivizz why? They only but the mannequin in. Do you really think the guy was in there during the photoshoot?

[@sturdyg63]

bro that's harsh mannequins are people too

[@mikeaninger7388]

I suppose some people just don't understand satire, sarcasm, and/or potential anymore

[@jgplanes5183]

Totally unexpected. That was awesome! I hope I live long enough to see the tech mature, and fly one of these myself.

[@dannythevito3205]

damn u livin in the future

[@Phyde4ux]

Unexpected is accurate. I was expecting a manned drone.

[@patb686]

100% sure you'll see that soon.

[@auschris9296]

look at the jetson one and do it now THAT is a great cool flying machine

[@leprechaun7667]

First I’ve ever heard or seen anything like this. (2years later)

[@mattmorphosis]

This looks amazing, makes me think of the Anti Grav racer Wipeout. Already imagining racing in this on twisty roller coaster style circuit. The future looks good ☺️☺️. Fantastic work guys

[@SPE3DYEMO]

PETER SRIPOL DID THIS IN HIS GARAGE, WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Truly the Tony Stark we deserve

[@kolson2927]

Evan Okeefe FlyTest: Well im not Peter Sproil

[@niniliumify]

You mean Peter Claus?

[@dirtylatte]

"He's not Peter Stripol!"

[@leodavenport847]

Is he really named that?

[@gam3zilla16]

Why hasn't there been more of this.... One of the coolest contraptions i've seen

[@yusyus9837]

"In 2020 we will have flying cars..." 2020: HOLY SH*T! WE ACTUALLY DO!

[@pancake5830]

not a car

[@Animal_lives_matter]

@@pancake5830 The word car is sometimes used to mean "carriage". eg. elevators, cableway carriages, amusement rides or hot air balloon baskets.

[@eriklarson9137]

Trying to hard bro.

[@Nico42ke]

That's a flying coffin :D

[@Ghost-of5xp]

We've had flying cars since the Korean War. They're called helicopters.

[@Cookie-gw1vv]

Who else expected a man to climb inside the drone and fly it. Clickbait.

[@freakazoid4691]

Exactly. This was just a very large drone.

[@davidmckay9558]

I did, but I skipped right to the end like I do with most click bait looking vids

[@nuclearpotato6616]

Ok cool why don't you try making a drone that you can control I know you won't cause its to hard to do

[@nuclearpotato6616]

Why don't you try make a drone in general

[@jordanbabcock9349]

Thanks. Glad I didn't stay for more than a few seconds.

[@zgjfinance2796]

I think you remove the word ‘drone’ if the person inside is flying it correct? Aircraft?

[@nickh5081]

The person is just baggage if they're not piloting it. No different than a few bags of cement. Or in this case, a mannequin that weighs a few pounds.

[@TheCsel]

Drone implies that it is "dumb" not carrying a pilot. Usually this means piloted remotely, but computer advancements have introduced some AI piloted drones. UAV is the term for unmanned aerial vehicle, usually they are synonymous, but sometime differ as in this case.

[@MegaBadkid1]

Perhaps the word redundancy would be more precise

[@waynecampbell9714]

SMART! YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. TECHNICALLY DRONES ARE DRONES BECAUSE THERES NO PILOT ON IN THE AIRCRAFT! ONCE A PILOT IS INSIDE IN CONTROL OF IT IT BECOMES AN AIRCRAFT, DRONE DONT HAVE PILOTS

[@wildfire8207]

Really the word 'manned' should be removed, as I don't believe the person is flying it.

[@coreadude]

I don’t think they understand the meaning of the word “manned”

[@michaeldilger9582]

Or drone: A drone, in technological terms, is an unmanned aircraft.

[@tanoryjakaperdana1419]

@@michaeldilger9582 and "racing" coz theres no race in the video

[@michaeldilger9582]

@@tanoryjakaperdana1419 haha yeah but it can be a racing car without entering a race, point is it was designed to race, but not designed to be a drone.

[@tanoryjakaperdana1419]

@@michaeldilger9582 but they alwalys say a freestyle drone as a racing drones althought they are not designed to race.. and i think we can call something is racing when it doing a race..

[@TheCallMeCrazy]

@@michaeldilger9582 More specifically it is one that can operate autonomously or execute pre-programmed tasks. Otherwise it's technically a remotely piloted aircraft.

[@privateparty4900]

"A drone that carries a man" "Manned drone racing" ...you guys seem confused about the definition of "drone."

[@GrimYak]

It is an oxymoron

[@FalconX88]

or the definition of manned.

[@swankidelic]

I thought the thing that makes drones different than RC helicopters were self-stabilization electronics, not being unmanned

[@privateparty4900]

@@swankidelic An unmanned aerial vehicle is a drone. There were radio/remote controlled target drones in the 1930s.

[@adammaurice4801]

There was never a person inside the drone while it was flying

[@claytonpozzer]

If you put external bags, for safety, emergency, you can fly more free, more altitude etc. The external bags are similar to passenger aircraft emergency ladder but with a small turbocompressor for keep inflate for long time, also similar to car airbags but bigger. Of course is extra weight but the safety is almost 100% (quick opened, fall slower and soft ground touch)

[@mateusztak5857]

2017: building foam planes 2018 & 2019: building huge foam models 2020: manned acrobatic plane 2021: building full size foam Boeing

[@lancegigs9022]

Flymula 1 😅 does that ring a bell??🤣🤣 This vid is unexpectedly EPICC!!!!!!🤘🤘

[@ttwthomasjs9802]

Why is it that all of the videos like this take so long to get to the point

[@MrArtaque]

ads

[@krmusick]

Watch time.

[@someguy5035]

Intentionally protracted for to include more ads. That could have been a 5 minute video easily.

[@dennism6405]

they get paid per minute of viewing time from you tube.

[@prawnman]

"First Manned Aerobatic RACING Drone". Did I miss something?

[@ulaB]

German engineering! (Like connecting the wires the wrong way... ;-)). Great work, DCL!

[@wrencher1998]

In that paint scheme it should be named “ Yellow Jacket “ pretty cool drone!

[@ZoniesCoasters]

well its really not a drone now is it? its just a manned multi-rotor. cool as all hell though!

[@FalconX88]

It's also not manned, it's a dummy...

[@LawrenceTimme]

@@FalconX88 exactly lol.

[@marknchristy]

Manned implies that the person in the craft is doing the flying. In this case, the person is cargo.

[@ZoniesCoasters]

@@FalconX88 well once someone gets in it and pilots it it's certainly not a drone

[@EnigmaticPeanut]

@@marknchristy i think you are right.

[@lastfirst5863]

Question: In the event of power/motor failure, who do you pray to before you collide with the terrain? Seriously I understand the fascination with quad-copters but the collective pitch control is why conventional helicopters can safely land during engine failure.

[@bryanseifstein2786]

Its amazing that the technology behind flight has become so advanced that it has allowed us take off in a craft not much larger than a human is.

[@BibleTumper]

So, in theory anything that's technically a toy, can be up scaled for manned flight? That's awesome. We have come a long with what's possible. Incredible possibilities in 2020 and beyond.

[@roadboat9216]

That’s amazing. What an aircraft!!!

[@benbutler7423]

Doesnt the fact that its manned negate using the term "drone"?

[@TravisFabel]

No. The fact it's not autonomous is what makes it not a drone.

[@nowthatsurban]

@@TravisFabel I am assuming when it's fully functional the "pilot" will have the transmitter, correct? If that transmitter was mounted in the cockpit (as in, stationary like a steering wheel), would that make it an actual air vehicle?

[@jakegarrett8109]

TravisFabel I agree, unfortunately the idiots at the FAA never read the dictionary and they deemed even a paper airplane with a steerable flap to be a menacing “drone”. Doesn’t even need to have power, just any remote control, it’s very sad... FAA: Turning responsible kids flying hellicopters/DIY creations into criminals, just sad...

[@bt70a9]

It wasn't manned. it was controlled from the ground, and no one was in it. So what we saw in this video was a drone capable of carrying a person.

[@Mytwistedvoices]

@@nowthatsurban Yes, wireless controls.

[@yabe5094]

Technically a drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle. So that thing wouldn’t be a drone itself

[@Wulfcry]

Technically yes it does, Unmanned also means autonomous in addition fly-by-wire the difficulty with this kind of aerial vehicle can't be controlled by normal means of flight alone. Since airplane have auto-pilot that also in a way counts as drones in my opinion.

[@j0m017]

The guy in the drone was not flying it. He was just ballast. It was manned in the sense that there was a man in it, but it is still unmanned because the pilot was not.

[@yabe5094]

j0m017 but it is still manned 👀

[@jonkirby5245]

"So if they're manned drones aren't they just normal hover ships?" "No no no, the men are just for ballast"

[@scottychaos8995]

You should build two name one Huginn and the other Muninn. Named After Odin's two Ravens.

[@tiagotiagot]

This seems like the kind of thing Redbull would sponsor....

[@yurican2514]

True that

[@SaifAli-rs7mh]

i think they will for sure

[@mmclaughlin006]

My favorite part was after the landing, he turned around for a high five, but the first one he encountered had FPV goggles on and couldn't see him, lol.

[@parkourpappa3195]

Hehe 12:08

[@dellawrence4323]

I can't wait for the manned drone races, the crashes will be awesome, chomped bodies, dismembered limbs and heads.

[@toma8689]

The races have to be called "Pod racing", there's just no arguing!

[@jojoposter]

Now this is pod racing

[@PatrickRatman]

*angry mouse house copyright lawyer noises*

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Didn't they make a game about racing them just now

[@FinkPloyd504]

@@Journey_to_who_knows idk but star wars knights of the old republic has swoop races, same thing

[@gabrielsatter]

You want to name something after one of the stupidest ideas, in one of the stupidest series of all time?

[@DonGraphifx]

Could this be the beginning where the Video Game "Wipeout"" becomes real and eventually to jet-powered? hmm

[@HUNTERS-EDGE1515]

Wipeout for sure with the frame that they probably got from that racing game

[@spythegamerx]

Electric is the way to go, jet powered drones are too slow to make quick flight manuvers, they take time to spool up as electric is instant thrust plus no emmissions

[@greenlightstudio5302]

Anti gravity racing or pod racing

[@kjpphotography4764]

I would call it "The Yellow Jacket"

[@jmr0411]

KJP Photography “Hornet” is better

[@shadowrl1593]

Was that an ant-man reference 😂

[@kjpphotography4764]

@@shadowrl1593 Nope, but now that you said it- it sounds like it. lol

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Vespa Crabro

[@kjpphotography4764]

@Eddie Holmes Didn't get them name from there. The body shape and color is what made me think of the name.

[@user-sky000]

This is the future! Very important step.

[@shadowrl1593]

I think the sport should be called "pod racing" 😂 it reminds me of star wars

[@mylesspear]

High key: this looks like something out of James Bond.

[@leodavenport847]

The new James Bond movie he’s gonna switch his Aston for one of those!!!

[@MultiSkyman1]

@@leodavenport847 Guaranteed!

[@leodavenport847]

What is the new Bond movie called?

[@EthanHeffernan]

Matt Davenport no time to die

[@GrahamSalisbury1111]

That does look like something I’d use

[@SirMadTruckdriver]

Well it can move like a dragonfly. And dragonfly is a pretty cool name. So "Dragonfly" it is 😉

[@picklefart]

The world: where’s our flying cars back to the future promised? DCL: we got you fam!

[@catsarelame4508]

My other car is a drone sticker

[@Dontworryaboutit69696]

Shwifty McVeigh FPV except for the whole car part

[@cwhite1634]

U watch too much tv

[@picklefart]

cwhite1634 you watch too much KZbin

[@picklefart]

Andrew Isaacson if it flies you don’t need the car part. Wheels are for suckers

[@Ainappa]

"the airplanes are a little different here than in America" shows old Soviet MiG fighter jet lmfao)

[@Peter_Morris]

I thought the same thing! I was thinking, “Yeah most local airports in the U.S. don’t have an old MiG-21 hanging out.”

[@otismcfeely6401]

I've always been really talented with RC planes, Choppers and Drones. I bet their game is great to put on your resume as a camera drone pilot

[@mythradites509]

If it's manned, it is no longer a drone.

[@Dlawler]

But the pilot wasn't onboard and was controlled remotely. The person on board wasn't the pilot so wheres the line drawn

[@Scott_C]

@@Dlawler the drone was remotely operated first. Then on board for the acrobatics.

[@hateeternalmaver]

In general, drones are autonomous. That's one unique identifier. Remote controlling anything makes it RC not drone... ,)

[@NETBotic]

Everyone could just call it multirotor.

[@Dlawler]

@@Scott_C the person on board wasn't operating the drone even durring the acrobatic.

[@StreamMomentsOfficial]

When he was flipping over the runway😳

[@josejulianvaldiviesocamach3683]

Wtf r u doing here?

[@mikelike71]

@@josejulianvaldiviesocamach3683 They're watching entertaining videos...

[@minorityblogger]

More like 😳🤢🤮🤮🤮 if somebody were to be the passenger that is

[@thepeacesquad8804]

🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀😅😅🙀😅😅🙀🙀🙀

[@heinz9613]

The wasp

[@Skymack351]

That game looks pretty cool, but what would be even cooler is you could use a VR headset as your FPV view of the drone.

[@FoCoPuffs]

Names: "The RotorCycle" "Pedestrian's Peril" "Man-Mincer" The "Don't Fall Off"

[@dominic6542]

It looks kind of like an insect, so maybe that's the way to go. "Firefly" "Dragonfly" etc

[@ramnars3729]

2020 will have flaying cars , where are the ..... Oh

[@danielhreno9582]

BREATHTAKING!!! Truly a new age of flite.

[@eeezeejs]

Hearing it referred to as a "manned drone" drives me up the wall lol. It's a manned quad-copter.

[@JamesLibrary]

lol but you're fine calling an aircraft with 12 rotors a "quad" copter.

[@akceller8]

To be pedantic its a manned multi-rotor, 12 props makes it a dodecarotor.

[@eeezeejs]

@@JamesLibrary Hadn't watched the video yet. The point still stands. Does this mean we're going to have "manned rc cars" in the future? Cause that's literally how stupid it sounds.

[@O.L.D_RC]

Um...manned hex-copter, 12 motors though...dodeca-copter?

[@WhiskyMystery]

@@eeezeejs No women then. Only Manned :-). But I agree a Drone is by definition without a pilot inside.

[@johnnydiamondsmusic1673]

Once you put a man in it is no longer a drone, it’s an aircraft.

[@masterplane9131]

In it?Or on it?

[@nathanielli8459]

Second that, it should be called a manned quapter

[@littlepastelkitten]

technicaly all flying rc vehicles are aircraft

[@jasenworrell6214]

@@nathanielli8459 🤣😂🤣quapter had killed me ha the term you are looking for is quadcopter

[@kurtownsj00]

Looks like just a non-instrumented test dummy so far. So the title is definitely a bit misleading.

[@christopherlee3561]

Omg I can't believe it I can't wait to see racing in the future it reminds me of star wars when they have the race pods

[@Zaksporebrainiac]

imagine sitting in your beautiful home next to a very peaceful lake and you see a manned sized racing drone racing over your house

[@ramus9]

Not a drone anymore.

[@gawge_9609]

Also next to a very peaceful airstrip

[@lenswork4]

Technically, a “manned” aircraft would not be a “drone.” Just saying.

[@JOESMITH-qs8ue]

Yea seriously. Unless the man isn't piloting and is just cargo. but then what's the point?

[@logsfall]

The head did not move at all inside of the drone, it definitely seems like it's the mannequin in there again and without a B-roll (video without cuts), this was a drone due to it being unmanned.

[@ciciro6]

I'll wager it's something to do with the law.

[@MatthewHensley8304]

Germans use to be known for their precision, they surely have fell far from that

[@chosenideahandle]

There was no man in it. The guy sat in it just to show what an actual person would look like sitting in it.

[@montana5105]

17:49 wait ! zero emissions ? hold my beer 😝

[@sognestephane8365]

5:08 "the sound is crazy" Too bad the shitty music was so loud... It would have been nice to be able to hear what they said at 11:40 as well...

[@ultranitro437]

So many good youtube videos are ruined with shitty music!

[@dl1129]

12:09 That was hilarious guy tries to high five someone wearing FPV goggles.

[@aecrim1969]

Good catch!

[@jasonmorgan661]

The inspiration for the Design is deffinately Wipout XL from Playstation. Like litterally venom class lol.

[@Nikonik66]

Like the scooters in major cities, these will be sitting in a stall where you just hop in, scan your payment preference, speak your destination and it takes you there.

[@KSIadidasboyadidasboyXboxGamer]

CanAmMan Nik lol that would be funny and cool

[@ImmortalAbsol]

When your drone isn't a drone.

[@joshbrock2663]

technically it is. it can still be operated remotely there for it is a drone with a human weight payload and presumably hardwired flight controlls along with a reciever.

[@user-qc9te7et9m]

technically if you sit on a drone it's still a drone

[@mystisndwch]

@@joshbrock2663 But a drone is technically an autonomous vehicle, they're controlling it the whole time. So I don't see where people get the term drone for racing quads?

[@freezatron]

I think drone has become synonymous with this type of arrangement of aircraft, manned or not, strictly speaking it's a multi rotor helicopter but drone is easier to say in much the same way that "Hoover" is easier to say than "Vacuum Cleaner" Could call it a MAV, Manned Aerial Vehicle ? or a MAD Manned Aerial Drone ..

[@astromos]

@@mystisndwch No. A drone is a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or missile. That is the exact definition. So yes, it is a drone because it is remote controlled at the person is just cargo, not the pilot.

[@bennieknape4857]

You guys are having way to much fun.

[@bravosium6295]

So it’s just a small helicopter, a drone is unmanned, helicopters are manned, it is a helicopter

[@EatMyYeeties]

It's a multi-rotor copter though! No tail prop needed! But it is pretty innifficient lol. Super cool though!

[@sloth6765]

It's manned but remote operated. So is remote ID required? Unmanned Aerial System.... this is Manned, but with no control.

[@DIGtotheIT]

It’s an acrobatic helicopter, completely different

[@JackAmnesiac]

VTOL

[@dougluke5143]

Acktchually *pushes up glasses* it's a hexacopter

[@rogerdavies6226]

looking at this made me think about battlefield evacuations of wounded and alos resupply

[@burntchickennugget191]

One you falla. Giant drone soops by to pic em up. That would be nice. Reduce deaths save lives

[@bennieknape4857]

I think having some problems in the beginning that way you have overcome some problems and know your craft.so you are on your way good luck.great job.

[@marcinkowalski6877]

Forgive me, but I can't believe that there was a man sitting there during the flight. Besides, what's the point of controlling the drone from the outside? Let him steer himself.

[@agh9224]

It’d probably be hard to do while flying

[@Crustyislooking]

AGH92 that’s what pilots do literally every day, it’s called flying...

[@CobraPhobic]

lol relax its still in an ongoing process of improving

[@RoadkillbunnyUK]

Marcin Kowalski it’s probably a one step at a time thing. They needed to first prove it without a human inside in harms way and then this flight with a human onboard, next step will be making it safe enough to be flown from inside the aircraft. At that point it stops being a drone and becomes an aircraft. There is also this aspect, imagine people who do not have the ability, time to learn, desire to learn how to fly these more complex drones and being able to offer them the experience of flying onboard such a thing, experience the flips, rolls and spins while sits being expertly controlled by somebody on the ground, awesome! I don’t know if I would be brave enough, I can imagine if this was well tested that I would find it so amazing, I’m in a wheelchair, oh what a feeling it would be!

[@agh9224]

Steele while using a drone controller? That’s news to me

[@richblantin1343]

Very cool . I hope that they work all the bugs out before I die . I would love to pilot this aircraft . I'll be seventy in twelve years , so get cracking !

[@kainatticus]

12:09 pretty sure he goes to high five his friend and realises he's wearing the goggles then segways into the hug. smooth. 18:22 and a second man is rejected.

[@oscarestrella3512]

lol!

[@philspaghet]

I have my doubts about someone being able to go from rc pilot to actual pilot. Being able to actually handle the g forces and maintaining control is a totally different skillset and I don't think it translates over as easily.

[@lfmsmka]

check out Airspeeder website Exa series section, its much more realistic where u drive using a somewhat of a sim of a cockpit that transmits the input into the "racing flying car", but anyways that will be for 2021 only but for 2022 onwards it'll be pilot driven

[@vasilisk-66]

Там нет перегрузок, так как не нужна скорость для совершения фигур высшего пилотажа.

[@wssw680]

Drones: have 360 flip feature Pilot: *Sweating intensifies*