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06-20-2014, 04:41 PM
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Luxury Yacht Destroyed by Fire at San Diego Yard
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06-20-2014, 04:46 PM
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Good grief!! The luxury yachts seem to be falling like flies these days!
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06-20-2014, 04:51 PM
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talk about timing, that drone was certainly in the right place at the opportune time. Wow!
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06-20-2014, 04:53 PM
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You're right - there seems to be a real run on yacht disasters this year.
Another interesting aspect here is that it appears that the footage was shot via a drone mounted camera. Excellent quality, and I think we will see a lot more of that in the future.
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06-20-2014, 04:58 PM
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I believe the name of that vessel is Polar Bear and it is my understanding that it was built by Aluetian (now Citadel) Yachts in Tacoma WA in 2011.
I also believe it's an metal boat. So perhaps some welding was going on at the time of the fire. But the fire could have been caused by a number of other things as well.
http://abdboats.com/polar-bear.html
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06-20-2014, 05:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Conrad
Another interesting aspect here is that it appears that the footage was shot via a drone mounted camera. Excellent quality, and I think we will see a lot more of that in the future.
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Why do you think it was a drone, rather than a chopper? (Not saying it was not, just wondering how one would be able to tell).
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06-20-2014, 05:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jwnall
Why do you think it was a drone, rather than a chopper? (Not saying it was not, just wondering how one would be able to tell).
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Becasue it sounds like the camera is being carried by a swarm of bees.
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06-20-2014, 05:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bligh
Becasue it sounds like the camera is being carried by a swarm of bees.
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That was my first clue. Also it seemed to holding position; helicopters can do that but to my eye have a different kind of motion.
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06-20-2014, 06:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt.Bill11
I believe the name of that vessel is Polar Bear and it is my understanding that it was built by Aluetian (now Citadel) Yachts in Tacoma WA in 2011.
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You have the link for the wrong Polar Bear. There are two. The Citadel one that burned is this one:
Motor Yacht POLAR BEAR - a Citadel Superyacht
And here:
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06-20-2014, 06:27 PM
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Ah, I stand corrected. There should be a law, one name per boat.
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06-21-2014, 12:38 PM
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Lithium batteries!
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06-21-2014, 01:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt.Bill11
Ah, I stand corrected. There should be a law, one name per boat.
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Thread drift: so what is the name of yours Captain Bill?
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06-21-2014, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Conrad
That was my first clue. Also it seemed to holding position; helicopters can do that but to my eye have a different kind of motion.
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Crying shame about the yacht. Heartbreaker for sure.
I've been eyeing one of the DJI Phantom 2 Vision drones.
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06-21-2014, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by She-Kon
Crying shame about the yacht. Heartbreaker for sure.
I've been eyeing one of the DJI Phantom 2 Vision drones.
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Pretty slick looking and actually cheaper than I would have expected. Even less expensive is the AR Drone, although I have no idea how they would actually compare.
AR.Drone 2.0. Parrot new wi-fi quadricopter - AR.Drone.com - HD Camera - Civil drone - Parrot
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06-21-2014, 04:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by She-Kon
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What would you use it for? I've been wistfully eyeing such things ever since I read an article about drones in Wired magazine several years ago, but can never come up with a good rationale for what I would use it for. Of course, that has never stopped me from buying toys in the past, I suppose . . .
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06-21-2014, 04:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jwnall
What would you use it for? I've been wistfully eyeing such things ever since I read an article about drones in Wired magazine several years ago, but can never come up with a good rationale for what I would use it for.
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Do me a favor John. Stay away from my wife when we start discussing buying our next boat.
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06-21-2014, 04:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CPseudonym
Do me a favor John. Stay away from my wife when we start discussing buying our next boat.
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Just tell her that he who dies with the most toys, wins.
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06-21-2014, 04:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jwnall
What would you use it for? I've been wistfully eyeing such things ever since I read an article about drones in Wired magazine several years ago, but can never come up with a good rationale for what I would use it for. Of course, that has never stopped me from buying toys in the past, I suppose . . .
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*hehehe* Lemme see? Spyin' on bathing beauties on the beach. High altitude 'Selfies' of my boat shed! Hmmmm? I can't think of any other good reasons.
Used to fly RC planes back in the day. None powerful enough to mount a film camera on though. Always wanted to try it. Once knew a guy who flew RC planes testing air samples around nuclear plants. Couldn't actually believe someone made a living doing it.
I suppose it'll look good on the shelf beside the remote ROV submersible!
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06-21-2014, 04:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by She-Kon
*hehehe* Lemme see? Spyin' on bathing beauties on the beach. High altitude 'Selfies' of my boat shed! Hmmmm? I can't think of any other good reasons.
Used to fly RC planes back in the day. None powerful enough to mount a film camera on though. Always wanted to try it. Once knew a guy who flew RC planes testing air samples around nuclear plants. Couldn't actually believe someone made a living doing it.
I suppose it'll look good on the shelf beside the remote ROV submersible!
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You are an honest person. I like that. :-) RC planes here, RC vehicles, RC boats . . .
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06-21-2014, 04:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by She-Kon
*hehehe* Lemme see? Spyin' on bathing beauties on the beach. High altitude 'Selfies' of my boat shed! Hmmmm? I can't think of any other good reasons.
Used to fly RC planes back in the day. None powerful enough to mount a film camera on though. Always wanted to try it. Once knew a guy who flew RC planes testing air samples around nuclear plants. Couldn't actually believe someone made a living doing it.
I suppose it'll look good on the shelf beside the remote ROV submersible!
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Also a lot of aerial photography business have pooped recently due to companies like DJI making good quality RTF drones that can actually achieve something with out have to be Paul Allen.
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