I'm actually a bit surprised by the range and altitude obtained by those first-person view (FPV) drones.Originally Posted by slapout9
V Bixler to 3019m! Amazing view!
Quadcopter freestyle is also worth a watch IMHO.
Drones won't go away, indeed. In general I see a couple of strong trends supporting the drone market:
1) Rapid technological progress on many levels, from miniaturisation of key components to better software devolopment. The FPV goggles are just one example of it. Like in other areas the specific development profits from bigger trends, in this case virtual reality visors for gaming.
2) Increasingly better understanding and integration from the demand side, all the various costumers. The last ten years have certainly greatly enhanced the overall drone knowledge and organisations have and will find new and smarter ways to use them. This feeds like point 1 into point 3.
3) The industrial base is far stronger and wider then ever before and the markets have become increasingly competitive. The amount of know-how and the pace of development have certainly increased vastly.
Other important points have already been raised in the thread. I would just end this short comment with a nod to the satellites in space. While there will always be tasks that only humans right up there can do, increasingly smaller satellites can do other jobs much more efficiently.
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