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Maybe I"m missing something, but what's the purpose of launching from a roof box? It just seems like a gimmick. I can launch a multi-rotor from the roof of my car, but that's hardly news-worthy.

Second, why a quad-copter? Anyone that knows anything about multirotors knows that a quad-coptor has multiple single points of failure, where a hex or octo can be controlled with single or multiple failures respectively.

Seems like they just slapped a hobby drone on the roof of a car "because marketing". It doesn't deserve to be on HN.

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I think the idea is you can be driving around and launch and recover it without leaving the vehicle. While one person is driving, another navigating, another operating a radio, a fourth person can operate a drone without interfering with any of them.

That seems useful to me. I guess it must be useful to the Red Cross as well since they're using it. Do you have more experience in search and rescue than they do?

> "because marketing"

Who are you quoting with these quotation marks? That's not why they say they've done it. If it's your opinion don't make it look like you're quoting someone else.

Your argument is weak, and clearly you recognise that, as the to appeals to authority, and mistaken [1 8a] questioning of something as trivial as the use of quotation marks are a poor attempt to distract from the question.

[1] http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

No I didn't appeal to authority, I appealed to the fact that they had used the tool and nobody in these comments had. That's concrete relevant experience in the topic at hand, not just authority.

> I appealed to the fact that they had used the tool and nobody in these comments had.

So demonstrating that you didn't even read the article.

It's not due until June 2017 (how long does it take to fit a roofbox to a car?!) and then then only for pretend use in a training facility.

It's also clear from the video that the GUI is an artists impression.

Like I said "because marketing".

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