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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday April 21 2016, @11:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

Some Finnish people have built a drone-mounted chainsaw and one can ask what could possibly go wrong? It reminds somehow of the Mantrid Drones if anyone recall those. The drone is capable of sawing fir branches and icicles. So it can actually be of use.

Youtube Clip of the #killerdrone.


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday April 21 2016, @04:56PM

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday April 21 2016, @04:56PM (#335307) Journal

    There's a dying branch over the house and if I could fly up there and cut it off 3-6 inches at a time I could get it down safely.

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  • (Score: 2) by rigrig on Thursday April 21 2016, @05:46PM

    by rigrig (5129) Subscriber Badge <soylentnews@tubul.net> on Thursday April 21 2016, @05:46PM (#335336) Homepage

    safely

    Did you misread the bit where it says "Drone-Mounted Chainsaw"?

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    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday April 21 2016, @06:14PM

      by sjames (2882) on Thursday April 21 2016, @06:14PM (#335353) Journal

      Compared to ropes and pulleys and me hanging on to a tree by one hand and a chainsaw in the other cutting a rotting branch in front of me, I'd have to say safety is a relative term here.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 21 2016, @06:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 21 2016, @06:59PM (#335374)

    Seems to me that your branch would come down more safely as chips (not 6"/150mm "logs") -- time for the drone mounted wood chipper. My new invention starts at the end of the branch and grinds toward the trunk of the tree until the user (hopefully) stops it.

    Once it's done, the user can sweep up the chips for mulch around the base of the tree...