Comments on: Photos: Dotson, TV Segway, Mini Cooper

By: Gyro

Gyro — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:44:39 +0000

The Steadicam-Segway rig (Handsfree-Transporter) looks like something out of a science fiction movie.

By: Z

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:35 +0000

THAT was awful, TDC.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:42:30 +0000

doughly noted.

By: Amanda E.

Amanda E. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:31 +0000

@tdc

A cop told me that they are called pastries now so they can have more than just stale donuts. So make that a drop of assorted fresh pastries from the nearest bakery.

By: Amanda E.

Amanda E. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:22:17 +0000

The b-roll.net crowd has their own NAB08 flickr pool with more pictures of shiny toys. Click my name for a link.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:18:23 +0000

better have it drop a dozen donuts just to be safe.

By: James

James — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:08:10 +0000

Saw a guy do that with an RC chopper about five years ago. I asked a police chief about it, and he said “If it’s low enough over an active scene, I’d have it shot out of the air with a beanbag round.”

I think I’ll stick to JetRangers, thanks. But a Predator would be nice. No pilot to pay or wake up at 3 a.m.

By: JBa

JBa — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:13:44 +0000

Buy a surplus Air Force Predator drone off e-Bay and hire an ex-USAF tech sgt to run the thing for you. And if it’s armed with Hellfires, you can truly blow away the competition.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:31:26 +0000

i recently witnessed a guy who mounted a camera to a remote control miniture plane or helicopter. he sent it up and got amazingly good footage of his lakeside home and property.

made me wonder how long expensive “chopper(insertdialpositionhere)” has before being cut out of the budget.

By: Z

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:13 +0000

So THAT’S where Billy Idol’s been all these years…learning to ride a Segway.

Bob Dotson’s a class act, too.