Finnish Filmmakers Gave a Drone a Chainsaw

As someone who has personally used a chainsaw for many years I saw that video with interest but realized quickly it's faked. It takes a substantial amount of force on a chainsaw to keep it cutting. A real chain saw is a relatively heavy device. I see no evidence in that video that the chainsaw is in fact cutting anything while only under the forces afforded by the drone. Every cutting shot is from closeup and I did not see a single shot of it cutting from a distance. Either it's very poor choice of editing since it doesn't show what the whole video purports or it's a fake.

This is something I often thought about, for the purposes of tree pruning. What if you could point a laser-like LED beam to the location you want cut on a 55ft-high pine tree, and have the drone-chainsaw cut that exact location? That would beat using cranes or bucket lifts to hoist a person with their chainsaw way up in the air.<p>(Of course the ground would still have to be cleared of people, as a branch would be falling down and in case the chainsaw&#x2F;drone combo malfunctions.)

Combine this with a vulnerability that allows you to take over a professional drone and it could get messy.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.blackhat.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;asia-16&#x2F;materials&#x2F;asia-16-Rodday-Hacking-A-Professional-Drone.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.blackhat.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;asia-16&#x2F;materials&#x2F;asia-16-Rodd...</a>

If anyone is interested in some more drone chainsaw action, they should check out when Jamie from Mythbusters attempted to make one of these: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1fe9IDx3vCs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1fe9IDx3vCs</a><p>He was unable to get it to work effectively or safely, though his drone was not as heavy-duty as the one from this thread.

That&#x27;s kind of the 21st century evolution of this[1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IHuJGhe4oGw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IHuJGhe4oGw</a>

It is a dangerous experiment. Luckily it only hurt a snowman. :)

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So, better than sharknado?

the perfect weapon for the next zombie video game

I really dislike filmmakers doing this kind of stupid stunts (Ok I admit I hate the film makers tries do deceive even more . Like the idiots who make eagle taking a child or flying wing man etc.). Why not put a Ak-47 or a hand grenade to the damn drone? You would get more attention.

Why did this have to be built and can&#x27;t we just imagine things anymore?

This should be illegal everywhere. I&#x27;m really afraid of the not too distant future when drones are cheap and autonomous enough so that they are able to be controlled by a small crazy group and used to harm lots of people. I don&#x27;t think we as a society are prepared for it.