More on the drones touched upon recently that have been chasing athletes around at the Winter Olympics: made and operated by the modestly-named Dutch Drone Gods. They've been doing this sort of thing from the outset of drone-racing, which has always required custom-built aircraft in the way I have suggested that mirrors the evolution of personal computers (and thus eventually smartphones).
They appear to have cornered he market and a lucrative one I would suggest given the global audience and the fact they charge €15,000 for each of these drones. The work that goes into this enterprise is on a par with that of the athletes, however, the pilots practising upto sixty times prior each 'run' down the slopes in pursuit of one or other athlete.
Interestingly they struggled given the broadcast quality of the equipment to sustain a weight for each drone below the limit of 250 grams, beyond which they should not fly within fifty metres of anyone not directly involved ~ which presumably includes competitors who've almost literally had a close shave during filming.
Clearly however like the Olympics they're here to stay?
