Hello Drone Folks,
I'd like to do a cute sky lantern thing with my girlfriend like in the Disney movie tangled. However, I think we can all agree there have been enough forest fires this year already
Rigging up an Wax Paper lantern with a thin wire frame and a LED seems relatively uncomplicated. I'm fairly sure I could rig something up that was quite light and bright enough.
The problem would be in how to get it flying. It doesn't have to be pretty per-say, everything I loose in aesthetics I'll make up in adorable ingenuity.
Now, I could just use helium balloons, and I might still go that route. Maybe even attached to a fishing line so I can bring it in after.
My other idea was: Buy a drone, dangle the lantern under in, and fly it up above our heads for a minute or two while that song from the movie plays and we kiss, then fly it back down after.
The second idea seems plausible I think, but I also don't really know much about drones at all.
I'm sure a super kitted out and expensive drone could do this no problem, but I'm thinking this would be mostly a one off thing for me. If I went the drone route I'd probably give it to my dad after (he's retiring soon, so he'll probably have lots of time to use it in a year or two). I'd prefer spending less than $200 on this, but I could go as high as $300.
Are there any drones that could make this work at that price point? What drone would you recommend? Again, it doesn't have to work many times, or for very long - just has to work once for like 2-3 minutes.
Or should I just try to figure out a balloon solution?
Thanks for reading!
I'd like to do a cute sky lantern thing with my girlfriend like in the Disney movie tangled. However, I think we can all agree there have been enough forest fires this year already
Rigging up an Wax Paper lantern with a thin wire frame and a LED seems relatively uncomplicated. I'm fairly sure I could rig something up that was quite light and bright enough.
The problem would be in how to get it flying. It doesn't have to be pretty per-say, everything I loose in aesthetics I'll make up in adorable ingenuity.
Now, I could just use helium balloons, and I might still go that route. Maybe even attached to a fishing line so I can bring it in after.
My other idea was: Buy a drone, dangle the lantern under in, and fly it up above our heads for a minute or two while that song from the movie plays and we kiss, then fly it back down after.
The second idea seems plausible I think, but I also don't really know much about drones at all.
I'm sure a super kitted out and expensive drone could do this no problem, but I'm thinking this would be mostly a one off thing for me. If I went the drone route I'd probably give it to my dad after (he's retiring soon, so he'll probably have lots of time to use it in a year or two). I'd prefer spending less than $200 on this, but I could go as high as $300.
Are there any drones that could make this work at that price point? What drone would you recommend? Again, it doesn't have to work many times, or for very long - just has to work once for like 2-3 minutes.
Or should I just try to figure out a balloon solution?
Thanks for reading!
