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Originally Posted by CarstenL
It's funny how no-one has complained about the AR drone needing a iOS device to operate. I guess they get a little leeway, for not being Traxxas.  |
How do you know nobody complained about the iPhone leash, then didn't buy one because they couldn't use it? If you could control it over WiFi or BlueTooth using a computer it would be more easily accessible. Heck, if you could use telepathy ANYONE could use it. But then we'd have to put an iPhone-only unlock ability on it so that some crazy person doesn't get their hands on it and ram it into people
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Originally Posted by BrianG
To be blunt, the lawsuit/liability thing is just bull****. This whole hobby is a lawsuit waiting to happen; you have lipos that can burn your house down if you don't treat them right, gears that can chomp a finger if you are stupid enough to go near them while it's running, voltages that can harm you (for HV people), currents that can generate enough heat to burn, and so on. And really, a ~10lb vehicle will hurt just as much doing 70mph into your ankle as 100mph. Idiots will get hurt and hurt others no matter what you do.
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+1. And as for idiots hurting themselves, I've done it! Hit myself with my Baja before (not at full speed, but fast enough to know I don't want to do it again). Also had my plane try to take off in my lap while I was working with it, my fault for not waiting until I was ready to fly before plugging the battery in. Tore right through my shorts and tore up my leg (you may have seen the pics on my Facebook) and I still have the scars ~2 years later. !@#$ happens, it's the nature of the hobby.