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		jonknee on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lily – Drone camera Drones usually accelerate quite rapidly (electric motors and all).

freehunter on May 12, 2015 | [–]

Well electric motors can accelerate rapidly, but if they're pulling something heavy, all you'll get is rapidly spinning electric motors and a slowly rising object.

semi-extrinsic on May 12, 2015 | [–]

Still, that's zero to 95% of top speed in one second (or 5 meters).

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