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Flying RED Epic Drone and Fighting Ninjas Make for Epic Footage [Update: Now in Real(ish) Time]

03.15.12 @ 8:54AM Tags : epic, helicam, octocopter, omstudios, redepic

We’ve posted about cameras attached to RC helicopters before, but unlike that fraudulent Kickstarter campaign, there are legitimate companies pursuing the marriage of camera and RC helicopter.  So, here’s the lowdown — folks in Germany and Finland have attached RED Epic cameras to remote controlled octocopters in a devious attempt to blow our minds.  I’ve embedded two videos below.  One shows the RED Epic being epically flown whilst attached to an octocopter.  The second has ninjas.  To be honest, the only thing that would have made this more internetishly savory would been if the ninjas revealed they were actually cats.  All goofing aside, the stability and smoothness of the footage is pretty remarkable: More »