What Happens If You Fly a Drone In An Elevator? Real Experiment!

In this video I actually fly a drone in an elevator to see what happens when the elevator goes to a different floor. Will the drone move with it or stay in its relative position? Then I also try to actively control the drone in order to see if I can keep it in control as the elevator is moving to the top floor! Then I talk about relative speeds and how this compares to flying on an airplane!

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DISCLAIMER: Any experiment you try is at your own risk

[TheActionLab]

Hey everyone I want to address some comments I am seeing:
1. Remember that the drone is not floating in the elevator. It is not supported by air pressure or buoyancy. So even though the air starts moving down with the elevator, the drone doesn't care because the air isn't what is supporting the drone. It stays in place by the momentum of air thrown downward. So it doesn't matter that the air below it is moving downward relatively slowly or not, the drone will stay where it was hovering before the movement of the elevator. The results of this would be different with a balanced floating balloon in the center of the elevator. It would stay right with it for the most part as the elevator went up and down.
2. The drone does have vertical accelerometers. That is how it knows it is hovering with the correct propeller speed without falling. So even once the elevator air starts pushing the drone up or down while moving, the accelerometers try to keep it in place. So in addition to its inertia, the accelerometers are also keeping it in place. I didn't mention it in the video but it is a valid point to bring up. The drone would have an easier time staying with the elevator without altitude control (but that is basically what I simulated when I was throttling it).

[ryozaki]

This guy is answering my 3AM questions one by one so I can sleep in the future

[ChaosMagnet]

The security guard monitoring that building’s cameras was laughing. I guarantee it.

[CookieCutter]

I’ve never wondered, but now I can’t stop wondering

[icamtoseeyou]

Interesting experiment! I'm curious if the DJI Phantom's object avoidance will activate faster before it hits the ceiling of the elevator!

[Paul-ourx]

"It went up."
Drone: "No. You went down."

[jordanpalmieri]

this guy does the experiments nobody would ever think of, which is why he is so fun to watch.

[JustinY.]

Imagine walking into an elevator and seeing this setup right in front of your face

[SilentlyContinue]

I want an "Action Lab - Behind the scenes" channel featuring all the conversations with people who used the elevator while you were creating this video.

[IndieSamurai]

I love the fact that you make videos on such topics

[gamalelsayed]

Someone is gonna use this video trying to prove the earth is flat.

[salmalachgar]

I like how this guy takes a random questions and do it as an experiment and give explanations for it, so cool!

[Dikkepaling]

Wow the drone on the thumbnail is a bit bigger, just a little bit. Lmfao

[SkyGuySoulKeeper]

I have tested this and can confirm it is very awkward when someone tries to walk into the elevator while I try flying a drone.

[electrocooper]

There is that one dude on the the 5th floor that is sitting there waiting for the elevator to come by down but this dudes playing with a drone

[scottjones]

You should repeat this experiment in a glass elevator so you can see it stay relative to the outside structures. Loved it!

[cahidijoyoraharjo]

Kid : Mommy there's a fully grown man playing with his drone in the elevator.
Mom : Let's just find another elevator. He might be a weirdo.

[codediporpal]

2:50 "I can't keep it up even all the way throttled"

Yeah I have that problem sometimes.

[MetDeFiets]

It's depending on which sensor the drone is reading it's position. Acceleration can be measured, Air Pressure, others use the camera for fine adjustment (Phantom), and/or GPS. So in case of the plane, the drone might want to reposition to it's GPS position, which might geht hard on any plane.

[satoukazuma]

Guards watching the security footage: *NOTED*