{"id":6708,"date":"2022-05-30T08:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2025\/?page_id=6708"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:08:53","slug":"quadcopter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uosdesign.org\/designshow2025\/quadcopter\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadcopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='fotorama--wp' data-ids='8968,8967,8964,8965,8966,8969,8970,8971,8972,8973,8974,8975,8976,8977,8978,8979,8963'data-fit='cover'data-link='file'data-itemtag='dl'data-icontag='dt'data-captiontag='dd'data-columns='0'data-size='large'data-width='1050'data-auto='false'data-max-width='100%'data-ratio='1.640625'>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid 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