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Pretty much a very multi-purpose toy, it's lightweight, cheap, has a mounted camera that hooks up by wi-fi. Basically any device that has a long-range wi-fi radio and the drone's driver can hook up, control, and look through the drone's camera. Saw it in brookstones the other day and crashed it a few times :P
(As for "Any Device", it's only for the apple mobile architecture now. I'm sure somebody could get this working with java for the rest of us.)
tl;dr: Expect to see this explode all over the place in COD black ops.
I want one!
O.o
And it's cheaper then an android phone - just woah!
Do want. So much.
Wind might pick it up and throw it across the city.
Just read the faq, and it works only 12 minutes before recharging for 1:30 hours. This is really a big con for me...
[QUOTE=Ritave;24611899]Just read the faq, and it works only 12 minutes before recharging for 1:30 hours. This is really a big con for me...[/QUOTE]
Yeah they need to work out how to fix this kind of thing. Can they not attach dynamos or something to the rotors to get back some of the energy its using?
Or attached a kind of water wheel on the top that spins a generator inside when it moves upwards and downards etc etc.
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[QUOTE=Benf199105;24611995]Yeah they need to work out how to fix this kind of thing. Can they not attach dynamos or something to the rotors to get back some of the energy its using?
Or attached a kind of water wheel on the top that spins a generator inside when it moves upwards and downards etc etc.[/QUOTE]
The Dynamo idea would just pull even more energy than create more, it would generally just create way more friction and cost even more energy.
The other idea wouldn't create even one bit enough energy for it to run a few more seconds.
[QUOTE=Benf199105;24611995]Yeah they need to work out how to fix this kind of thing. Can they not attach dynamos or something to the rotors to get back some of the energy its using?
Or attached a kind of water wheel on the top that spins a generator inside when it moves upwards and downards etc etc.[/QUOTE]
It's not that simple. That would probably make it worse.
The only solutions are more efficient batteries and upscaling.
£300 pounds though :/
It's a vicious circle, you put a bigger (and heavier) battery in it, and you require more thrust to keep it airborne, drawing more power.
[QUOTE=jlj1;24612499]£300 pounds though :/[/QUOTE]
Plus you need an iPhone or iPod touch.
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I think
[QUOTE=sami-pso;24612489]It's not that simple. That would probably make it worse.
The only solutions are more efficient batteries and upscaling.[/QUOTE]
And over-the-air charging. Being able to charge through induction might help a little (imagine it being to charge up a little every time it goes past a strong enough electromagnet), and so could having a gyro-dynamo-thing in the center that reclaims a bit of energy lost in oscillatory motion. The first thing needs really strong electromagnetic forces in close proximity to the thing though, so probably not :v: and the second generates fuck-all energy in practise.
That and syncing up the four propellers so that the blades move together and more air can be moved around at lower motor speeds.
Fucking technology I love it.
Cool! Now I can watch the hot girl who undresses in front of the window on the second floor two houses away!
I just wish you didn't have to own a smartphone to pilot it.
[QUOTE=General J;24631051]I just wish you didn't have to own a smartphone to pilot it.[/QUOTE]
A java plaform could possibly instruct the driver so maybe all devices will be able to do it in the near future.
That would be a great way to spy on people.
Eh. For a few hundred bucks you can buy an RC helicopter, attach a camera and everything you need for a live signal transmitter and a fancy antennae-radio system for contact and control and you'll have a larger, higher quality, and larger area-available UAV. More expensive, but much better, eh.
No auto stabilisation though
I am planning that I will do something very similar as a project for school. The most problematic thing is getting the best price/performance parts, specially the engines, batteries and transmitter.
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Stabilization is few lines of basic code, directly derived from physics, and positional sensor which is in like every better cellphone these days.
[QUOTE=Funnycat;24636693]No auto stabilisation though[/QUOTE]
I know a few people at university rigged an RC helicopter to auto stabilise in a 60 MPH headwind. Then again that was being made for (and funded by) a security firm, so it probably cost quite a bit to do.
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