Crash of the Quad - first try with camera

[webbie]

cheapo $35 quad? Is this in addition to the AR Drone?

I sold the drone after I battered it up a bit - I want to learn how to fly the real ones, and the range of the AR is too short.

So I got this one, which I love (great to learn on) and a Hubsan X4 which is a tiny thing that can fly inside or out.

By the spring I hope to learn enough to perhaps graduate to a bigger quad and some flying wings, etc....who knows?

 

[Shari]

Eventually (well, already) drones are starting to be used for this kind of stuff - that is, inspecting a chimney...

Now..... if they built a drone to carry a brush and rods up to my chimney could we get it to fly up-down-up-down to scrub the chimney while it's up there?

 

[webbie]

This is the one I took that vid with
http://www.amazon.com/Syma-Channel-2-4G-Quad-Copter/dp/B0096SJU3U

If anyone has the patience, it's 36 well spent........I've had a lot of laughs!

 

[begreen]

Cool, looks like fun. Might finally be my revenge weapon on the deer.

 

[yooperdave]

Now I wonder how I can incorporate those into eliminating the noise coming from the neighbor's dog at all hours of the night (and day) that they just don't seem to give a damn about.

Maybe a couple of low fly-bys would do the trick and send the dog running for the house??

 

[BrotherBart]

Now I wonder how I can incorporate those into eliminating the noise coming from the neighbor's dog at all hours of the night (and day) that they just don't seem to give a damn about.

Maybe a couple of low fly-bys would do the trick and send the dog running for the house??

Nah. This one.

http://www.amazon.com/Gunship-J283-3-5-Channel-Avatar-Helicopter/dp/B0096E6Q5O

 

[Dune]

Even Craig has a drone now?

 

[fossil]

Even Craig has a drone now?

He has a number of them. We're called Moderators.

 

[begreen]

Bzzzz

 

[BrotherBart]

Whoooosh

 

[ironpony]

O.K. back from puking after watching that disaster. Was the crash self inflicted?? (bad pilot)
I wonder how that camera would work on a regular heli.

 

[webbie]

O.K. back from puking after watching that disaster. Was the crash self inflicted?? (bad pilot)
I wonder how that camera would work on a regular heli.

I think the camera is a bit too heavy for that toy - I tried again and it works OK for the first minute or so, but as soon as the battery starts losing power, the thing becomes unstable. So that is what likely happened - although I also may have been getting out of range.

The good ones start at about $500, so I figure I will destroy some $40-60 models as a learning process and then be ready this spring for the real thing. This one is the current hobby state-of-the-art value model...
http://www.dji-innovations.com/products/phantom/overview/

Among other features, it returns to home when you lose radio contact. It also has GPS for both stability and flight. It has other neat features like knowing where you are - and where it is - so you can put it in a mode to come back toward you or away or right/left even after you lose sight of it's orientation....

 

[webbie]

Well, a slightly more successful flight! I shaved a few grams off the Quad.......still have a way to go, but at least no crash!

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[velvetfoot]

You just can't seem to resist flirting with that tree!

 

[Jags]

Durn kids always play'in. Get a job already.

That looked like a much smoother flight. Is that you getting better at flying or some other reason?

 

[webbie]

Durn kids always play'in. Get a job already.

That looked like a much smoother flight. Is that you getting better at flying or some other reason?

Maybe less wind, stayed with transmitter range.....and shaved a couple grams off the assembly. That's really the key - getting the weight down.

It's almost time for me to step up to the next size and capability.....although I did sink one of my quads in the Bay the other day! Next time I will put foam floats on it....

 

[Jags]

Hmmm...can't imagine that they like water.

 

[begreen]

Or fire!

 

[begreen]

Watch your airspace!

(broken link removed to http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/ufo-black-drone-fbi/)