[ELECTRON] Drones

[Alan J Munro]

Wow! 
Really interesting platform - I think it has a lot of tech in it to keep it nice and stable - rather than model helicopters where one learns from scratch (or can switch computer support on). At first I thought that this must be a mockup... looking around at ip cameras and the set up seems stupidly heavy. What sort of camera is he using for this?

alan

On 22 Feb 2012, at 02:22, Clive Mitchell wrote:

> They've evolved dramatically and the price of the components is also
> fairly realistic as well.  This is one of my favourite videos from
> that YouTube channel, showing just what sort of load the copter can
> carry.  (A decent camera and transmitter.)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWhhC8dgY4
> 
> On 21 February 2012 10:38, Kieran Wyse <kieranwyse at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is quite a lot of interested in quad copters at goshg.  It would
>> certainly make an interesting project.
>> 
>> To be truely useful I would suggest they need to be able to carry quite a
>> large payload over a reasonable distance, autonomously. It is my hunch that
>> the limiting factor may be the batteries.  That is not to say we shouldn't
>> build one anyway.
> 
> 
> 
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> Clive Mitchell
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