Iphone quadricopter

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[riddler 0]

Cool, but Homeland Security will probably be outlawing these within a year, or so. Just a guess.

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If that's not a hoax, that's fuckin' amazing.

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[jf951 1]

thats amazing!

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[JohnnyD 0]

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If that's not a hoax, that's fuckin' amazing.

If it is, they sure did take a lot of time to make a good website. The only things I didn't see were: How much is it and where can I get it?

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If it is, they sure did take a lot of time to make a good website. The only things I didn't see were: How much is it and where can I get it?

It's been pretty widely reported, but so far no specific release date or price that I know of. Although I have heard 'later this year' and 'affordable', whatever that means.

Edited to add:
The photos I've seen make it look like it's built mainly from expanded polystyrene. No surprises there given the need to keep it light and robust, but I always think that stuff looks cheap and ugly. It's a shame you can't seem to mould it with a really smooth surface.

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What sort of range would you have on it, it's controller via WiFi, that hads a pretty limited range doesn't it?

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[ABerry83 1]

Yeah, I wanna know the price and range too. The whole 'augmented reality' thing is really starting to impress me...amazing what we can do nowadays.

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Damn that's impressive control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLu7i8Vm2Hs&NR=1

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[riddler 0]

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What sort of range would you have on it, it's controller via WiFi, that hads a pretty limited range doesn't it?

On Ad-hoc, it's limited to backyard use. But with their API, you could easily build a flight path that leaves range, flies a designated pattern and return.

Which is why I think that Homeland Security may have an issue. Scouting + cheap cruise missile.

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What sort of range would you have on it, it's controller via WiFi, that hads a pretty limited range doesn't it?

On Ad-hoc, it's limited to backyard use. But with their API, you could easily build a flight path that leaves range, flies a designated pattern and return.

Which is why I think that Homeland Security may have an issue. Scouting + cheap cruise missile.

I'm sure it could be modified, but have you ever flown an RC copter? They can hardly lift a 'AA' battery off the floor let alone fly accurately with anything attached to them. The gas/fuel powered ones are a bit of a different story.

One would be much better off buying an RC airplane which could be flown with small camera, and then some attached to it. They also have pretty long transmission ranges too.

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[ridestrong 1]

Saw this when it first came out a few years ago... pretty amazing what you can do with these things.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1026904/rc_helicopter_fun_flying/

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[riddler 0]

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It's been pretty widely reported, but so far no specific release date or price that I know of.

They say sometime in 2010. But that doesn't mean anything.

Must have one!

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