Hi Guys,
We love the AR.Drone @ WOW. So much we think more people need one! We’ve put together a pack containing a Parrot AR.Drone + Official Extra Battery for $378 Delivered. Yet to see these things discounted in Australia.
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Parrot AR.Drone + Extra Battery - $378 Delivered
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Reports say the video is slightly choppy on a 3G but still fine. Same performance will be achieved on an iPhone 2G. To be honest I find myself flying by looking at the Drone itself anyway and the screen is mostly used when battling. I'll see if I can round up a 3G and do a test for you!
The 3rd/4th Gen iPod Touch's had the same CPU/GPU as the 3GS so performance will be fantastic on those.
Wasn't his $350 delivered a few weeks back?
That was without the extra battery.
We're still doing the Drone by itself for $349 but this is a pack with an extra battery which is usually $49.95 extra.
edit: too slow in replying :-)
Cheers for the info.
Hmmm seems to have an Open API (projects.ardrone.org) and some has apparently got it working with Android: www.meavydev.co.uk/ARDrone.html
Tempting…
With video recording… very tempting…
Have an upvoteI have the SDK running at home on my linux laptop. Android source is in there as well, droid doesn't do ad-hoc wifi which is why there isn't anything officially release at present. if you want to jailbreak your droid then its just a case of compiling and installing :) - https://projects.ardrone.org/boards/1/topics/show/234
Controlling it with the PS3 controller is great fun as well (sdk supports this out of the box which is cool). - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TmQPaG1o3Q
I've got a project page here if you're interested. http://wp.daveheavyindustries.com/2011/03/09/op-parot-drone-…
"just a case of compiling and installing"… So will work with Gingerbread?
wow dedicated @ inverters, car batteries and high gain antennas!no idea on the android version sorry.
and haha.. yes.. but its all fairly cheap :) networkbrokers are doing refurb cisco gear for cheap, antennas from china. carbattery is spare.
We fly them at newfarm park if you're local to brisbane :)
The android version does work well. I have it on my nexus one. It will work best on devices with real multi-touch.
They are apparently using these to do reconnaissance over Libya…
And the MFB is using them to examine burnt buildings too dangerous for ground crews to enter (albeit the $25k version)
I love remote control flying things even those mini copters, the thing that put me off them is the flying time, less then 10 mins for a 2hrs charge isnt much fun.
I bought one from the US a few months ago, it's balls out fun. My 1350mAh battery gets me about 30-40mins. Not sure if the spare battery is a bargain, there's higher capacity batteries for cheaper on the interwebs, but it is cheap at $30. Fenced. Tempted to buy a second one for my housemate to do AR battles.
where did you get the 1350mAH battery?? sourced locally or overseas? I've found a few from china but I'm a little hesitant.
I bought a second one from wow annerley and harvested it for parts to fix the two motors I broke and replaced the indoor shroud damaged while I was "learning to fly" :p
Works with the N900 too.
how does it run with iphone 3g??