Especially with 4 motors and a camera.
A former neighbor had an rc plane that ran on a battery and it did ok
but with just one motor and some ability to glide, it would not use as
much power. No camera either.
RB
On 17/03/2015 7:42 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
10 minutes probably feels like a long time when you're doing it. Electric is
difficult for things that fly since batteries are not so energy dense.
You and your solar. I get the feeling you've never worked with solar at all, a
5w solar panel is about 1 foot square and isn't enough power to do squat.
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
Cc: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - My Drone Buddy Gets into Trouble
10 minutes is pathetic. I'm going to wait for a solar powered version.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:
Splat!
RB (better start wearing a helmet Andrew)
On 17/03/2015 3:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
What if one of those pricey drones strays too far and runs out of "fuel"?
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
These http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/ are well known quadcopters,
somewhat pricey but high quality.
Some site said this one was pretty decent http://www.amazon.com/Hubsan-
H107D-Quadcopter-Live-Transmitter/dp/B00FMWGT9M/ref=
pd_sbs_t_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=03119ZWXRJP3N4P84AVV
You can also buy small cheap ones for $100 or less from dealextreme
http://www.dx.com/c/hobbies-toys-899/rc-toys-801/rc-helicopters-840
which
might be the way to give it a try
--R
On 3/17/15 3:35 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Who knows something about these doodads?
If I wanted to acquire such a thing, what would I have to spend to get
one with video worth watching?
RB
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