Let us all know how that works out for you. Key things I noticed when I read the FAQ,
1. "the range will be greater if the AR drone is used in wide-open space with few Wi-Fi waves". Now, I am not a great technical wizard, but won't the majority of users from the WISPA mailing list have some of those pesky "Wi-Fi waves" kicking around? 2. "the AR.Drone can maintain STABLE FLIGHT (emphasis added by me) at a height of up to 6 meters / 20 feet". Now, Stable flight would be kind of important when doing anything other than using it as a fun toy I would imagine. I don't see many water tanks under 20 feet - and if I did I carry a ladder. All I was trying to do was get a bit more info out there on the thing, it looks like a GREAT toy, and I am thinking about ordering one just to play around with, but to expect it to be a dependable tool in your toolbox? Buyer beware. They put plenty of warnings in the information on the manufacturers web page, (which is what I posted) so don't expect STABLE FLIGHT more than that 20 feet up, and be pleasently surprised if you get more than the 20 feet. What is the range of the AR.Drone? The range of the AR.Drone depends on the environment in which it is being used: the range will be greater if the AR.Drone is used in a wide-open space with few Wi-Fi waves. For information, the average range is 50 meters / 160 feet. How high can the AR.Drone fly? Thanks to its many sensors, the AR.Drone can maintain stable flight at a height of up to 6 meters / 20 feet. Since the altitude at which the AR.Drone can fly depends exclusively on the Wi-Fi range, it can fly up to a height of 50 meters / 160 feet. The "Altitude limited" option in the AR.Drone's settings can be adjusted to restrict the height to 3 meters / 10 feet. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Remote Controlled Drone > Most water tanks are less than 160', so it would work fine for that. > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Blake Bowers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/uk/support/questions-answers >> >> Going to have to be a short tower. >> >> >> Don't take your organs to heaven, >> heaven knows we need them down here! >> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Thomas" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:21 PM >> Subject: [WISPA] Remote Controlled Drone >> >> >> >I have no idea if this would be on any use to anyone, but it seems like >> > it might save a tower climb somewhere. >> > >> > >> http://www.brookstone.com/ar-drone-quadricopter.html?bkiid=hmpg|hdr|652479p >> > >> > >> > You can remote control it with an iPhone and it has a camera. >> > >> > John >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
