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my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:12 am
by petefj40

Re: my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:46 pm
by chevrolux
what does it use to control it? wi-fi? or do ipads have infra-red?

Re: my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:41 pm
by petefj40
chevrolux wrote:what does it use to control it? wi-fi? or do ipads have infra-red?


WiFi. Pretty shortly any smartphone with WiFi will beable to control them. :D

Re: my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:11 pm
by petefj40
Here's some HD footage from the GoPro cam stuck on the underside of the drone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dof0qdUDnc

Re: my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:55 pm
by rob-mu
Lost power at the end?

Re: my boy flying the AR-Drone today.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:03 pm
by petefj40
rob-mu wrote:Lost power at the end?


Yeah. Plus the drone doesn't behave normally with the extra weight underneath it.