Good App, hope the support keeps coming 3 out of 3 people found this helpful. I can get connected to my drone however no options are available for me to fly as with any other device. I can't take off, update, or any basic functions. App randomly disconnected like 10 meters in front of me and flew away into a neighborhood and hit a pole, I really would like to fly my AR Drone 2 so please update the app. Thanks One person found this helpful. Please at least finish the app. I know that "director mode" is not that great of feature due to the weak camera situation (compared to the Bebop), but finish and maintain the app, PLEASE!! Needs more robust come link management & control Tried the app a few times yesterday... altitude up to 25 meters and distance out to about 30 yards. Link was not altogether stable, and on one flight, the app locked-up the cmd link restart function... had to regain control from my WinPhone using AR Drone remote. Doesn't seem to reliably turn on the on-board recording, and also seems to want to record the transmitted video onto my Surface-3.

This works about 50% of the time. Acquiring the WiFi address of the drone is also quirky..needs a native English speaker to correct the code bugs I reckon. Lastly, the sharing and media mgt capabilities are very basic, compared to the iPAD version. Integrate with Microsoft Cloud functions and this is a winner-winner! Lastly, the control loop, when its working to spec, is nicely responsive with the Intel I5 powered Surface-3....way smother and quicker than with the iPAD. Looking forward to the next release! 4 out of 4 people found this helpful. Glad to see this on Windows 8! It's exciting that more developers are understanding that Windows 8 is a great platform and a lot of people actually do use it! I love using this with my Surface Pro 3, as the larger screen makes the video flight much more satisfying than on the iPad. And, that I seem to have better WiFi distance with my Surface too! Only thing missing here is the GPS control that's on the iPad app, and video recording.

Plus I hope they bring out the AR.FreeFlight 3 soon for my new Mini drones! It works as one would expect. parrot ar drone norgeIt is truly sad it took so long considering this is not a complicated app.insect spy drone photo Now will they keep it up-to-date and add features that are already on iPad? x rebirth drone use Started great, then stoppedthe parrot ar drone price Using this on my Surface RT, the app started out great flying my a.r.drone. Then all of a sudden the app will no longer recognize when the tablet is connected to the drones WiFi which makes it useless. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful. Review so far with Surface Pro - Works great with touch-screen thumb-sticks and accelerometers.

- Works with Xbox controller. Both thumb sticks work properly in their appropriate directions. However, the left thumb stick always applies 100% acceleration, no matter how gently you push the stick. Right thumb stick is analog. Applies % of acceleration depending on how much you push the stick. It appears that a quick update to the left thumb-stick is all that is needed. - D-pad on Xbox controller will flip drone: up=front flip, back=backflip, right=flip to the right, left= flip to the left. No need to change settings to get different flips=cool combos. - Xbox controller (both wireless and wired) must be plugged in AFTER takeoff, otherwise it won't takeoff no matter what. For Wireless controller: have controller on but don't have wireless adapter plugged into USB port yet. Start up the drone. Once drone takes off, quickly plug in wireless adapter. - Didn't test out the keyboard yet. Will report back later. 15 out of 16 people found this helpful. A good start, flying on my Surface RT.

Only takes Still pictures to tablet. Would be nice to save streamed video to tablet. Hopefully a WP8 app soon! 9 out of 11 people found this helpful.Because Android doesn't let you connect to an ad-hoc network, you can't use your Android device to control Parrot's AR.Drone without a little bit of work.Essentially you have three options: However, this will void the warranty on your phone.Manually change the drone's WiFi setup via telnet to connect to an Access Point. This requires a computer in order to connect to the drone and the changes are not persistent, you will have to perform the procedure everytime you restart your drone.Install an on-board script which automatically connects the drone to a specified Access Point. This is the easiest solution as your drone will still be able to operate exactly as before with an ad-hoc network but will automatically connect to your phone's Access Point as soon as you turn it on. Moreover this solution is persistent, no need to perform the install procedure at each startup.

However, this will void Parrot's warranty on your AR.Drone.I don't know anything about rooting Android devices and I can't help you there but if your phone is already rooted and patched then you should have no problem at all connecting to the AR.Drone using its standard IP Address: 192.168.1.1.If you are like me and don't want to root your phone you have two options left :The changes are not persistent Here is how to connect your AR.Drone to your Android phone's Wi-Fi Access Point :First, if your drone is paired to your iPhone/iPad or other, you need to unpair it by pressing the unpair button underneath the AR.Drone with something like a pen.Connect your computer to your drone : on your computer, browse the list of available WiFi networks and click on  ardrone_******. Linux and Mac OS X : open a terminal and type : telnet 192.168.1.1Windows : you are going to need a telnet client, one is shipped with Windows but it is hidden in Vista and 7. I would recommend using putty (http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe).

In the field "hostname", enter 192.168.1.1, then, for "Connection type", choose Telnet right below and click onAt this point, you need to start the WiFi hotspot on your phone. Launch the portable Wi-Fi hotspot app and make sure the hotspot is disabled. Click the menu button  and in the menu, click on Advanced. Change the local IP to 192.168.1.2 (we are going to use 192.168.1.1 for the AR.Go back to the first screen, make sure that security is set to none and choose a name for your network (mine for instance is skynet). Then click the top left check box to start the hotspot. Your phone is now waiting for a connection from your drone.Back on your computer type the line below to your telnet console replacing YOUR_NETWORK_NAME Do not enter return before the end of the lineifconfig ath0 down ; iwconfig ath0 mode managed essid YOUR_NETWORK_NAME ap any channel auto commit ; ifconfig ath0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 upOnce you have correctly recopied the line on the telnet terminal, type return.

The drone will disconnect from your computer so your telnet terminal will seem to freeze. On your phone screen you should now see "1 connected user", if so the procedure succeeded.Now you can launch AndroFlight, click on Connect and you are good to go !2) Automatic Connection using ARAutoConnectHOWEVERI offer absolutely no warrantyI decline all responsibilitynot supported by Parrotwillresult in voiding the warranty.your own risks.To see how to install AR AutoConnect on your Drone go to this page.Launch the portable Wi-Fi hotspot app.If your are doing this for the first time or if you have changed the settings since the last time: Click the menu button and in the menu, click on Advanced. Change the local IP to 192.168.1.2 (by default 192.168.1.1 is for the AR.Go back to the first screen, make sure that security is set to none and change the router name to the one you have specified in the AR AutoConnect installer (by default  mine for instance is skynet).Click the top left check box to start the hotspot.