In the quest to extend the flight time of the AR.Drone David Homan has fitted a Zippy 2200mAh battery to his AR.This will take your flight time to roughly 30 minutes according to David. In his blog post (automatically translated) David explains that you need to take the extra weight into consideration while landing. He advises to bring the drone further down manually before hitting the landing button. He has some pictures in his blog post that show how he has attached the battery (which has a different form factor and weight) to his AR.Step 1: Comparing the BatteriesShow All ItemsEver since we played with the original AR drone back at CES a few years ago, we’ve been keeping an eye on them. While we all agree there are better quadcopters out there, the price point for a ready-to-fly quadcopter of this size is really great with these. When the fake video from FPS Russia of the weaponized drone made the rounds earlier this year, we were surprised at how people reacted. Anyone who has messed with quadcopters recognized it as fake right off the bat (not to mention the overly cliche fake russian character).

We won’t be adding a full fledged firearm to this. Mainly because it simply can’t lift the weight (There are ones that can, but we couldn’t justify the cost just for that). We do have some ideas though. Lets go over the specs of the AR Drone 2.0 first. The manufacturer is pretty good about sharing information. parrot ar drone tillbehörThey have a decent breakdown of the specs as well as a full SDK available for writing apps for the AR drone.macdev drone dx laufset *We’re assuming they mean 1Gigabyte of RAM there on the specs.macdev drone dx bps As you can see, it has decent specs for the $299 price tag. This is partially due to the fact that it uses wi-fi for control. A decent radio system would greatly increase the distance (and probably response), but would have added another $100 to the price tag.

This isn’t a full review of the AR Drone. I didn’t run it through any tough tests, nor compare it to similar sized and outfitted competitors. I just pulled it out of the box, flew it around a bit, and started thinking about how best to make it preposterously dangerous. During this time, I found that the Wi-Fi control system works fairly well. There’s not really a discernible lag between motions on the iPhone and motions on the drone. The drone was fairly stable both indoors and out, though it really didn’t like ceiling fans. I started taping things to it to see how it would respond. As you get too much weight on it, you start to see that the stabilization system twitches attempting to keep it level. This happens long before it physically can’t lift things. It shouldn’t be an issue though as I only noticed it while attempting to hover in place. Battery life is greatly reduced though with any additional weight. This is a pain in the butt because the stock battery only offers roughly 8 min of un-weighted flight on a 1.5 hour charge.

There is already a strong community of modders out there for the AR drone. Here are some common mods that I found while researching. I’ve included a few links to examples, but there are many more to be found. I’ve got some ideas. They’re not all very safe sounding, but don’t worry, I’ll take precautions to make sure no one gets hurt. They’re also not very practical, but sound really fun. Let me know your ideas. Keep in mind that if I strip this thing down, I can really only carry 100-150 grams comfortably. Also keep in mind I don’t have the time or resources to carry out massive undertakings (sorry, no AI swarms, etc )The guide will help you to get started with NodeCopter hacking in any All NodeCopter hacking is done using the Parrot AR Drone The AR Drone 1.0 may also be supported by some libraries, but most of the community uses 2.0 drones. We are not married to the Parrot drones, but so far we have not found any alternatives that offer competitive pricing, automatic hovering, global

distribution, easy repairs and are shipped fully assembled. In most countries the best place to buy a drone is your national version of won’t get a discount, but shipping is usually very fast and they often also carry the repair parts you may need. If Amazon is not a viable option for you, you should consider the manufacturers Shipping can be slow, but they can deliver all parts to almost any country in For those willing to go the extra mile for a good deal, we recommend Ebay orYou can often find used drones or drones with minor damage. Repairing the drones is easy, so unless the damage is much bigger than advertised, you should be able to save a decent amount of money. Last but not least, there are several brick and mortar retailers, you can find Before starting your drone for the first time, you may want to know about this: Make sure that you have Node.js installed. First off, you should get the FreeFlight app for your iOS

device if you don’t have it already. Now connect to the drone’s WiFi with your smartphone, start the FreeFlight app and make a test flight with it’s Piloting feature to learn how the drone behaves. It’s also a good time to check if the firmware of the drone is up to date. setup the drones for exact instructions. But controlling the drone with the phone is boring, let’s program it! the drone’s WiFi with your laptop and install the ar-drone module: Once you’ve done that, save this to a file:See how your drone takes of, rotates clockwise and even does a flip!Now you’re set, go ahead and get crazy! Per default, the drone will only fly very slowly and won’t fly higher than 3m. These limits can be lifted via the mobile app or a library that supports it. Here is an example for setting the limit to 100m using the Looks like the emergency mode is in effect. To easy ways to fix this: Normally, if you’re connected to your drone’s WiFi you don’t have connection to