Monday, March 6, 2017

FPV paper airplane!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-01/powerup-paper-airplane-drone-tested-and-reviewed

 "And now the PowerUp FPV, a $200 drone, enters the pantheon of paper airplanes. This one comes with eight high-quality pieces of black, German-made origami paper, a twin prop that slides over the creases, and a camera mounted module over the top that sends a live video feed to your phone, and records it on a micro SD Card.
The plane can be launched via a 'throw to fly' mode, where you launch it like a standard paper airplane. That forward motion kicks the motors on—or, well, it should, I could never get this to work right, but my son had no problem. A more consistent takeoff maneuver is to throttle up the propellers first, give it a gentle toss, and away it goes. "

This is one of the most inventive drones I've seen.  You can attach the motor/camera section to any plane design you want.  pretty cool.

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