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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWanna Cool Drone? Got $300?
Buy one of these little drones, complete with wireless camera, and you're drone capable. Want to spy on a neighbor? You can. They're easy to fly, using your iPhone as a controller, and you can spy on anything in HD.
$300. Fly it with your iPhone as the controller and take high-def images and videos with the onboard camera. Brookstone or many other sources. Indoors or out. Have a neighbor who sunbathes nude in her back yard? Your video can be online in seconds.
They're already here, and folks are posting their videos on YouTube. Here's an actual sample video, taken with one:
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I own a lot of RC ornithopters, which I prefer to multi-rotor drones as they emulate birds' flapping flight.
The best among the ones I've flown and own, the Avitron:
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)time ago, and I managed to crash them with some regularity. Looks to me like these little 4-rotor choppers might be pretty easy to fly. However, I don't have $300 to spare on a toy right now, and none of my neighbors sunbathes nude, anyhow.
Now, if my dog gets off his leash and takes off, it might come in handy.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I've got two of these, capable of doing a flip in mid-air, but don't have the iPad app.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)it wouldn't be as controllable on breezy days: helicopter with camera on Amazon
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)The video from that other one demonstrates how stable a platform it is. I'd love to have one as a toy, but too pricey for me.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)The RW nuts passed an anti-drone ordinance
http://sunpatriot.com/2013/03/29/st-bonifacius-ordinance-no-115/
I doubt that it is enforceable though. Regulating airspace is a FAA thing.
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johnnypneumatic
(599 posts)at very reasonable prices for making movies, especially for getting unique shots and camera angles
the phantom quadcopter paired with the new gopro hero3 camera, and soon to be released steadycam gimbal for the phantom, all just reviewed at this weeks NAB 2013 digital media convention
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)and the range is just 165 feet.