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I had a Parrot AR.drone. After one too many crashes the motherboard wouldn't signal the motors to start. I sent it back to the store I bought it from, who promp

by yardie 12y ago

I had a Parrot AR.drone. After one too many crashes the motherboard wouldn't signal the motors to start. I sent it back to the store I bought it from, who promptly gave me $300 in store credit rather than another drone. Although I would rather have had another drone. When I asked the CSrep she explained they stopped carrying them because the high return rate. My son and high had a lot of fun flying it indoors and I'm looking for another. I'm fascinated by this drone[1]. Variable pitch rotors means it has the agility of a helicopter, including inverted flight (upside-down). Only downside is there is 1 motor so 1 single point of failure. [1] http://curtisyoungblood.com/V2/products/quadcopters/stingray-500 http://curtisyoungblood.com/V2/products/quadcopters/stingray...

baddox 12y ago
The Stingray is awesome, although I wouldn't trust myself flying it until my skills are much better (Curtis Youngblood is a beast). The motor as a point of failure probably isn't a huge deal, because those motors are themselves very reliable, it can autorotate like a traditional helicopter, and a traditional quadcopter can hardly survive a motor failure anyway (although software should be helping that soon).