AR Drone 2.0 Search and Rescue
I have found a project that uses 299.00 AR Drone 2.0 as the platform for search and rescue missions. This is a very good example of UAV for good uses at toy prices.
Details about the project are here: http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/TU_Delft_-_Search_and_Rescue_with_AR_...
They have even posted fully autonomous flight videos that look very promising. No need for another expensive autopilot this is a repurpose of the existing hardware inside the AR Drone 2.0.
I'm surprised I did not read about it here first on such a comprehensive website dedicated to information like this. I am happy to be the first to share this information with everyone. Enjoy.
The TU Delft Team.
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Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on February 11, 2013 at 7:40pm -
So it's great for SAR as long as there's no wind?
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Comment by Peter Meister on February 11, 2013 at 9:22pm -
LOL - At first when my wife got me the v1 of it I was hearing things on forums like - do not fly this thing outdoors, too high or in any wind. But to be honest I am not sure I agree - it handles wind quite well and with the radio conversion I have flown mine over 1km away from me in the desert. I think initial firmware had issues, but on latest v1 v2 frames it does really well outdoors. I even carry fpv gear and I carry a Emerson action am hd on it without an issue on rc radio conversion. On paparazzi I imagine it will have none of these concerns anymore.
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