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AR Drone High Altitude Flight. Drone says Bye Bye!

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Uploaded by on Mar 26, 2011

Came so close to losing my AR Drone! It got some serious altitude, probably around 80 metres. Control range is 50 metres! The Drone picked up some wind and started heading towards Dalby! It was around 120 metres from me at one point. That's VERY not good... Bye Bye Drone! :P

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  • @dagobb Yup, using standard battery. Is there a non-standard battery???

    It was pretty crazy high - from the ground it was a speck!

    Glad you enjoyed the vid! :)

  • can u elaborate plz, AR drone doesn't have audio recording, and the front camera isn't this good...i think u attached another light weight camera right?

    this might contribute to the stabilisation problem btw, and (according to the manufacturer FAQ sheet) reduce the motor's life

    i think it's fine if u disattach the indoor flying hull...it's lighter that way

    plz elaborate

  • @lordleoo I used a HD Keychain 808 camera attached to the top of the hull.

    It's weight is negligible and doesn't affect stabilisation at all.

  • It wouldn't let me attach a link. Look for GeorgGGGu in here. There's the video with and without stabilisation. I await a new motor before I can try out the new keycam 720P!

  • @AzzaTwirre Thanks for that! That's a great tip with the ARDRONE tag. I've got Mercalli V2 which is excellent stabilising software but sometimes it seems to make the video feel a little too detached. Wanted to get the visceral feel of a Drone alone for this one! ;) 500m range would be crazy fun!

  • Thanks. Yeah it's 1.7.1. I think the dreaded altimeter bug forced it up out of control range and then it didn't hover until it got over the houses because the grass below it was all the same and it couldn't tell it was moving. I was amazed it stopped and waited for me!

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  • this kinda happened to me the day after christmas and it flew about 200 feet i accedently esc the app and i ran from the back ward 2 blocks the engenss quit and it was free falling from 200 feet and the last 4o feet the engens came pack on and it just tapped down in a field how convienet

  • Could be a probably Crazy if i Would boost my Signal by Some MikROTIk Router :D

  • 2:59 John still running! Like a crazy!!!! cool.

    Watching this video i believe you broke the Ardrone limit range.

    Nice video tought!!!

  • were you using the stardard battery (original one)?

  • Nice vid ... I bet u almost broke the world 100metre running record :)

  • Thx for ur response, i dont live in the states and i dont exactly know what a keycam is, of course it is my duty to go read about that, but how i can get that?where from

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