iPhone, iPod Touch controlled A.R.Drone quadricopter

Before I tell you how this cool quadricopter flies I first must express sincere thanks to the nerds at Parrot for this, their coolest gaming invention! During the Las Vegas International Consumers Electronics Show (CES) this year, Parrot introduced a unique quadricopter made of carbon fiber and high resistance PA66 plastic. The quadricopter is powered with a 468MHz ARM9 RISC 32 BITS processor and two live cameras mounted on the front and at the bottom to transmit live video footage to your controlling device, an iPhone or iPod Touch.

 

To control this four-propellered flying quadricopter, you need to install an iPhone application called AR.Drone. A.R.Drone quadricopter works over a Wi-Fi b/g network, and just in case you fly the A.R.Drone beyond the W-Fi coverage, the Autopilot feature of the quadricoptor takes command and stabilizes the A.R.Drone to perform a soft landing!

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The A.R.Drone’s battery life gives you 15 minutes of flying time. 15 minutes sounds petty bad but it's got a live video streaming feature as well. BTW, the A.R.Drone uses a 1000 mAh, 11,1V LiPo battery (costly but light). It will be available by the first week of March but the price is still a secret.

If you are a counterfeit iPhone owner you won't be able to use this because it requires the genuine iPhone app. You may need to wait until the shanzhai launch an iPhone clone which can run genuine apps from the Apple apps store, or wait until the shanzhai come out with a similar soaring product.

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