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Re:ArduBee – A micro drone for open source development by vanderZwan on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:04AM (#22877783)
This looks really cool, but tbh when I saw the name micro drone I expected something crazyflie-sized[0] more than this.

Which is not a complaint, by the way! The crazyflie is so small that it becomes quite the limitation in a few ways. Really curious how the slightly larger size of the ArduBee compares in practice - probably has a bit more stability and power.

[0] https://www.bitcraze.io/products/crazyflie-2-1/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law

Re:ArduBee – A micro drone for open source development by luminousbees on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:34AM (#22878183)
Thank you! Bitcraze is so small and lightweight, but the first version had 3 minutes of flight time. It have brush motors and it's not suited for outdoor. We'll update you about the real flight time asap the new motors arrive. Furthermore, ArduBee will be proposed as a plain board without motors and propellers, to enable every sort of selection and combinations of brushless motors and 3" props, offering full customization for many different approach, you can use top motors or under the base, for max endurance, max payload, max navigation performance or wind disturbance rejection.