OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit

Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by bajsejohannes on Friday February 01, 2013 @12:56PM (#5152230)

Isn't the point of a quadcopter that it's supposed to be more stable than a helicopter?

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by ynniv on Friday February 01, 2013 @02:10PM (#5152707)

While it's easy to automate level flight with four rotors, it's difficult to prevent horizontal drift.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by stcredzero on Saturday February 02, 2013 @02:06PM (#5156916)

I would've thought we'd have consumer fly-by-wire by now.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by ynniv on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:04PM (#5165284)

There is for $hundreds, but not for $tens. The Syma helicopters and quadrocopters mentioned are less than $40.

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