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Re:Parrot Bebop by sytelus on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:11AM (#7832251)
My AR Drone had busted battery on arrival. But what really had disappointed me was very flimsy styrofoam construction. Looks like this version also continues to have styrofoam.
Re:Parrot Bebop by imdsm on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:26AM (#7832280)
Isn't that a feature? Joking aside though, isn't the Styrofoam to give it a low density structure?
Re:Parrot Bebop by sytelus on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:05AM (#7832391)
It's not a feature, its cost savings. You will never see good quality drones with styrofoams. The styrofoams makes drone lighter so that battery can be also cheap and manufacturer can claim bigger number for flight/charge. One advantage of styrofoams is that you can change it cheaply it breaks but in reality styrofoams makes drone much less stable because even small wind can now throw things off. It also makes it much more fragile.
Re:Parrot Bebop by baddox on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:30AM (#7832443)
Is there styrofoam on the Bebop other than the side guards? Those side guards are intended to be removed for outside flight.
Re:Parrot Bebop by sxtxixtxcxh on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:52AM (#7832350)
light, cheap, strong... pick any two!