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Re:Parrot Bebop by sean-duffy on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:13AM (#7832573)
Admittedly for $200 you aren't going to be getting anything fancy, but you'll certainly get something that gets the job done. Since this was my first RC project I went with a $23 radio system, which for basic control is fine. You can get a decent frame for $60, I went with a wooden one since it's pretty sturdy and unlike something like carbon fibre, if you crash you only have to go to a DIY store for replacements. The rest of the parts added up to $120 and were from HobbyKing. At the moment I have mine carrying a Mobius camera which is great, but it could easily carry a GoPro too. I have a blog post about it if you want more detail:

http://www.seanduffy.co.uk/blog/2013/8/Project:-Quadcopter-B...

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Re:Parrot Bebop by spyder on Monday June 02, 2014 @11:08AM (#7833883)
> unlike something like carbon fibre, if you crash you only have to go to a DIY store for replacements

I'm not sure what you mean, but there are carbon fibre sheets just like wooden sheets. It's a little harder to cut and more expensive, but it's less likely to break. http://store.scoutuav.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Scout3-...

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Re:Parrot Bebop by newaccountfool on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:46AM (#7832651)
I've heard that carbon fibre is meant to be stronger than steel, so if you crash it does it break? What's deal with carbon fibre objects
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Re:Parrot Bebop by cf on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:28AM (#7832612)
I'm curious how easy is it to write software to control a multirotor you built yourself. One of the big appeals of the AR drone was a fairly easy to use Linux SDK.
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Re:Parrot Bebop by dirktheman on Monday June 02, 2014 @07:54AM (#7832993)
Arducopter is open source: https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/

You can tinker around with the source code. Memory of the APM is limited, though.

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Re:Parrot Bebop by bambax on Monday June 02, 2014 @05:41AM (#7832645)
Thanks for the link to your blog post! I will look into it... something to keep me busy in the summer I guess! ;-)
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