Parrot AR.Drone iPhone® & Android™ Quadricopter

Pilot the Parrot AR.Drone with your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad or Android compatible smartphone/tablet

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Thanks to its on-board Wi-Fi system, you can control the Parrot AR.Drone using an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, or an iPad® or Android compatible smartphone or tablet. It was initially designed for the Apple platforms and will be also available on other platforms in the next few months.

You can also control the Parrot AR.Drone from a Linux PC and a joystick with the software AR.Drone Navigation designed for application developers and available for free.

The Parrot AR.Drone has been designed for both inside and outside use. You can adapt it to any game situation using the two hulls provided.

Great for both indoor & outdoor. The full hull shield protects the AR.Drone from impacts that occur during wild battles. The streamlined hull is aerodynamic, allowing greater control outside.

Get inside the cockpit of your AR.Drone! Even meters away, keep control with your video remote thanks to a Wi-Fi connection. Two cameras are embedded, one on the front and one underneath facing the ground.

The switch between both cameras is very easy thanks to the button integrated in the application running on the iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad.

Play with other Users:
Another major feature is the use of several AR.Drone on a network. Thanks to its own generated Wi-Fi network, players can create a game party where others players can join and play against each other.

The multiplayer game, named AR.PURSUIT, makes it possible to have a battle between two AR.Drone. Hulls are available in three different colors to easily identify your AR.Drone.

A Technological First

• A quadricopter made in carbon fiber and high resistance PA66 plastic
• MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and video processing to ensure a very 
  intuitive piloting of a radio controlled object
• Wi-Fi and video streaming for a modern interface with an iPhone®, iPad® or iPod touch®
• Images processing software for augmented reality

Autopilot

The AR.Drone autopilot allows easy take-off and landing. After take-off, autopilot stabilizes the quadricopter at 50 centimeters (1.7 ft) high. When the pilot removes his fingers from the iPod Touch®/iPhone® screen, the autopilot puts the AR.Drone in hover mode. The autopilot will also take command when the Wi-Fi connection is lost. It stabilizes the AR.Drone before a soft landing. If you receive a call while flying the quadricopter, the autopilot stabilizes it and lands after few seconds.

AR. Drone Spares: The AR.Drone has been designed to be easy to maintain. Every part can be replaced when damaged, and the spares enable you to assemble and disassemble every part of your AR. Drone if necessary. Click here for spares.

Technical specifications:

• Ad-hoc digital Wi-Fi liaison (no need for a Wi-Fi router). Range: up to 50 meters (164,05 feet)
• 2 video cameras with live streaming on the iPod touch® / iPhone®/ iPadTM screen
• Automatic stabilization and full piloting assistance (up to 6 meters/19,7 feet altitude)
• Tactile control interface on iPod touch® / iPhone®/ iPadTM with beginner and expert modes
• Maximum running speed: 5 m/s; 18 km/h
• Maximum altitude with liaison: 50 meters (164,05 feet)
• Running time: about 12 minutes
• Safety system:

• EPP hull for indoor flight;
• Automatic locking of propellers in the event of contact;
• UL2054 battery;
• Control interface with emergency button to stop the motors.

• Dimensions:

• With protective hull for indoor flight: 52,5x51,5cm (20,7x20,3 inches) - Weight: 420 g
• With shaped hull for outdoor flight: 45x29cm (17,7x11,4 inches) - Weight: 380 g

Radio digital liaison

• Integrated Wi-Fi b/g module embedded and configured in ad-hoc mode

Video

• Front camera: Wide angle camera

• VGA camera (640x480 pixels), 93° wide-angle diagonal lens, CMOS sensor
• Encoding and streaming of images on iPod touch® / iPhone® / iPadTM
• Enemy drone detection

• Validation of shots
• Estimate of distance
• Detection distance: 5 meters (16,40 feet)

• Tag detection

• Tag position calculation
• Calculation of virtual objects position
• Detection distance: 5 meters (16,40 feet)

• Video feedback on the iPod touch®/ iPhone®/ iPadTM screen

• Vertical camera : High speed camera

• QCIF camera (176x144 pixels), 64° diagonal lens, CMOS sensor
• Calculation of horizontal shifting speed: 60 fps
• Encoding and streaming of images on iPod touch® / iPhone® / iPadTM

• Autopilot

• Automatic take-off and landing
• Automatic fixed point indoor and outdoor (wind < 15km/h, altitude < 6 meters / 19,7 feet)
• Automatic altitude and speed regulation (up to 6 meters / 19,7 feet)
• 2 command modes for indoor (precision) or outdoor (speed) flights

• Control via tactile interface with iPod touch® / iPhone®/ iPadTM

• Beginner (2 commands) and Expert (1 command) modes
• Uses iPod touch® / iPhone®/ iPadTM accelerometer to control the AR.Drone
• Reproduces the movements of the iPod touch® / iPhone® / iPadTM (forward, backward, left, right)
• Emergency button to stop the motors

• Complete Inertial Measurement Unit

• Accelerometer MEMS 3 axis
• Gyrometers MEMS 2 axis XY and 1 axis Z
• Angular velocity estimation
• Yaw, pitch and roll angle estimation
• Measurement frequency : 200 Hz
• Patented anti-vibration system

• Ultrasound altimeter

• Emission frequency: 40kHz
• Range 6 meters (19,68 feet)
• Measures frequency: 25 Hz
• Anti-ultrasonic sound (coming from another AR.Drone) system

• On-board computer

• CPU Parrot P6 ARM926 core 32bits-468MHz
• Embedded Linux platform
• 128 MB DDR RAM
• 128 MB flash memory
• Firmware update via Wi-Fi or USB

• Aeronautics and structure

• High-efficiency propellers (specially designed for the Parrot AR.Drone)
• Carbon tube structure
• Fibre-reinforced PA66 plastic
• EPP hull to protect the propellers for indoor flight
• Shaped EPP hull for outdoor flight

• Motors and energy

• 4 interchangeable brushless motors (3 500 rpm, power:15W)
• 4 controllers of brushless motors (digital command)
• Lithium Polymer battery (3 cells, 11,1V, 1000 mAh) UL2054
• Battery charging time: 90 minutes

Suggested use:

It takes a bit of getting used to but the following should get you up to speed: Parrot AR.Drone Pilot School

Keywords:

Parrot AR.Drone, AR Drone, iphone helicopter, ipad helicopter, quadricopter

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