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Review on 🐦 Blue Parrot Bebop Quadcopter Drone by Michelle Hall

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Parrot Bebop Drone - Arrived December 11, 2015

I was interested in expanding my photography business into the commercial market by offering aerial photography as a service. For some time he flew small unmanned aerial vehicles - for fun. This turned out to be a value-added premise for the aerial imaging business I mean. Aerial photography capabilities have evolved rapidly since the advent of advanced drone technology. However, the drones with imaging systems that I looked at had low-resolution cameras mounted on the underside of the drone; with low quality images - and unstable shots captured in flight with younger models. While drones with higher resolution cameras (which would really suit my needs) - not cheap ones - had cameras attached to a stabilizing gimbal and cost several thousand dollars. Common sense told me that a multi-thousand dollar drone that might crash and burn on its first flight would not make me (or my wife) happy. I recently came across a Parrot Bebop Quadrocopter. This photo tool is actually designed as a flying camera (14MP HD camera with f/2.4 3-axis stabilization and 1080p resolution installed) for only a few hundred dollars. Algorithms developed by engineers provide a 3-axis image stabilization system that maintains a fixed angle of view regardless of aircraft pitch or movement caused by wind turbulence. As a side note, I've noticed online that several people who have bought bebop are complaining that "this thing doesn't work". However, this drone is not a toy. The device analyzes data from numerous 3-axis sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, ultrasonic sensor with a range of 26 Β½ feet, pressure sensor and vertical camera for speed measurement. My guess is that most of these bebop drone "complaints" were taking the device out of the box, charging the battery, hitting the start button, and expecting the drone to fly on its own. I approached this challenge by reviewing as much information about the drone as possible (especially the pre-flight setup) and then taking small steps to understand how to fly the drone. Maybe instead of saying the bebop drone is "crap" these folks have experienced operator errors rather than hardware failures - what do you think? I learned how to get Bebop off the ground and land safely after he arrived at our house on Friday night. On Saturday morning I went outside to fly a drone from my backyard (see link below). For me it was a piloting process. The first flight I was careful - I set the maximum altitude and distance the drone could get away from me to 30 meters (about 99 feet). On the second flight, I set the max altitude and distance to 40 meters (about 131 feet), and on this last flight in the linked video, I set the max altitude and distance to 50 meters (about 164 feet). The Wi-Fi signal drops for a few seconds at 164ft and about 100ft in the air but my drone just hung until it reconnected and I was able to continue the fight and get it back there, where I started them (great!) . I'm impressed with how well this drone is built, durable and works wirelessly with my iPad Air.[.]Davenport Projex

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