Saturday, March 28, 2015

Parrot Bebop Drone quadricopter again now on sale

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Parrot just starts marketing the Bebop Drone, who presented last May. It is a new quadricopter quite simple and easy to fly. It weighs 410 grams with the housing and is available in three colors: yellow, blue or red. An ultrasonic sensor analyzes the flight altitude up to five meters, and is complete with a pressure sensor. At the front, has a 14 megapixel camera capable of shooting in JPEG, RAW or DNG formats. The photos have a resolution of 4,096 by 3,072 pixels. It also records full HD video (1,920 by 1,080 pixels) at 30 fps (frames per second) in H.264 format. It incorporates a fisheye lens covering a field of 180 degrees. The camera is mounted on four shock absorbers to dissipate engine vibrations.


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 The electronic ballast is based on an algorithm that works in three axes for the images from being fixed, distortion-free, regardless flight turbulence, nor the inclination of the drone. Subsequently, the images are processed digitally using the dual-core processor Parrot P7 with CPU A9, graphics card and image signal processor of the house itself. The internal flash memory, incidentally, has a capacity of 8 GB. To handle the Parrot BeBop Drone need to have the FreeFlight 3.0 application on a smartphone or tablet installed. This free application is suitable for mobile devices with Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Through it the pilot can control the camera angle with thumb and move to a viewing angle of 180 degrees.


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 The pilot can adjust various settings through FreeFlight 3.0 application, such as changing picture format (4: 3, 16: 9 and fisheye), select the white balance, and schedule flight routes. Yes, rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 1200 mAh provides a range of eleven minutes flight. The Parrot BeBop Drone integrates Wi-Fi dual band can work in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Compliant with 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac and takes two antenna MIMO (Multiple Inputs Outputs). The quadricopter communicates with the mobile device via Wi-Fi, with a range that extends in a radius of 250 meters. Wi-Fi also serves to share videos online.


 Among the accessories, highlights the Parrot Skycontroller control station is connected to the mobile device; includes physical controls to fly the drone and a relay antenna to expand Wi-Fi to a radius of two kilometers at most. Moreover, to blow indoors where damage does not interest the four rotors is advisable to place the optional bumpers, which are made of Styrofoam. The Bebop measures 330 by 380 by 36 mm with the housing. The retail price of Parrot BeBop Drone only amounts to 500 euros. If you want to acquire jointly with Skycontroller station control, the package costs 900 euros.