Parrot's AR.Drone does a high-speed flyby of the FCC's control tower

While you're busy saving up for the totally awesome AR.Drone's $300 price tag as it makes its way toward a September launch, you can now bide your time sifting through its fifteen-odd documents posted to the FCC this week, including a bunch of internal and external photos that do a good job conveying the last thing you'll see just before you meet your four-rotor hovering doom. There's also a quick start user's manual, which interestingly suggests that users put their iPhones into airplane mode before firing up the AR.Drone app -- in other words, you should take the cellular modem offline and leave WiFi active for optimum performance. And honestly, who wants to be interrupted with calls and texts while you're trying to maneuver this beast for the kill shot?

[Nastymeat Posted Jun 25th 2010 5:58PM]

YOU PEOPLE THINK THIS KIND OF TECH IS NICE TO HAVE AROUND WELL LOOK AT THIS!!!!

http://www.infowars.com/police-use-drone-to-catch-suspect/

[Steve2000 Posted Jun 25th 2010 8:19PM]

@Nastymeat Lol, thanks for that. This is technology at its best.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2010 6:13AM]

@Nastymeat

If it's the same incident I'm thinking about, it was thrown out because the plod didn't have the right permits to fly it.

[Smurf Posted Jun 25th 2010 6:25PM]

Let me fly it over wifi with my android phone and I'd pay $180.

[Kevin B Posted Jun 25th 2010 6:29PM]

@Smurf Hmmm.... No.

[Ignoramus Posted Jun 25th 2010 6:47PM]

@Kevin B hmm, fuckoff

[Michalis Posted Jun 25th 2010 9:58PM]

Mykonos top view??
yes we love topping in Mykonos ;P

[ThomasK Posted Jun 26th 2010 4:54AM]

airplane mode? afaik in airplane mode ALL wireless transmitters are off, so WiFi as well

[MoonrakerD Posted Jun 28th 2010 5:22PM]

thats one good flying laptop cooling pad :D