Monday, January 18, 2016

Bebop v1, some old flight data

The Parrot Bebop v1 is a pretty good device, compact and well built.

I highly recommend these as a basic RTF (ready to fly) platform for beginners, not those who want to race drones or build their own quadcopter, but for easy flying with good controls and camera control, it's the device of choice.

Yes the DJI supports various cameras, better distance in terms of flying (the Bebop controller and wifi just isn't reliable), but it's more complex for the older or younger folk who want to get in the air quickly and capture nice footage.


Anyway, sorting through the digital crates and came across this data capture:


Elevation 102m, reasonable ascent/descent speeds, default app-able settings, prior to tweaking the firmware. 


The second image below is how many others were on the "flight academy", which, probably without many people realising, publishes all your flights, username and GPS data, and flight data. No images/videos are shared unless you say so, and you must choose to hide each session should you not want it here..

Apparently you can walk their API as well, if you say wanted to harvest all the Parrot flight academy data worldwide... not just for Bebops, but all their devices..




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