Byrobot: quadrocopter for Chuck Norris and 6d thinking

When a few years ago, the first helicopter came into our hands, the thought immediately arose: “Give the second one, let's see who wins!”


(Weight of quadrocopter Drone Fighter 25g, batteries 8g)

Recently, the Koreans have pleased - in Moscow there appeared quadrocopters specially sharpened for fighting games (Drone Fighter), and not killed (several times at full speed stuck it into the wall - he didn’t care, he stuck his finger in the blade - the screw flies off and is easily put in place. - removes the fear of a drone’s error / breakdown, which significantly increases the fan and the motivation to learn, a kind of save / load in the real world. And it also allows the fighting mode in the style of "ram")
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What pleased:

• Fights. Finally fights.
• The load on the brain. It does feel straight how new neural connections are formed.
• The girls like it. You can fly up (distract from the project) and make them smile
• Stabilization. Ideally, if no action is taken, the helicopter hangs at the point at which it left.
• Two control modes: with absolute coordinate system (right-left relative to the pilot) and relative (right-left relative to the quadcopter heading)
• Somersault. (Plus mega-cool automatic control of engines and auto-leveling after maneuvers)
• Video camera. HD video camera (5g)
• A lot of spare batteries allows you to fly continuously
• Indestructibility You are not soaring about the fact that someone crashed somewhere (I have about 100 "(in) falls" in a wall / pillar / flower / cat in an hour of flying)
• Convenient instruction with preparatory and master flight tasks

On Habré already wrote about 20 professions of the future , one of them - "Drone Operator". Also on Habré there are practical recommendations for novice pilots of drones . In Voronezh , such specialists have been trained since 2013. So buy yourself a quadrocopter for your children. This is for educational purposes only.

Under the cat description of the combat system Drone Fighter, a few pictures and a lot of video



Byrobot was founded in 2011. in South Korea and for several years developed all the projects of flying robots of the KITECH Institute (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology). The company has a large number of patents for its developments in the following areas: mechanical engineering, aerodynamics, rotor dynamics, anti-vibration, digital electronics, sensors and cameras, optical tracking sensors, satellite navigation, IMU, AHRS

Drone Fighter Sizes



(Basic equipment)

While I was preparing a review, a new package and new batteries were released.



Batteries are now completely in a plastic case, "sit stronger", look more solid.

Protection is flexible and bends, which allows you to safely crash


View from above

(40 LEDs - sparkles like a Christmas tree toy)

Bottom view

(Two IR diodes, three-pin battery connector, micro USB. You can update the firmware via computer via USB)

Back view

(IR sensor captures the hit "with the tail")


(Engine in a flexible protective casing. Drone’s brains regulate engine revolutions themselves, compensating for changes in lift during maneuvers. The pilot does not regulate engine revolutions, but operates with usual actions, such as climbing or descending, etc.) flip) - this action is performed by pressing the spirit of the buttons, and the alignment occurs automatically)

Joystick



(HD camcorder with removable 4GB flash drive)




(A set of "skins" (stickers on the case)


(The manual has several exercises levels (for beginners and for aces)


(While you fly on one battery - the rest are charged and you can fly almost without stopping. Replacing the battery takes 3 seconds. The battery lasts for 10 minutes of flight.)

Combat system

Each Drone Fighter is equipped with IR LEDs that allow you to make 10-15 shots with “rockets”, after which you need to recharge for some time.


In order to hit the enemy, you need to get close to him from behind (to the quadrocopter, of course) and shoot at the “tail” (where the directional IR sensor of hits is located).

(6 lives)

After 6 hits, the affected quadrocopter loses control and makes an automatic landing, flashing LEDs and vibrating the joystick.

Battle 2x2

Dog flight

Superudary

As in the fighting games, by pressing the combination on the joystick, you can get a special bonus (defense, rocket, bomb, blow of Chuck Norris , etc.)

Flip

Quadcopter makes a "flip" with one keystroke

Assembly disassembly

Laser sight

Educational process and children

(For convenience of learning, there is a simulator mode on a computer. Thus, you can practice controlling both in the metro and in class.)



Kids doing flip


children learn in a few minutes



at the same time you can tell about the aerodynamics and geometry of the wing

Total
The loud humming and bewitching hang in the air attracts the attention of everyone in the room. Quadcopter has some magical ability to arouse the curiosity of others. There is an insistent desire to learn how to fly, although the brain is also very well loaded (the ability to predict 3 steps ahead is pumped through, since the logic of flying in the air implies cunning inertia in all directions). The toy with the maximum degrees of freedom, perfectly develops 3d 6d-thinking, and the presence of an adversary component gives it a chance for a social effect (by the way, the developers talk about the web component, where you can create your profile, participate in the rating and where all battles and merits are fixed) .
I want to express my gratitude to the Russian representatives of the company Byrobot , that they brought these drones to Moscow and provided joy to the inner child.

P.S. There is a funny "sticking to the ceiling" effect. If close (1-2 cm) fly up to the ceiling, the helicopter "sticks" to the surface and the thrust "down" is not enough to "come off" (see some edge effect occurs), you have to go under it, turn off the engines and catch manually .

P.P.S. the cost of the Drone Fighter in Moscow - 7400 rubles