War of drones: the rules of battle

"And the one who sits in me,
He believes that he is a fighter. "(C) Vysotsky

A gift to the defenders of the fatherland

Recently, I wrote about the unkillable drones , as well as how we measured what is happening in the drone pilot's brain and whether it is possible to train cognitive skills with it .

In reality, helicopters are used for the landing of troops in the rear, the destruction of tanks and manpower, reconnaissance. There were very few fighter helicopters. But since the field of civilian drones is quite unique, the tactic of air combat can be quite interesting.
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On Habré already wrote about a fighter helicopter with a string and about the fact that the military agency DARPA is developing piloting algorithms for indoor drones . It is possible that in the battle of 1x1 algorithm will be able to bring down the "live pilot", but in the battle in the squadron, people have a chance. (I do not know how in simulators, but bots in DotA or LoL are still far from people)

Special Drone Fighter Chips

Flight recorder: the drone stores information about the number of falls, the total raid of hours, won and lost fights, etc .;
Real air single player and team combat system (infrared weapons)
Allows real-time single and team battles in 1x1, 1xN, NxN format;
Armament: infrared missiles + a set of special attacks (shield, demon, waterbomb, booster, etc);

and another 6 lives, sound and vibro-hit signal, automatic landing after the 6th hit, super-shooters, etc.

Under the cut description of how implemented PvP and teamfight `s (and superudary), as well as several videos of mass battles (including at Maker Fair 2014)

Kneading at Maker Fair 2014

Lovers of spying have already played enough with quadrocopters with a video camera, now the community wants to measure its strength. In the summer they staged a helicopter massacre. The models for battle were very different. The one who was the last in the air won.

If you feel sorry for $ 500 (as much as the average drone who participated in that battle), then there is a cheaper (although it also bites, 9000 rubles in a store in Moscow ) the option to learn how to manage drones in combat mode.

Armament - 2 IR diode in front and 1 IR receiver in the back

When hit, life is removed

The battle

Initiation of the battle: you need to shoot at each other once

Now we have 20 seconds to test the drone. After 20 seconds, the motors will turn on and recording will start.

Rules of victory and defeat

You lose if:
a. Drone Fighter will catch 6 missiles he will land automatically.
b. Drone Fighter will make an emergency landing.
c. Drone Fighter can not fly.

You won if:
Drone Fighter landed safely and stopped the motors.

Control ~~head~~ shot
If you lose, you should restart the remote and launch the missile at the winner. (The winner is still on.) This will confirm the victory. From that moment, victory and defeat is awarded and the battle diary is updated.
a. Drone Fighter, who lost, gets +1 loss.
b. Drone Fighter, which won, gets +1 victory.

You can see how many times you won / lost in the battle diary.

Battle diary

Saving the results of battles in your account and tracking statistics and progress

Superudary

Using a combination of movements of joysticks on the remote, you can get additional upgrades to the base rocket (machine gun). (Superudars will be added in place with firmware updates.)

SHIELD
1. Turn the left joystick 2 times.
2. Drone Fighter gets protection from enemy attacks for 10 seconds.

DEMON
1. Turn both joysticks 2 times.
2. If you hit a rocket at the enemy within 10 seconds, its control is inverted

WATER BOMB
1. Rotate the left joystick 2 times.
2. If you hit the enemy for 10 seconds, then you will neutralize the enemy attack.

Booster
1. Push and pull both joysticks.
2. If you hit the enemy within 10 seconds, the sensitivity of his console will greatly increase, which will lead to inconvenience of control

HEADING LOCK
1. Double-click both joysticks left and right.
2. If you hit the enemy within 10 seconds, you will block the enemy from yawing for 10 seconds.

Video instructions superuser: