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Need UAV capable of carrying an iphone or Droid

Posted by James on April 5, 2010 at 4:28am
Hi,

I am looking for a relatively cheap platform for carrying mobile phones.

Our application, www.gpslogbooks.com, currently provides real time tracking for mobile phones.  We are working on giving it photo and video capability and to demonstrate this we want to strap our phone onto a drone and send it aloft.

We are looking for something is cheap, but has the payload capacity to handle a mobile phone, such as an iPhone or Droid.

Any thoughts on what would make a good platform?  

Cheers,

James



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  • lot April 25, 2014 at 10:58am

    You can use the opensource model Flone, is designed to do this:

    (documentation in spanish)

    http://flone.aeracoop.net

    http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:113497

  • James May 2, 2010 at 5:07pm
    Hi,

    One of our guys has an Ele-Bee and we have been using that with an Android mobile phone.

    Here is a link to the flight, and some photos that we were able to get.

    http://www.gpslogbooks.com/show/gav-RC_Combat_wing_flight_with_Android

    Cheers,

    James
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson April 5, 2010 at 7:39am
    Yes, almost anything can do that, even an EasyStar. We went through our smartphone phase a few years ago, but maybe the current generation will prove more useful.
  • Moderator
    Gary Mortimer April 5, 2010 at 5:51am
    Any standard RC model trainer will do that the Easystar would be great. If you must have a UAS then we will happily sell you one http://www.yellowplane.co.uk

    Remember though that would be a commercial UAS flight and in the USA you would need a COA to undertake it.

    Your a little behind the drag curve though, Pictearth used the Nokia N95 a couple of years ago.

    http://pictearthusa.com/

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