AR Drone 2.0 Search and Rescue

I have found a project that uses 299.00 AR Drone 2.0 as the platform for search and rescue missions. This is a very good example of UAV for good uses at toy prices.

Details about the project are here: http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/TU_Delft_-_Search_and_Rescue_with_AR_Drone_2

They have even posted fully autonomous flight videos that look very promising. No need for another expensive autopilot this is a repurpose of the existing hardware inside the AR Drone 2.0.

I'm surprised I did not read about it here first on such a comprehensive website dedicated to information like this. I am happy to be the first to share this information with everyone. Enjoy.

The TU Delft Team.

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Peter Meister February 11, 2013 at 8:22pm

LOL - At first when my wife got me the v1 of it I was hearing things on forums like - do not fly this thing outdoors, too high or in any wind. But to be honest I am not sure I agree - it handles wind quite well and with the radio conversion I have flown mine over 1km away from me in the desert. I think initial firmware had issues, but on latest v1 v2 frames it does really well outdoors. I even carry fpv gear and I carry a Emerson action am hd on it without an issue on rc radio conversion. On paparazzi I imagine it will have none of these concerns anymore.
Rob_Lefebvre February 11, 2013 at 6:40pm

So it's great for SAR as long as there's no wind?

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