Calgary Police are testing the Dragan X6 multirotor. Excerpt from the article:
"The key in expanding the service's use of the technology is going to be proving the images hold up in court, Engele said. The X6 was used previously by the Ontario Provincial Police to photograph a homicide scene in rural Ontario and could be used in tactical or surveillance operations, he said."
Hello Xelax
Could you give an example of "the open source stuff coming out of Europe". The main reasons I was looking at the X6 is the ease with which it can be flown, launch time, and, most importantly, it looks serious. That might sound a bit shallow or downright stupid but if a client is paying for the hire of this kind of unit its important that it looks like a serious piece of kit. The cheapest I've seen any alternative is 18.000 euro compared to 19.000 euro for a fully loaded X6 and they seem somewhat lacking in comparison.
The X6 is a massively over priced toy!
It has less capability than much of the open source stuff coming out of Europe at less than 1/20th of the price!
Really small payload capacity too.......
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Could you give an example of "the open source stuff coming out of Europe". The main reasons I was looking at the X6 is the ease with which it can be flown, launch time, and, most importantly, it looks serious. That might sound a bit shallow or downright stupid but if a client is paying for the hire of this kind of unit its important that it looks like a serious piece of kit. The cheapest I've seen any alternative is 18.000 euro compared to 19.000 euro for a fully loaded X6 and they seem somewhat lacking in comparison.
It has less capability than much of the open source stuff coming out of Europe at less than 1/20th of the price!
Really small payload capacity too.......
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