Patrick spoke with with Bryan Galusha at the recent Robotics block party and he had something to share with sUAS News.
We are excited to announce the Fighting Walrus fully-integrated RTF airframe! This ready-to-fly airframe incorporates the features what our customers wanted most:
1. Streaming 1080p video
2.Manual control with the iOS device
3. Low cost Ready-To-Fly kits
The RTF Airframe will integrate with the Fighting Walrus Radio to enable an unparalleled ground station experience. Video streams from the drone are geo-encoded and embedded into the iOS application, allowing users to monitor drone orientation and position while watching the video stream.
Full story http://www.suasnews.com/2013/04/22339/fighting-walrus-fully-integrated-rtf-airframe
Comments
Not living in america, i have another view on things, not so IP paranoid as these crazy american lawyers. I sincerely do notsee where the problem is if Bryan improved an existing frame, making good publicity in the process for steadidrone. We have ro recognize that steadidrone is totally unknown (in europe anyway) and thus this walrus initiative make them known to more than 37000 users. I do not understand why steadidrone and bryan are not mature enough to find a Win Win arrangement, rather than exposing publicly an uninteresting ego fight. Why can't steadidrone just get royalties on the project? Does not seem so comlicated. maybe i miss something.
Bryan,
I had contributed $976.00 to your effort thinking you had an original idea and needed funding to make this idea a reality. However, copying someone else's idea and using it in our project without their permission is unacceptable. I want a refund in full.
wow got to love the internet... :)
I never was under the impression that the yellow SteadiDrone QU4D was the frame in question... I was thinking it was there just as an example, not the actual product... Anyhow, back to the product itself, the Radio... Bryan please deliver an outstanding product. I know you are looking for more backers and time is running out but please never start an IP fight around here... It will actually do more damages than any good.
It was an interesting banter, and I am glad that Duran-SteadiDrone stood their ground; but also that Fighting Walrus did the right thing (eventually). There are a gazillion other platforms for Quads, some better some worse. I've got at least 6 and a hexa copter as well. Eventually when I get some spare change and some time to play, both the SteadyDrone and the Fighting Walrus would be nice to play with. In the mean time, I still have to get the OpenPilot, newer APM (where is 3?), DX4, wow... so many choices. Not like in 2005 when the only thing you could get was Draganflyer, and hacking those was next to impossible, 'cause nothing was known. To say nothing of payload, crappu old cameras, data links for telemetry.... Thanks to guys like Chris, the 3-D Robotics staff, jDrones, Duran, and and a growing (exponentially it seems) number of new-bees (Bryan?), and a bunch of others, us hoosiers can just sit back and wait until we can afford to get the toys...
Hey can you please clarify what is required to use 4g LTE for video down link please?
So hang on, Bryan's idea to "hotrod" the QU4D was sell coloured arm coverings. And bigger ESC's (that I imagine they would get elsewhere and brand-label). And a "more expensive GPS" (but not proven better, what's better than the Ublox? I'm not aware of anything). And a sonar, that is already off-the-shelf.
It sounds like trying to get a piece of the hardware pie, without really doing much.
It's an interesting solution running video over 4G.
What is the amount data used for streaming for 10mins of video? You also need an iPad with 4G (or other 4G device) and an appropriate data plan to support it.
Thanks Bryan for answering the use of 4G, but the indiegogo campaign doesn't mention any of these critical pieces of information.
So does the HD streaming video only work if you have a 4G cellular service? And does it require two data accounts, gobbling up both upload and download data of each at an alarming rate?
Exactly what modifications to the airframe were required to support streaming video?
Why do you think I backed them? !!!!
:)
You have an HD video downlink??
Since when??
Link me where I can buy it because I am literally throwing my money at the screen of my computer in anticipation