Parrot has a brand new drone on the market, featuring a 1080p video camera that captures motion at 30FPS, and that can take stills at 14MP. The camera has built-in stabilization, letting it avoid the kinds of shakes and jitters that can normally add up to nausea when dealing with moving camera, and has a Wi-Fi flight range of up to 1.2 miles when flown connected directly to the new Skycontroller hardware control accessory. Embedded GPS completes the picture for a far-ranging quadcopter with plenty of amateur film-making potential.
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Parrot Bebop Drone |
Basics
- Linux-based OS
- Arm Cortex-A9 CPU with quad-core GPU
- 8 GB onboard flash storage
- 3-axes accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, ultrasound,pressure sensor and vertical camera for stability.
- Built-in GPS with ‘return home’ function
- Micro USB for computer connectivity
- Dual-band MIMO 802.11 AC Wi-Fi
- 14 MP still camera, 1080p 30 FPS video capture
- 3-axis electronic image stabilization uses 180-degree FOV capture
- 1200 mAh battery works with both Skycontroller and Bebop, 12 minutes flight time
- MSRP: $899 (Skycontroller + Bebop combo)
- Product info page
Pros
- Skycontroller is a huge step-up for controls
- Video straight out of Bebop is pretty great
Cons
- Mastering control for true camera work is challenging
- Skycontroller adds a lot to the overall price
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