By
Scott Schwartz
After using my Parrot AR "Quadricopter" drone on my last two desert trips, it has dawned on me that this little craft is not much more than a flying camera.
As an experienced radio-controlled model airplane and "full-scale" airplane pilot (Private, Single-Engine Land, 780 hours total time), I will tell you that the Quadricopter does not fly like an airplane at all.. More helicopter than airplane, the little drone will hover, land and take-off vertically, and move from side-to side. It will climb to a maximum altitude of about 150 feet, which is high enough for me.
As I type this, I realize that there isn't much point in going on, until I have some more footage and photographs, so I will put this story on the back burner until after my next desert trip.
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