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ynniv on Feb 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit

While it's easy to automate level flight with four rotors, it's difficult to prevent horizontal drift.

stcredzero on Feb 2, 2013 [–]

I would've thought we'd have consumer fly-by-wire by now.

ynniv on Feb 4, 2013 | [–]

There is for $hundreds, but not for $tens. The Syma helicopters and quadrocopters mentioned are less than $40.

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