Fleye Ducted-Fan Drone now on Kickstarter
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Laurent Eschenauer, the CEO of Fleye. The company has designed a ducted-fan drone of the same name which incorporates a single, shrouded propeller and uses thrust-vectoring fins to maintain stability and directional control. Capable of being controlled with either a smart phone or a standard 2.4 GHz hobby controller, it also includes an HD video camera, optical flow sensor and GPS stabilization. The primary advantage of this design is safety, as the propeller is completely enclosed inside the hull of the drone, eliminating any possibility of prop strike. Fleye is being funded on Kickstarter, with the campaign set to end on Friday, January 15 at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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Thanks for the video and interview, it was great meeting the Roswell Flight Test Crew at CES!
Crap, I thought of a very similar concept a year or two ago, but had high school and college to deal with along with too many RC's already :( I'm happy you guys were able to accomplish this in a production model! Great job on the design, probably much better than anything I could have come up with :P Good luck on the kickstarter page!
Trouble is, doesn't look like it can take downwards pointing footage and / or the body is going to be in the way of pretty much wherever that camera looks except up, no !?
this is perfect for sport events! Great video RFTC!
+Carlos Nonya Thank you! I see a lot of promise in this design for all sorts of applications...
what about the battery.. how big is it in mah and cells... where does it go.. what kinda flight controller does it have.. some specs would be sweet
Great video. What's the flight time?
Been watching these guys for some time now and I LOVE the idea. Can't wait for them to incorporate a good camera into this thing and get it into the market! Now to just add obstacle avoidance...... hmmmm, hello....... Yuneec, DJI, are you guys there? Can you guys hear me???
+Drone Doctor Did you see the Yuneec Typhoon "H" with Intel's RealSense collision avoidance technology? AMAZING! We've got a video coming all about it, which we'll post sometime in the next few days -- stay tuned. Anyway, yeah, I'm wondering if Yuneec and DJI are watching. Part of me hopes that they are, because this would be a great technology to see implemented with the kind of resources that a big company could bring to bear. However, at the same time, I'd like to see these intrepid entrepreneurs at Fleye rewarded for their efforts...
I did....... I wanted to get out there so bad to see the unveiling but family first and I just had too much stuff to do. I'll enjoy your video instead..... This really ups the game and I can't wait to see what DJI will do now and how quickly will they get it out. I'm hoping NAB or sooner but I think a lot of it will depend how fast can Yuneec get these H unit out to market before DJI comes out with a contender. Yuneec needs to strike now while the iron is hot because you and I know another iron is heating!!!! Good job as always and I'm looking forward to your video.
It does not look like a sonar ground measure to me. It is more a Lidar lite 3.0 with arduino & NRF 24L01 to me
Looks cool but never backing another drone on Kickstarter/Indiegogo after the Zano drone failure.
+Gabe Shakour Fair enough -- I was fortunate to miss that one, so I guess I approach projects like this with a somewhat less jaundiced eye...
+Gabe Shakour Except that here these guys have a running finalized product. It has nothing to do with the fact it is a drone, just don't back projects without at least a working proof of concept.
Just what I want! Have you see patent 6607162 ?
Is this the same way that the Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk flies?
+Jttv Yes, it's pretty much the same principle -- only scaled down for hobby/civilian use and running on battery power instead of liquid fuel. Pretty cool, huh?
+Roswell Flight Test Crew Very slick little unit. Would be neat to see a family of these scaled up just a bit.
+Naked Acres I agree completely, and I can't help but think it's going to move in that direction over the next couple of years -- either with these guys or someone else who picks up the same basic design.
***** Not sure on the wind handling, but seems like it would be much more efficient with a single motor. Hope the make it.
+Naked Acres Yeah... Performance in windy conditions is certainly something I saw as a potential problem for this design, as well -- with that big shroud acting as a sail. And, like you, it occurred to me that the single-rotor design would be more efficient -- although the guys at Fleye never explicitly mentioned that, I'm almost certain you're right. I think the only way we're going to know the answers to these questions for sure is by doing the work and testing it out in real life...
hope the fleye will use for spray farm because it is safe because the profeller is hiden
this is more like a toy its too light to carry a gimble
+Highteckhobbies A point well taken... In my discussion of this project over on our blog, I suggest we regard this the same way we regarded the Gaui 330x -- a pioneering, proof-of-concept effort that will yield the equivalent of the Yuneec Tyhpoon and the DJI Phantom a few years from now.
+Roswell Flight Test Crew yes exactly
Bah! Another gimmick. All I keep thinkin' of is RCModelRevies' video on ducted fans in drones.
It wont sell well, because it is ugly!
Im making one, could u suggest a good outlook?
I only buy ugly drones. People will buy what performs.
@@armashhhh It's not really that ugly. The dronut prototype is pretty cool looking though. I personally don't like fixed cameras as a design. I've thinking about the form and function of these types of drones and I think the best looking one is where a 2-axis ball camera is on the bottom, in place of the cone that usually goes there.