Whenever we think of commercial or civilian drones, we always think about multi-rotor drones that hover and provide stability for aerial videos and photos. Parrot, known for its affordable line of quadcopter drones, now thinks that fixed-wing drones are cooler and faster to fly and thus unveiled the Parrot Disco at the CES 2016 taking place right now in Las Vegas.
A “ready-to-fly” drone, the Parrot Disco is easy to fly and control even for a beginner, if we are to believe what Parrot says about their latest product. Out of the box, you just attach the wings and if the battery is fully charged, then it’s ready to be thrown and fly. With a 45 minute flight time, it can stay up in the air than many civilian hobbyist drones in the market. It can do this since it uses just a single motor as compared to the multi-rotor drones that will drain batteries faster.
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Just like the other drones in Parrot’s line-up, the Disco can connect to the Parrot’s Sky Controller via Wifi and can also use the Flight Plan, following waypoints established by the owner using GPS. With different sensors onboard Disco can straighten and smoothen its flight, making it an easy drone to fly and with its speed of 50 miles per hour, should be fast enough for those who need speed with their drones. All the sensors also help avoid users into nose-diving, making it uncrashable.
As mentioned earlier, it is easy to fly Disco. Just shake the drone to reset the sensors, and with the rotor running, you just throw it up in the air and off it goes. As for landing it given that it has no wheels or landing skids, you can just select the type of landing you want.
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For aerial shots, Disco comes with a 14 megapixel camera that takes 1080p resolution videos. It has a 3-axis digital stabilization that is found in Parrot’s BebopDrone. Disco can also loiter at an area that its owner will take interest in and can also be used with FPV.
The Disco on display at CES 2015 is still a prototype and the Parrot intends to release it later this year, so far no pricing has been indicated with this.
