The Draganflyer X8 helicopter is a miniature aircraft for commercial/industrial aerial video and photography. The unique design utilizes eight main horizontal rotor blades and allows the Draganflyer X8 helicopter to hover efficiently and maneuver rapidly using differential thrust. Eight efficient, electric motors allow the Draganflyer X8 to carry heavier and more advanced payloads while providing more safety features than ever before.
From Draganfly Innovations Inc., the Draganflyer V is a radio-controlled, battery-powered helicopter. The s"Tio" stands for "thermal intelligencep", a thermal sensing system allowing for safer and easier-controlled flights: The Draganflyer senses the horizon and can correct its flight to restabilize when needed. The a"Proe" is a Draganflyer with an onboard video camera. This camera records video during flight and wirelessly broadcasts it to a receiving unit for viewing or recording. The picture below illustrates the important bits of the flight system, the Draganflyer helicopter and transmitter.
A specialty of the Draganflyer V Ti Pro is taking controlled, high-quality aerial videos. But it also appeals to anyone interested in radio-controlled equipment. Being battery-powered, it has the advantage of being quieter, cheaper and lighter than gas-powered helicopters, and has more maneuverability than planes. It can even fly indoors.
The Draganflyer V Ti Pro includes an onboard video camera that transmits a wireless video signal. The setup is easy and the quality is great, see the example videos on the Draganflyer website. Newer versions of the camera system include an isolated camera mount that reduces vibration, two video receivers that increase video quality, and an articulating camera mount: Instead of turning the helicopter to p"pointy" the camera, the camera's direction can be controlled independently. My demo unit had a camera setup where you manually pointed the camera to a limited extent. You can see the mount in the pictures below. See the next question for more camera detail.
