[shove_it]

Cool! I want one. It'll drive the cat nuts.

[shove_it]

Correction: Change 5 May 2015 to 5 Mar 2015.

[Vendome]

Want!!!

Cost???

[SandRat]

Something else an old fashioned Fly Swatter will knock out.

[samtheman]

No camera. No privacy invasion. Unless, as already mentioned, buzzing cats applies.

[cripplecreek]

I wish I had money for a serious drone with a camera for overhead shots in the countryside.

[Truth29]

Doesn’t look like it is very controllable. I want to see one with much better flight and hover characteristics.

[prisoner6]

Looks like it might be a Cheeson quad. Same model number, CX10. They are cool but very difficult to fly if you are a noob.

I have a slightly bigger Hubsan that comes with a camera already built in and replaceable batter. Cost me ~$30 on Ebay IIRC. It is also difficult to fly indoors.

My youngest son has a SYMA X5C-! which is bigger still but VERY easy to fly. It also comes standard with a camera and the controller is much better.

Here is a video of his first outdoor flight taken form the quad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnHheb_oaw

This video is his first flight but the view is from our balcony so you can see how high the quad went.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRwoXIbBX0

[BobL]

Maybe the smallest easily available to the public, but I hear ARPA is working on insect-sized drones.

[slouper]

This is nothing new, I got an Estes quad a couple of years ago, several actually. They’re the same size, fit in the palm of your hand. I have a couple at home and one at the office. I fly it around in the afternoon to recalibrate.

One piece of advice, the pros make it look easy, it actually takes a lot of practice and at least a few ruined quads to get proficient, but maybe that’s just me.

[dfwgator]

Electric Eye - Judas Priest

Up here in space
I’m looking down on you
My laser’s trace
Everything you do

You think you’ve private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I’m watching all the time

I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protective electric eye

Always in focus
You can’t feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don’t know I’m there

I take a pride in probing
All your secret moves
My tearless retina
Takes pictures that can prove

I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protective electric eye

Electric eye
In the sky
They feel the stare
So always there

There’s nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows

I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protecting electric eye

I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protecting
Protective, detective
Electric eye

[MasterGunner01]

I just checked out the Tower Hobbies site and they have a Kodo Dromida mini-quadcopter with still and video camera for $60 (shipping included). It is a ready to fly unit that comes with the controller, blade guards, spare blades (4), two AAA batteries, USB cable, a 4 Giga Byte SIM card, card reader, and LiPo battery. Air time is about 6.5 minutes on a battery charge. The quad is quite stable and appears to be easy to fly for a beginner. Price is very reasonable and allows one to get into the hobby without a lot of expense. Here: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0297p?C=EA