Parrot PF727003 Swing Quadcopter and Plane Minidrone with Flypad Controller

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With an advanced flight controller and reliable sensors, the Parrot Swing is the only plane minidrone with vertical take-off and landing. The WingtraOne, from Wingtra, is a versatile VTOL craft, taking off and landing on its tail, but flying in a fixed-wing configuration. The Parrot AR drone might seems positively primitive now, but at the time it was an amazing feat of consumer technology. One major difference is that traditional RC airplanes focus on the experience of flight, where most fixed-wing drones focus on putting a camera into the sky.

PARROT SWING VTOL Drone/Plane + FlyPad - Full Review PARROT SWING VTOL Drone/Plane + FlyPad - Full Review

Rather than go with a standard four-arm quadcopter that can only face one way, the Swing can fly with its propellers pointing upwards or forward. There's also an ultrasound sensor underneath which can measure how far away the ground is, as long as you don't fly it above four metres.Despite multirotor craft stealing almost all the attention, it’s clear that fixed-wing drones are an area of major innovation. The Parrot Flypad gives you the most precise control of your Parrot Swing drone and allows you to pilot it over a distance of up to 60 metres.

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And with a 30-minute recharge per battery there's some waiting around to be done after just 10 minutes of fun! It has redesigned winglets, a now fuselage with easier access to the interior and a new cabin cover. While the idea of a drone that can both act as a quadcopter and as a fixed-wing craft is a cute idea when implemented in the Parrot Swing, here it’s a deadly-serious feature of a hardcore, fully autonomous drone. This may not be the backyard flyer you were thinking of, but Autel Robotics has had us pretty excited over their commercial class VTOL drones for a while now.

If you're looking at drones as a serious investment and want to get to grips with something small and light before ponying up the cash for a DJI Phantom Pro or Mavic Pro, it's a sensible starter option. As you'd expect, you don't get the same high-tech obstacle avoidance or wind resistance you'd find in a more professional drone, which limits where and how you can fly the Swing.