ArduIMU Quadrocopter Mini

Nice little quadracopter-ette from the DIY drone people, with lots of information about the chippery and such that goes into it.

There’s a video of it here hovering about in the dude’s grandmother’s place that is filled with delicately balanced china and crystal ornaments, just waiting for a small helicopter to crash into them, in slow motion – the severed heads of porcelain bambies somersalting through the air – through a tinkling holocaust of crystal shards and flaming scraps of lace doily… thimbles, teaspoons… three generations of family wedding portraits looking on, the smiles now strangely absent from their eyes.

The other thing I find interesting about this though – the grass in the photo at the top – is that grass or astrotorf? It seems very even for grass… a bit rough for a pool table top… so… astroturf? Or is it carpet? Very grass-like carpet. I mean my carpet is green, but it’s not as green as that. Unless… unless they are actually using astroturf as carpet, in which case they soar (like a quadrocopter) in my estimation. That is pretty hardcore IMHO. Astroturf as carpet? It’s like using number-8 wire to lace your boots with.

Nice little quadrocopter though. There’s something that just seems “right” about it.