MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Bebop 2 Drone With Skycontroller From Parrot

[B4U]

I like how engineering said that the Bebop works from up to 2 km away, and marketing decided that it would be best to report that as "6561 feet" instead, as if they really knew the distance with such precision.

Notice one of them is SI unit and the other is not...
My thinking is: Instead of using 1.24274 miles, which would be confusing to common people who uses the English measurement system, they are using feet instead.
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No Canada?

Meanwhile, the Tim Hortons roll the rim giveaways allocated way more cars to Canada than the US...

 

[shareef777]

Ha, just ordered a Phantom4. Looking forward to giving it a go. Maybe I should have held out and tested my luck here.

 

[NOV]

Pity, too little time to arrange my emigration to the US
Very nice give away BTW

 

[thasan]

In uk, I got to arrange a 'giveaway' like this to myself

 

[ipedro]

I was close to buying one of these but after seeing YouTube vlogger Casey Neistat constantly lose contact with his Bebop Drone (famously having it fly away and land on a neighbouring roof), I withheld my purchase. Besides, the footage from this camera looks muddy and out of focus. No way is this thing worth $500.

 

[tmoerel]

Please put this text at the top of the article and not at the bottom se we poor non-Murican second rate citizens know not to read any further:

only U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to enter.

 

[You are the One]

I can't take part, but a very nice giveaway. Congratulations to the winner, hope it's posted who won, would be nice with a review of it from the winner

 

[ron7624]

Never win this kind of stuff but worth a try...

I have always said that, then at a company picnic I won a $300 boom box. So never say never although my odds were much better at a company picnic with 80 people there than here lol with 80 thousand entries.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Notice one of them is SI unit and the other is not...
My thinking is: Instead of using 1.24274 miles, which would be confusing to common people who uses the English measurement system, they are using feet instead.
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Meanwhile, the Tim Hortons roll the rim giveaways allocated way more cars to Canada than the US...

So call it 1 mile, or 1.2 miles.

The SI measurement is 2 km. It's highly unlikely that's an exact measurement. It could be anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 km, so just pick a number of miles in that range and slap it on the box for US customers. Or find a nice round number of feet. How about 6000 feet, or 6500 feet?

 

[chown33]

I like how engineering said that the Bebop works from up to 2 km away, and marketing decided that it would be best to report that as "6561 feet" instead, as if they really knew the distance with such precision.

The actual distance is 10 furlongs, which was converted to km and rounded, and that was then converted back to feet.

10 furlongs = 6600 ft
6600 ft = 2.012 km
2 km (rounded) = 6561 ft​

Every real engineer uses the furlong/fortnight/firkin system.

 

[B4U]

The actual distance is 10 furlongs, which was converted to km and rounded, and that was then converted back to feet.

10 furlongs = 6600 ft
6600 ft = 2.012 km
2 km (rounded) = 6561 ft​

Every real engineer uses the furlong/fortnight/firkin system.

Thank you for indirectly making my iMac covered in coffee...haha!

 

[tennisproha]

Grossly overpriced. It probably costs them $30 to build, $50 max. If the build price of an iPhone is $200, come on now. These guys are just milking a novel market. Lucky bastards.

 

[C DM]

Grossly overpriced. It probably costs them $30 to build, $50 max. If the build price of an iPhone is $200, come on now. These guys are just milking a novel market. Lucky bastards.

The pricing is what the market will bear right?

 

[Garrod]

I like how engineering said that the Bebop works from up to 2 km away, and marketing decided that it would be best to report that as "6561 feet" instead, as if they really knew the distance with such precision.

Nah, it's not about the precision - 6561 feet just sounds bigger and therefore more impressive than 2km, especially for countries that don't use metric by standard. That being said, which country is only eligible for this 'giveaway' again?

 

[SurferPup]

To avoid the complexities of stupid international regulations - attach a GPS and solar panel to the Bebop 2 Drone then fly it over to me in Australia. I promise I won't tell my Government.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

I like how engineering said that the Bebop works from up to 2 km away, and marketing decided that it would be best to report that as "6561 feet" instead, as if they really knew the distance with such precision.

Enjoy them while you can.
Aviation law is preparing itself for the first teenagers to fly one into a chopper or plane.
You can extrapolate from there.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Enjoy them while you can.
Aviation law is preparing itself for the first teenagers to fly one into a chopper or plane.
You can extrapolate from there.

They can't actually fly anywhere near high enough to hit a plane, from my understanding. Not sure if it's a technology issue, where making it fly higher than a few hundred feet requires more power or something, or if it's a software limitation, to make sure customers don't do exactly what you're talking about.

 

[tennisproha]

The pricing is what the market will bear right?

Not really anymore imo. These days, the market will bear what the product commands. You can pretty much get away with anything it seems.

 

[Garrod]

They can't actually fly anywhere near high enough to hit a plane, from my understanding...

Erm...planes tend to take off from the ground and land on the ground which tends to be at zero feet in the air to begin and end with.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Erm...planes tend to take off from the ground and land on the ground which tends to be at zero feet in the air to begin and end with.

There's rules against flying drones in the areas close enough to airports where the planes could collide with your drones. I'm sure homeland security would tackle you pretty quickly if you tried violating those rules.

 

[sailmac]

I'm sure homeland security would tackle you pretty quickly if you tried violating those rules.

I appreciate the basis for your comment, and for major airports it may hold true. It occurs to me, though, that at small airfields DHS has no staff on the ground and therefore the presence of low-level drones can present a hazard.

I haven't given much thought to whether a 7xx class airliner is more vulnerable in a drone collision than a small Cessna. The large plane presents a larger target, but the small plane might be more critically damaged, depending upon where a collision occurs. I suppose FAA seeks to prevent air collisions of all registered aircraft, and they believe expanding registration will help them achieve that.

 

[cgartner]

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Parrot to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a Bebop 2 drone with a Skycontroller as part of Parrot's "It's Flying Season" event where the company is discounting its entire line of drones by $30 to $100.

During the promotion, all Minidrones are available for $30 off, the Bebop 2, Bepop, and AR Drone 2.0 are available for $50 off, and the Bebop 2 Skycontroller Black Edition is available for $100 off. Parrot's discounts are active from May 6 to July 4.

The Bebop 2, priced at $500 during the sale, is Parrot's newest drone, launched in December of 2015. It's lightweight and compact at 500 grams, and according to Parrot, it's been built with the "latest generation" of sensors and technologies to reach 25 minutes of flying time with a 2700 mAh battery. Its four three-blade propellers are designed to offer optimal maneuverability and it's able to reach speeds of 37 mph horizontally and 13 mph vertically.

A dual-core processor powers the Bebop 2, and a stabilization camera takes a photo every 16 milliseconds to determine speed. An ultrasound sensor analyzes flight altitude up to 16 feet, and a pressure sensor measures altitude beyond that. Positioning is controlled through an accelerometer and a 3-axis magnetometer, and a GPS chipset geo-localizes the drone and helps measure speed.

Parrot's Bebop 2 is piloted over Wi-Fi using a smartphone or tablet and can be used with an optional RC-style Skycontroller. The Skycontroller allows the Bebop 2 to be controlled from further away (up to 6,561 feet) through two joysticks and customizable buttons for an intuitive flight experience. The accompanying app allows the Bebop 2 to be flown right out of the box, with or without the Skycontroller. Tilting a smartphone left, right, forward, or backward controls the Bebop 2 and an automatic landing button brings it back down when the flight is over.

A 14-megapixel fisheye camera built into a 3-axis framework is included in the Bebop 2 to take wide angle (180 degree) HD photos and videos of the areas where it's flying. The Bebop 2 is built from a flexible glass fiber-reinforced ABS chassis and it has shockproof feet for landings.

We have a Bebop 2 Skycontroller drone to give away to a lucky MacRumors reader. To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner and send the prize.

You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page. Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to enter.

a Rafflecopter giveaway​

The contest will run from today (June 3) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on June 10. The winner will be chosen randomly on June 10 and will be contacted by email. The winner has 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before a new winner is chosen.

Article Link: MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Bebop 2 Drone With Skycontroller From Parrot

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Parrot to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a Bebop 2 drone with a Skycontroller as part of Parrot's "It's Flying Season" event where the company is discounting its entire line of drones by $30 to $100.

During the promotion, all Minidrones are available for $30 off, the Bebop 2, Bepop, and AR Drone 2.0 are available for $50 off, and the Bebop 2 Skycontroller Black Edition is available for $100 off. Parrot's discounts are active from May 6 to July 4.

The Bebop 2, priced at $500 during the sale, is Parrot's newest drone, launched in December of 2015. It's lightweight and compact at 500 grams, and according to Parrot, it's been built with the "latest generation" of sensors and technologies to reach 25 minutes of flying time with a 2700 mAh battery. Its four three-blade propellers are designed to offer optimal maneuverability and it's able to reach speeds of 37 mph horizontally and 13 mph vertically.

A dual-core processor powers the Bebop 2, and a stabilization camera takes a photo every 16 milliseconds to determine speed. An ultrasound sensor analyzes flight altitude up to 16 feet, and a pressure sensor measures altitude beyond that. Positioning is controlled through an accelerometer and a 3-axis magnetometer, and a GPS chipset geo-localizes the drone and helps measure speed.

Parrot's Bebop 2 is piloted over Wi-Fi using a smartphone or tablet and can be used with an optional RC-style Skycontroller. The Skycontroller allows the Bebop 2 to be controlled from further away (up to 6,561 feet) through two joysticks and customizable buttons for an intuitive flight experience. The accompanying app allows the Bebop 2 to be flown right out of the box, with or without the Skycontroller. Tilting a smartphone left, right, forward, or backward controls the Bebop 2 and an automatic landing button brings it back down when the flight is over.

A 14-megapixel fisheye camera built into a 3-axis framework is included in the Bebop 2 to take wide angle (180 degree) HD photos and videos of the areas where it's flying. The Bebop 2 is built from a flexible glass fiber-reinforced ABS chassis and it has shockproof feet for landings.

We have a Bebop 2 Skycontroller drone to give away to a lucky MacRumors reader. To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner and send the prize.

You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page. Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to enter.

a Rafflecopter giveaway​

The contest will run from today (June 3) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on June 10. The winner will be chosen randomly on June 10 and will be contacted by email. The winner has 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before a new winner is chosen.

Article Link: MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Bebop 2 Drone With Skycontroller From Parrot

[doublepost=1465540001][/doublepost]This would be a great prize to win! Wow, I've been looking at drones to take progress photos and videos of construction projects. I've got my fingers crossed! Thanks MaRumors for putting together such a terrific contest.