A do-it-yourself drone-building
kit will soon be available in Italy, sources said Thursday.
It comes courtesy of De Agostini Publishing, which produces
and markets hobby courses, model-making kits, and children's
edutainment products.
The Sky Rider Drone comes equipped with a GPS system, a
camera, and a gyroscope for in-flight stability - and its
aerodynamically perfect design is by deluxe Italian car designer
Pininfarina.
Weighing 1.53 kilos and measuring 40x36x24 cms, the Sky
Rider can be flown manually or on automatic, and will achieve
maximum speed of 5 meters per second vertically, and of 20
meters per second when moving horizontally, De Agostini said.
While perhaps better known for their military applications,
drones or unmanned aerial vehicles have also been used in a
small but growing number of civil applications, such as
policing, firefighting, agriculture, geology, and to shoot
footage in locations that are humanly impossible to reach.
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