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Holy Drone Attack, Batman! Griffin Unveils New iPhone-Controlled Chopper

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Somewhere, as Wagner’s Flight of the Valkyries is playing n the background, squadrons of Parrot AR Drones face off against Griffin’s new Helo TC somewhere over the Atlantic (since Parrot is based in France and Griffin in Tennessee, I figured that’s where they’d probably meet up).

Unlike the AR’s alien, four-rotor design, the Helo TC is more like a standard helicopter, with a main rotor (actually, two) and a tail stabilizer. It’s controlled via IR hardware that attaches and interfaces with the Helo TC app. It can either be piloted just like any other remote-controlled toy, with soft versions of stick and throttle controls — or via tilt control, which uses the iPhone’s accelerometers.

Also cool is the app’s ability to store up to three repeatable flight patterns. It doesn’t have the camera of the AR Drone, but at $50, it’s a heck of a lot less expensive.

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28 responses to “Holy Drone Attack, Batman! Griffin Unveils New iPhone-Controlled Chopper”

  1. KatieRoss648146120 says:

    I just p a i d $21.87 for an i P a d 2-64GB and my boyfriend loves his Panasonîc Lumîx GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS.I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $657 which only cost me $62.81 to buy.
    Here is the website we use to get it all from,http://bit.ly/PennyOrder

  2. charlie edwards says:

    Get a real job SpamDouche648146120. 

  3. charlie edwards says:

    Whoever is behind the original design of this chopper is in bed with a lot of people and is cleaning up.  Who’s getting the economic boost?  Probably not America.

  4. GrimWit says:

    jeez… here we go again.  The same crap spam I complained about earlier today when reading an article.  What a POS.

  5. GrimWit says:

    I think it looks pretty cool and at $50 could be a nice bit of fun.

  6. Jon Gibson says:

    It’s nearly identical to the SYMA S107 that you can buy for $18.95 on Amazon.com.  The SYMA S107 comes with it’s own IR Controller, however.  But for $40.00 cheaper, well….

  7. gnomehole says:

    I’m sure Samsung will have a copy soon….

  8. AshleyWilliams25 says:

    I just paíd $20.87 for an íPad 2.64GB and my boyfriend loves his Panasoníc Lumíx GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UP S.I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch L E D T V to my boss for $657 which only cost me $62.81 to buy.
    Here is the website we use to get it all from, to.ly/aXoC

  9. charlie edwards says:

    I have a 107 and people will defend their products all day and say they are different, but they’re not.

  10. elimilchman says:

    Sorry about the spam, folks — we’re working on a solution.

  11. elimilchman says:

    Interesting, isn’t it — there do seem to be a lot of them floating around.

  12. Danny Doublebanker says:

    iPad jailbreak got their hands on one already…

    http://www.ipadjailbreak.com/2

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