Product: Elite Drone MKX Dual Camera Quadcopter
Model: 400318
Condition: New
Take flight with the Turbo Challenge Elite Drone MKX, a high-performance remote-control drone built for speed, stability, and fun.
Designed for both beginners and experienced flyers, this drone features intuitive controls, one-touch takeoff and landing, and exciting stunt capabilities like 360° flips for an action-packed flying experience.
Equipped with dual rechargeable batteries for extended playtime and a 2.4GHz remote system for smooth, responsive control, the Elite Drone MKX delivers reliable performance indoors or outdoors.
With built-in camera functionality and Wi-Fi connectivity, users can capture aerial photos and videos while enjoying a real-time flying experience right from their smartphone.
@MrGoodGuy Thank you. Me english unit caveman. Me need help.
/showme caveman arguing with big brain green alien. The caveman is grunting that english measuring units are better than metric measuring units. The big brain green alien is talking in math that quatloo measuring units are better than english or metric measuring units.
Let’s see, at a 20km/h speed with a 50m control range, according to the backup nav computer for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission the number of seconds until loss of control at max v is
@gibvel it is fun to program this model. 100 instruction memory, a four position stack, 9 registers, and opcodes are the row and column of the instruction’s key on the keypad.
@gibvel@zippyus I’m not sure I’d call it fun - editing code was a bitch (no inserting new lines of code).
On the other hand, I did truly get a kick out of programming this one (which I still have): HP41-C
Alpha-numeric display and keys, opcodes replaced with named commands, instruction count limited only by memory . . . the list goes on, and then comes the accessories.
@gibvel@rpstrong@zippyus Though affordable and programmable, between the demands of LED displays and NMOS processor, the NiCad battery life of my HP-25 had me using my slide rule frequently.
OTOH, I still use my HP-15C after more than 40 years
Specs
Product: Elite Drone MKX Dual Camera Quadcopter
Model: 400318
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, May 11
Gosh, I think the drone.horse days are now a decade behind us. Going by feel, they’re a geological era ago.
Holy shit, it still works!
@djslack Thumbing through the old posts there.
I did the math so you don’t have to:
and also:
@MrGoodGuy doesn’t look like YOU did the math, but thanks anyhoo.
@MrGoodGuy Thank you. Me english unit caveman. Me need help.
/showme caveman arguing with big brain green alien. The caveman is grunting that english measuring units are better than metric measuring units. The big brain green alien is talking in math that quatloo measuring units are better than english or metric measuring units.
@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “caveman arguing with big brain green alien. The caveman is grunting that english measuring units …”
@cfg83 @mediocrebot Holy CR@P!! This AI image stuff is freaking AM@ZEBALLS!!
Is there a sample of the video feed somewhere?
Like is it early YouTube video quality level bad?
Or 56k dialup RealPlayer video quality level bad?
@Narwalt I think the “0.3 MP” goes a long way to speaking for video quality. Knowing the frame rate would help also.
@Narwalt Found a description claiming 4K video.
https://www.amazon.ae/TURBO-CHALLENGE-Aircraft-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B0D9BZYCDH
@Narwalt 0.3MP almost certainly means 640x480. A very respectable resolution, for 1994.
What’s the availability of Elite Armor for this Elite Drone?
That write-up was disturbingly close.
$40 from Walmart, $25 from eBay, but still looks identical to my $15 Temu drone /pass
@user98914045 Temu? Yikes.
@mehvid1 @user98914045 what? they got great crap. my $160 e-bike is fantastic for being crap. it’ll haul my 300lb butt at 15mph for a good 15 miles.
never woulda got sumfin like that from wish.
Let’s see, at a 20km/h speed with a 50m control range, according to the backup nav computer for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission the number of seconds until loss of control at max v is
@zippyus Good ol’ HP RPN.
@gibvel it is fun to program this model. 100 instruction memory, a four position stack, 9 registers, and opcodes are the row and column of the instruction’s key on the keypad.
@gibvel @zippyus I’m not sure I’d call it fun - editing code was a bitch (no inserting new lines of code).
On the other hand, I did truly get a kick out of programming this one (which I still have):
HP41-C
Alpha-numeric display and keys, opcodes replaced with named commands, instruction count limited only by memory . . . the list goes on, and then comes the accessories.
@gibvel @rpstrong @zippyus Though affordable and programmable, between the demands of LED displays and NMOS processor, the NiCad battery life of my HP-25 had me using my slide rule frequently.
OTOH, I still use my HP-15C after more than 40 years
@cafeface @gibvel @rpstrong the 15c is peak calculator, but have you seen this chunky boy from the 9800 series?
HP 9830 “calculator” ran BASIC and peripherals included a 300 baud modem and a hard drive!
Nice write up and pics here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9800_series
image credit/source - hydrargyrum, wikipedia commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9800_series
@cafeface @gibvel @rpstrong whoops - missed the edit window
nice writeup and pics here
https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp9830.htm
But does it really have 2 batteries THIS time. Lol
Unless I missed them, there are no dimensions mentioned anywhere. Just how tiny is this thing?
@tuzdayschild According to Timu, it is just under 6" x 8" open; folds to index card size - about 3" x 5".
This drone looks disturbingly similar to the $15 DJI knockoff drones on Temu.
Maybe this one has some upgrades, but those can’t even handle hovering in one spot correctly without drifting.
Knock off of a knof off of a Old model of DJI