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.
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.
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.
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