5-Pound UAV Flies For 50 Minutes, Streams HD From Over 3 Miles

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like those guys from Aeryon Labs are at it again. Today they announced the SkyRanger a bigger brother to their Scout drone (the one that the Libyan rebels used back in 2011). This one claims flight time of close to an hour, streaming 1080p30 HD video, a range of over 3 miles and a camera that can shoot 15 Megapixel stills and thermal video simultaneously. Not only that but it pops out of a backpack and is ready to fly instantly. It ain't cheap, but it can fly at 40 mph!"

Bad guys

[zaft]

So what happens when the drug cartels get this?

It ain't cheap?

[Sla$hPot]

5 Pounds is incredible cheap i would say

Re:Bad guys

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe drugs will finally be legalized, saving billions of $ and millions of families

Contradiction

[Ginger_Chris]

5 pounds is dirt cheap. Not even enough to buy a pint in central London.

Re:Bad guys

[K. S. Kyosuke]

The drone is extremely compact — the company says that it weighs about three pounds and fits into a backpack — and its operator does not need any knowledge of flight.

That's good, because most people fail horribly at throwing themselves at the ground and missing. Not even high bridges seem to help.

Re:Bad guys

[newcastlejon]

I don't know about you, but pot has made our family get-togethers murder-free at last! It's certainly a pleasant change from the whiskey massacre of Christmas '02.

Re:Weapons?

[Blaskowicz]

Stuff that islamic fighters like :
- satellite phones
- GPS, laptops with Google Earth or something
- cell phones - dirt cheap remote detonators, but can be used to communicate too
- social networks such as facefuck and twatter
- editing videos on a computer
- spherical geometry and basic astronomy to know when they have to pray and what direction to face
- building rockets in the yard