According to this, consumer drones today cost $300-$500 per pound. Parrot: $581.39/lb; 3DR: $265/lb; DJI: $448.76/lbpic.twitter.com/Tj9drpYTDd
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@obra so given that weight mainly matters vs. time in air or carrying it around - you'd pay more for more time in air? or what's the thing
@obra the Hubsan weighs only a coupla grams and costs $40, but doesn't have a camera e.g.
@starsandrobots @obra A drone without a camera should be called a dron't.
@starsandrobots I'd pay more for more flight time and lifting capacity
@obra your basic professional hexacopter, lifts 8lbs http://www.quadrocopter.com/CineStar-6-MK-Heavy-Lift-RTF_p_1084.html … costs $1,121/lb
@starsandrobots I guess I just found valuing copters in $/lb a weird metric
@obra yeah I think inherently funny. Inspired by Bloomberg providing those two metrics in an arrangement suggestive of division.
@obra also it suggests to me that the engineering hasn't been fully shaken out. You see this correlating e.g. in bicycles today (matured)
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