Gizmowatch says: Draganflyer SAVS RC Helicopters Shoot Impeccable Aerial Videos
Gizmowatch’s slogan is “Because Boys Need Better Toys to Play” so a review on the Draganflyer SAVS rc video helicopter is a no-brainer. Gizmowatch brags about the SAVS’ thermal intelligence self levelling feature, onboard CPU, anti-vibration video camera mount, use of lithium-polymer batteries, piezo-gyro technology and carbon fiber construction “hence resulting in a great video shoot”. They also say “This masterpiece requires no time-consuming setup and is shipped with A flight simulator and DVD with complete footage of assembly and training.”
Read their full review at Gizmowatch’s Web site»
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“In various shapes and sizes, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) have been around for more than a century. During the Civil War, both sides sent hot air balloons rigged with explosives (set to drop by timer) floating over each other’s lines. A few decades later, U.S. soldiers photographed Spanish defenses with camera lashed to box kites. In the 1930’s, the British RAF and Navy used radio-controlled biplanes as targets for antiaircraft gunners. Today, the top dog among unmanned crafts in the U.S. Military’s MQ-1 Predator, a key player in the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Controlled by a crew of three, the Predator completes a variety of missions that are either too dangerous or too dull for human pilots. Its cameras shoot video day or night, through smoke and through clouds. It can even pack a pair of remotely launchable Hellfire missiles.
The question remains, of course, why anyone would need such a craft. To count cattle? To survey real estate? To snoop on the neighbors? But that’s a private matter best kept between a man and his 
CARGO Magazine May 2006
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