Shift and Shift Controller Drone

This project is proposed as a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter platform? What is Shift? This is the Shift Controller, a remote control of a new kind which is used with one hand. It is in the form of a bâtonnent of the size of a lighter and a kind of ring to be placed on the thumb. To use, simply place the thumb (and ring) over the stick, no contact. To mount, simply lift your thumb. To move forward, we must move forward. To do a translation on the right, it makes the shift to the right. For a rotation (yaw) is the index that comes in, by touching the front of the stick.

Antediluvian radio?

Shift-Shift 05Le Controller is designed to replace our old radio. Is this a catcher geek gadget? A revolutionary invention? An impossible and stillborn concept? An alternative rather smart and realistic? Hard to say as most designers do not offer that promotional videos without showing the actual product in action. They explain that the ring will be offered in 3 different sizes, it will be compatible with many brands of which multirotors JJRC, Syma, Eachine, WLtoys, Cheerson - but not DJI, Yuneec, Parrot, etc. Shift Controller weight is approximately 136 grams, with its integrated battery, which will charge via a USB connector. There will be a Shift Controller compatibility with iOS and Android smartphones via Bluetooth. Accessories will be offered later as more conventional control panels to control a camera pod, program keys, etc.

versions

The video presentation is a bit misleading, there will be several versions of Shift products. Shift Controller Ver.1 ring is connected to the stick. With Ver. 2, the ring is detached from the stick. Shift-Shift Controller 06Le may be accompanied by a shift Mini Drone 14.2 cm diagonal, without camera, with propeller guards (who does not appear to protect much), Lipo battery for 300 mAh an 8-well minutes.Ou a Shift Drone, a model with propeller guards (also probably ineffective) with a size of 35 cm and a weight of 1.2 kg, with a 4K camera / 30 fps digitally stabilized associated with 8GB memory, a 5000 mAh Lipo battery, a maximum speed of 80 km / h and an autonomy of 30 minutes. Both the Shift Controller seems credible, like the Shift Mini-Drone, so it is much less multirotor with an autonomy that seems to record and image stabilization only Parrot control properly. The table below summarizes the different packages, it is enough to get lost, offered from $ 89 to $ 889.

The concept of Shift Controller is interesting, it is curious to see what it can give. But the delivery date, May 2017, seems too close to the industrialization of three products simultaneously, the Shift Controller, the Mini Drone Shift and Shift Drone.

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