[OT] suggestions for a programmable drone on a budget?

[Alex Ogheri via Digitalmars-d]

Do you need it for a footbal game ?

/fun mode off



On Wednesday, 19 November 2014 at 17:42:16 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> I've been kinda wanting to build some kind of programmable 
> aircraft ever since watching DConf this year and now I'm 
> thinking about actually doing it.
>
> What I'm envisioning is something like a quadcopter that we can 
> program to follow a pre-set course. Or something. A fun demo 
> might be to set it down in the school's gymnasium and set up a 
> number of waypoints it should hit autonomously. So nothing 
> extraordinarily complex, but cool to do yourself. (My 
> motivation here is mostly just cuz I think it would be cool, 
> but the local school is considering doing some kind of 
> programming robotics thing too and I know a guy with influence 
> on that so I might pitch an idea to them as a student 
> competition too)
>
> A ground robot would be nice too, heck that's the kind of thing 
> I might be able to build entirely myself with a few motors and 
> an arduino or something. But a flying drone just takes the 
> coolness factor to the next level.
>
>
> Have any off you ever thought about this kind of thing before? 
> Any suggestions on hardware or other tips to get started? Also, 
> I don't want to spend an enormous sum of money so keep budget 
> in mind too.