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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 7 February 2011 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | Spanish |
| Terms matched | AR.Drone; cuatricóptero |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | Cinco Días |
| Title | Parrot AR.Drone: el cuatricóptero Wi-Fi para el iPhone |
| Dateline | 07 feb 2011 — 23:47 CET |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2011/02/07/tecnologia/1297322979_850215.html |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2011-02-07|cinco-dias|parrot-ardrone-iphone-review |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Raquel Arranz described the Parrot AR.Drone as a Wi-Fi quadcopter for iPhone: two cameras (frontal VGA 640×480 at 15 fps; downward QCIF 176×144 at 60 fps); 1,000 mAh battery giving 12 minutes' flight; 380 grams; carbon-fibre tubes and PA66 plastic; EPP protection hulls; cork propeller shrouds; six microprocessors, a three-axis accelerometer and two gyros. Take-off was a tap on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad; tilt to fly; release to stabilize. Autopilot held 80 cm altitude after take-off and landed the craft if a phone call arrived. Free App Store app AR.FreeFlight had beginner and expert modes. Third-party AR games included AR.Dronegate (augmented-reality base defence) and multiplayer AR.FlyingAce; software could detect other AR.Drones in flight and place markers on floor and walls. Spare motors, gears, propellers, hulls and cameras were sold on the web.

**Kinematic object.** Parrot AR.Drone consumer Wi-Fi quadcopter, iOS-piloted.

**Coverage frame.** consumer / industry

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Cinco Días first-language Spanish product report with measured airframe and software detail.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint; points to Movilzona for more.
- What was excluded: the January 2010 Guardian CES unveil (separate year/identity).

## LRRK relevance

Lab / Watch. A Watch desk would have recorded a mass-market smartphone quadcopter with open-app games and 12-minute endurance on sale in Spain.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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