*For unknown reasons, the development of the Walkera Peri project was stopped by the company. In confirmation of this, the developer removed the model name from the list of products on the official website.
Announcement
At the CES 2018 Consumer Electronics Show with the call: “Capture the beauty”, Walkera introduced a new portable selfie drone – Peri, which looks very much like last year’s announcement of DJI Innovations – the Spark drone, which, in general, once again proves who is in the world of household UAVs is a leader and sets new trends in the development of household UAVs. One way or another, the Peri drone has a place to be and we just have to get acquainted with the declared list of features that the developer endowed his quadrocopter with.
Peculiarities
- brushless motors
- 4K camera mounted in a 3-axis mechanical PTZ gimbal
- Video modes: UHD: 3840 × 2160 at 30fps; FHD: 1920×1080@30fps
- Photo modes: 4000 × 3000 (12MP) / 3840 × 2160 (8MP)
- Shooting mode “Panorama”
- Gesture recognition mode
- Positioning GPS/GLONASS
- Auxiliary positioning: 2 × ultrasonic + 1 × infrared sensors
- Broadcast video stream over Wi-Fi as 1080p at a distance of up to 1 km (subject to control by remote control).
- Max. horizontal flight speed 36km/h
- Flight time up to 15 minutes
- 8 × pre-programmed flight modes
- Two options for control equipment
- 4 × execution colors
- Ready to fly out of the box (RTF)
Appearance
Specification
Drone
Weight (including battery):
320gr
Dimensions:
160×150×185mm
Max. lifting speed:
10 km/h
Max. descent speed:
7 km/h
Max. flight speed:
36 km/h
Battery:
11.4V(3S) 1720mAh LiPo
Flight time:
15 minutes
Working temperature range:
-10℃ to +40℃
Positioning accuracy (in GPS mode):
vertical: ±0.1 to ±0.5m; horizontal: ±0.3 to ±1.5m
suspension
Controllable swivel range:
-90° to 0° pitch
Assisted positioning system
Altitude range:
≤ 3m
Hover Accuracy Range:
± 0.5m
Frequency:
50 Hz
Surface requirements:
with sufficient light, a surface with a rich texture
Camera
Matrix:
SONY: 1/3″ CMOS; 1.2 million pixels
Lens:
FOV 75°; 2.94mm; f/2.4
ISO range:
100 – 3200
Electronic Shutter:
1/2-1/8000
Photo resolution:
4000×3000(12MP)/3840×2160(8MP)
Video resolution:
UHD: 3840 × 2160 at 30 fps
FHD: 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
Max. video recording speed:
64Mb/s
Supported file system:
FAT3
Picture Format:
JPEG
Video Format:
MP4
Supported memory cards:
MicroSD up to 32GB, speed 10 or higher or UHS-1 class
Control equipment DEVO-A8
Dimensions:
173×101×71mm
Operating frequency range:
2.4GHz/5.8GHz
Food:
Built-in 7.4V(2S) 2500mAh LiPo
Flight modes
The Walkera Peri drone has eight pre-programmed flight modes:
- active track
- Rocket
- Dronie
- helix
- Gesture
- timer
- Time-lapse
- continuous shooting
Control
Walkera Peri control can be realized:
- Smartphone/Tablet (IOS and Android) via APP (Remote distance within 50-100 meters)
- Foldable mini control equipment + smartphone (remote distance up to 1km)
- Remote control with built-in FPV display DEVO-A8 (sold separately) provides a distance of up to 1km.
Color spectrum
The Walkera Peri drone will be available in four colors:
Price and start of sales
For unknown reasons, the development of the Walkera Peri project was stopped by the company. In confirmation of this, the developer removed the model name from the list of products on the official website. At the time of the release of the novelty, the price information was as follows: The version without hardware is $449, the version with mini hardware is $499. Information about the price for the drone with DEVO-A8 equipment was not disclosed.