Cheap-to-buy, easy-to-build mini Lego drone is the stuff of childhood dreams
What self-respecting kid (or, perhaps, what kid who would rather stay
indoors than play outside) didn’t at some point use their Legos to
piece together a futuristic flying machine? The only problem was that no
matter how many propellers, aerodynamic wing sections or ultra-cool
stickers you added, the finished product could never actually fly.
That’s all changed thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign from
Kitables, the maker company that offers a range of simple DIY kits.
They’ve created a new mini Lego drone kit which allows users to build
their very own UAVs — with nothing more complex than a few bricks to
snap together and some incredibly basic electronics.
“The premise of every kit that we do, including this one, is to lower the barrier to entry,” Kitables CEO Arieann DeFazio told Digital Trends. “We’ve made this as simple as it could possibly be. Almost everyone has used Lego at some point. There are also just four soldering points on the whole thing, and after that you’re ready to go! There’s no software to download and it comes with a controller, so it’s basically plug-and-go. It’s incredibly easy.”
