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I've solely used Parrot Drones with Tynker and Swift Playgrounds in the Using Code to Fly Drones experiences. There are different options depending on the experience you want your students to have with your program. If you want to start with the bare minimum, you can get going with a cost of $134.86 (green celled items). As of December 20th, 2019, new Parrot Mambo drones are available only from this resource:
I've solely used Parrot Drones with Tynker and Swift Playgrounds in the Using Code to Fly Drones experiences. There are different options depending on the experience you want your students to have with your program. If you want to start with the bare minimum, you can get going with a cost of $134.86 (green celled items). As of December 20th, 2019, new Parrot Mambo drones are available only from this resource:
Voice # 818-570-6472
Voice # 818-570-6472
Refurbished Parrot Mambo Drones are available on Amazon.
Refurbished Parrot Mambo Drones are available on Amazon.
If you are solely using Swift Playgrounds for your Coding to Fly Drones, then an alternate route is to purchase Tello Drones instead of the parrot mambo. I'm still researching whether or not the Tello Drones would work with the Tynker program.
If you are solely using Swift Playgrounds for your Coding to Fly Drones, then an alternate route is to purchase Tello Drones instead of the parrot mambo. I'm still researching whether or not the Tello Drones would work with the Tynker program.
Drone Updating: When you receive your new drone, sometimes it will prompt you to update the drone. This can be quick and easy or practice with being persistent. Here are directions:
Drone Updating: When you receive your new drone, sometimes it will prompt you to update the drone. This can be quick and easy or practice with being persistent. Here are directions:
Via USB (must be a laptop/Mac/PC)
1. Power on the Parrot Mambo and wait until the lights (eyes) turn green (most likely blinking).
2. Connect the drone to your computer using a USB/micro-USB cable (provided). Wait until the drone's “right-eye” light is a steady green
3. Go to Parrot Mambo’s support page at to download the update program (you will most likely get a redirect notice which is ok).
https://www.parrot.com/us/support/products/parrot-mambo
4. At the Parrot Mambo support page, click the update button 'mambo firmware) - see pic to the right
5. When download dialogue box opens, check Save file, then click OK to download the update file.
6. Following the download, click the blue arrow on the browser window , then click the folder icon to access the file. (This step may vary depending on your computer & its OS)
7. While the MiniDrone is powered on, double click on Parrot_Mini icon in the menu to open it.
Note: if MiniDrone is off, press the ON/OFF button to turn it back on and wait for your computer to recognize it.
8. Drag the update file into the open area in the folder (the root of the drone) of Parrot_Mini. DO NOT PLACE THE FILE IN THE DRONE (Mambo) FOLDER. DO NOT RENAME THE FILE.
Parrot Mambo's lights will flash while the update file is being transferred.
9. Once the transfer is complete, the right-eye light remains green, and the left-eye orange.
10. Safely disconnect the USB cord from the Parrot Mambo and from your computer.
>Installation begins. The lights alternately flash orange with increasing rapidity. Do not remove the battery while the update installation is in progress.
10. The installation is complete when the lights turn green.
Swift Playgrounds Drones - Parrot Mambo or Airborne Night/Cargo are the flying options. There are a variety of other devices that can be coded with Swift Playgrounds including Dash Robot, Lego Mindstorms, Skoogmusic, UBTech Jimu Robot Meebot, and the Sphero Sprk+
Swift Playgrounds Drones - Parrot Mambo or Airborne Night/Cargo are the flying options. There are a variety of other devices that can be coded with Swift Playgrounds including Dash Robot, Lego Mindstorms, Skoogmusic, UBTech Jimu Robot Meebot, and the Sphero Sprk+
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