Now take a look at the size of those units and tell me - do they appear appropriate for adding into a scanner? Also consider that the retail price for the replacement GPS unit for the Phantom is $150+ - meaning wholesale cost approximately $50-$75, and add that onto the price of the $500 scanner.
In electronics, size comes at a price. Take your quadcopter apart and have a gander at the size of the GPS board in there, and then tell me if you think that is appropriate for adding into a scanner that people are already griping is too big. And don't forget that you'll also need to fit an antenna and extra battery capacity in there, as people are already dissatisfied with the battery life.
How is a wifi video camera germane to a scanner?
LCD screens for FPV? The Parrot requires you to plug in your own tablet, nothing built-in. Hubsan? That screen is 4.3" - not very appropriate for a handheld scanner. Again, size comes at a price. The LCD's that quadcopters are using are basically off the shelf units that have already been produced in the millions for other products, not a custom size and/or form factor as would be required in a handheld scanner.
But hey, us electrical engineers know NOTHING about what it takes to make these things - it's the users that are the experts and we are simply the lazy guys that are intentionally disappointing the masses - because the only way for us to help our employers thrive is to thwart them at every opportunity when it comes to providing the technology that the consumer wants, at a price that the consumer is willing to pay.
So, feel free to tool up your own factory, foot your own R&D costs, design, code, and manufacture your own ASIC's, develop your own consumer market, sales channel, supply chains, regulatory compliance testing, licensing, etc. Develop the uber-mega handheld scanner that no one else, including companies that have been doing this for DECADES has been able to do, and put Uniden out of business.
I'll be the first in line as long as you keep the price the same as the BCD436HP - after all, people are saying that these features should have already been included at the current price. And it needs to be smaller, because people hate the Uniden "brick." And it needs 4 times the battery life. And of course being smaller it must also be lighter.
There are plenty of complaints that this $500 handheld is not as durable as the $5000 APX6000 as well, so you must also build it to the same standard as the APX6000, again with no increase in price.
I'll be waiting with baited breath for your product launch. Oh - and since some many people think this capability should have already been in the current models, you don't have the luxury of spending a few years in R&D - after all, the quadcopter PROVES that everything you need is right there on some supplier's shelf just waiting for you. You should be able to have the product on the shelves within approximately nine months. And heck, take your company public and I'll dump a six-figure sum into you IPO.
