CHAPTER 15Renee called it Tyler's toy but in reality, the quadcopter that he had bought from Chinese manufacturers in kit-set form, was a sophisticated drone adapted for agricultural use. The Quadbee 3 had four, thirty-five centimetre rotors encased in what looked like tyre tubes. Overall, it was a little over a metre in diameter with the engine, batteries and camera suspended below the circular framework in a cocoon shaped container behind the camera lens and between two skids that it sat on. A remote guidance system connected to his laptop, gave a live view of the ground below with enhanced zooming if wanted and could take video or still photographs. Tyler had enhanced it from the original specifications to give it a greater range and an ability to fly higher than usual. It could remain
