flying beaglebone (ben heck show

That would be pretty cool.  You should be able use the openCV libraries for machine vision and tracking.  I remember seeing a video awhile back where there was a quadracopter (or tricopter) that was following and recording someone water ski or jet ski.  Don't remember where the video is now though.

We are planning a quadrocopter episode for later this summer.

We are open to cool ideas of what to put in it!

I vote for a Taco copter or a Pizza delivery copter, but with limited payload a beer or shot copter may be more feasible.  Is there any reason why using helium balloons to offset heavy payloads isn't being used more?

That is a great idea. Count me in to make one after Ben does.

Muffin

It would be neat to have POV displays on the props, but that would draw more current, requiring bigger batteries, bigger motors, etc.

Maybe do something similar to those old air hogs that let you dogfight, IR sensors that when hit with specific modulated IR signals cause a "hit".  The Quadracopter can react by flashing a light, dropping its altitude quick, and have a hit counter on it.  So either you can dogfight multiple quadracopters or have your own gun you can shoot at them.

also the quadcopter can track and shoot u wıth nerf maybe for  a man vs machine nerf war.its not feasible at all probbally...

The OpenROV project uses a BeagleBone and a webcam for the pilot's view via telepresence to the ROV, down past 100ft submergence. An ROV has the advantage of static bouyancy instead of active lift needed for a flying vehicle, but can have several hours operational life with big batteries not possible for flying independent designs with their 5-15 minute operational window before everyone takes a break while the pack recharges. I love quads/hexacopters/etc because you can do some excellent aerial photography for photogrammatic modelling of the land, but people are starting to get fussy if they stray too near private land. Much easier to do the same in the ocean or a local pond, pool, etc that will not have people trying to shoot your bot down or something similar.

Kalani Kirk Hausman