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Permalink Reply by Zachary Eldridge on August 23, 2012 at 6:33am

You can use them for any project like xbee's.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Matthews on August 23, 2012 at 7:16am

Thank you for your clear response!

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Permalink Reply by Ed Kirk on August 23, 2012 at 7:42am

I am using the 3DR radio with MWC WinGUI and it works great, I have tried it with the Arduino GUI and it doesn't always transfere data but it does connect, could be something in the settings.  I have tried it with the 3 latest versions of the Paris 4 board which require making wiring and plugs which are available from DIY Drones.  I have checked it on the FlyingEinstein board and it works.

I tested it with the Paris board and MWC GPS and got excellent data, I had a glitch with GPS when the 3DR Radio was located next to the GPS board, they were touching each other.

I have written PID changes to the Paris board in flight and noticed a twitch during the change, I avoided changes to the throttle settings for obvious reasons.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Matthews on August 23, 2012 at 7:53am

That's great news thank you, I am planning on testing the 3DR's with the OP CC board & the new CRIUS AIOP, I am also going to try the Bluetooth bridge so I can link up to Android in the field.

I have just read several people saying that they wont buy the 3DR's until the glitches are sorted out, glitches, is this true?

I am also keen to find/make a smaller lighter antenna for the Air unit, I have read here that its possible to use a stripped coax wire (17cm long for 433Mhz).

@Ed Kirk

Have you tested range at all?

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Permalink Reply by Ed Kirk on August 23, 2012 at 8:35am

I have seen no "glitches" with the 3DR Radio and have not lost the link during normal flight with my quad.  I left my laptop in house and walked the quad with GPS down the street about a block, the house is surrounded by 6 food chain link fence, the data transfere lights never stoped blinking and when I got back to the laptop the GPS earth image had a yellow trail indicating  the path of my strole. 

The 3DR Radio is great for tuning the control board if you have a laptop and can take it out to the field, there are other options that are just as good, maybe better depending on your expectations.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Kirk on August 23, 2012 at 8:58am

Locating the 3DR Radio this close to the GPS seemed to cause a glitch when doing a "return to home" but it was also very windy during that test.  Other wise I have had no other issues or problems.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Matthews on August 23, 2012 at 9:04am

That is all good to know thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Meez on September 2, 2012 at 8:05pm

3dr also works with my Mikrokopter controller Quad and Hexa 

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