Comment by Hunter Parris on December 16, 2012 at 1:59pm

Nope, but from the sound of it it's a waste of money.  Ardupilot - $179, unlimited waypoints, free GCS, great support, wiki user manual, fixed and copter vs. Arkbird - $159, 4 waypoints, no GCS, Chinese-based support, probably no manual or poorly translated, fixed wing only....Its a no-brainer to me.

Comment by Hunter Parris on December 16, 2012 at 2:02pm

It doesn't matter how good the product is or how "plug & play" it is, if you don't have the great support, it's not worth a dime.

Comment by Bill Bonney on December 16, 2012 at 2:30pm

I noticed a you tube review linked here

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23532202&postcount=9

Comment by Veikko Vierola on December 16, 2012 at 2:51pm

Parris, you are totally right...there is a lot of autopilots on the market but the configurability and support of those are not good. I think the Ardupilot is really way ahead compared to the other pilots because it has so much possibilities and great support...and the price is also reasonable...

Comment by Tim Green on December 16, 2012 at 6:13pm

Manuals here ...
http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/download/ArkbirdManualV3.0710EN_...
And here ...
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/362446797X53414X39...
They're slightly different. But not too shabby.
No speed sensor. But they'll sell a bunch of these, it seems - provided they work.

Comment by Ravi on December 17, 2012 at 7:51am

APM alogorithm and code is way advance belive me. nobody can even come close to it when u restrict the price to $200. it would be very frustrating to buy a chinese autopilot and then try to configure it. ofcourse do not exepct any support.

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