Comment by Bernard Michaud on January 22, 2012 at 4:02pm

This is all about stability in serious gusting winds. 

I was looking at this very convincing video thinking how you should be proud of the performances.

That's it ........    if you dont already have a Master degree, you can claim the degree from me any time.

What are you going to do next .... I want to know.

Bravo!

Comment by Anish on January 22, 2012 at 5:02pm

@martin thanks for the video, at least I know what I missed ( i do admit to being guilty of being bit lazy and nit having driving licence) I have to admit I was hoping to see ur maja and Malochm's traditional heli with apm :). Unrelated note, where did u source thus frame from :) can I have the details please.
I hope to join u in the next round of experiments

Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on January 22, 2012 at 10:15pm

Hi Martin

Great video , great to see is simply just works as promised on the box.  keep on testing !

Developer Comment by Jean-Louis Naudin on January 23, 2012 at 12:56am

Woow, impressive and really convincing... Good video Martin.

Regards, Jean-Louis

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on January 23, 2012 at 9:27am

Should I start stocking them in the Canadian store?

hehe quite expensive solution, not open source but WOW it does fly great! 

Thanks Martin for this video. Great to see that you can still go outside and play!  ;) 

Dany

Distributor Comment by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on January 23, 2012 at 10:20am

Hi Dany,

They are very expensive when you sit them along side the APM x, but as I pointed out in the APM 2.0  thread it's not a system I would say is to be compared side by side, it’s closed source, is only for one platform and is four times the cost without the “mission planner” function. Here comes the “however”, if you are looking to get the quickest route and the least hassle to flight and don’t want to play with many codes, soldering irons etc, AKA the DIY option you would be hard pushed to find an easier route right now. As the video shows, the last flight was in some extremely challenging conditions and it just got on and did its thing. We only made one small PID change, which was about 30 seconds work, and went up again :)

And it was great to see the outside again and be involved with some flights!

Regards

Martin.

 

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