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Cost of ArduCopter

Posted by Earl on May 29, 2010 at 10:52am
I posted this in another forum but I thought it might be more relevant here.

Any interest in the ArduCopter with an ArduPilotMega board with Wiinunchuch and Wii motion plus for IMU, a Ping sonar unit for hovering,and all motors, props,frame, wires, for about 275 and with gps for 350 ?
Maybe even a less expensive unit for about $200.
I am trying to put a package together.

How about some input on how to package this ?

Frames:
Frame only
Frame with motors and mounts
Frame with motors and mounts ESC and wire harness

Electronics:
ArduPilotMega
ArduPilotMega and ArduIMU
ArduPilotMega and Wii + and NC IMU
GPS add on
Sonar add on

Individual units:
Frame
.......
Electronics
......

And price all the above very reasonably by buying in bulk.
Earl

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  • UndCon July 14, 2010 at 6:16am
    This is a really cool project and by far the most exciting one in my opinion (programmer as I am)

    Various preconfigured options is a great way to get things started.


    personally I hope to be able to reuse my motors and ESC's from my Tricopter to reduce some costs

    //UndCon

    www.undcon.com

    Tricopter FPV & aerial Photo
  • Developer
    Jani Hirvinen May 30, 2010 at 4:32am
    Idea is good but I think if it fits on DIY Drones / ArduCopter ideology. As what I understand is that the whole ArduCopter is a project that will be supported by DIY Drones. DIY is all about opensource and they want to keep it opensource. At least last time when I checked Nintendo licenses they were not opensource :)

    And due this issue DIY cannot support it officially. If they would, Nintendo could sue them of exploiting their precious hardware and it could make a lot problems for DIY people. To be DIY it needs to be done by DIY :)

    But this does not mean that us regular users cannot do it, sure we can. In our case we just loose warranty when we open those Wii motes and others. And yes, i do have one Wii shield with WMP+ too

    --jp
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