I just noticed this at the Chinese on-line retailer, ThanksBuyer.com
They are pricing the bundled versions attractively. Obviously made to compete against the APM micro 3.1
If anyone makes the leap, perhaps you could keep us informed on your experiences.
Happy flying all!!
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Yeah I just posted, I just noticed people were talking about it so thought I would post what I found, sorry for the late insertion to this thread but it may help others too. I sure would love it if 3DR would get into the smaller sized FCs too, I would surely pay more for better support and documentation from 3DR over these china unsupported products. Maybe one day.
I understand that Pixhawk 2 is smaller, perhaps like that but not news yet, only that is inside the Solo but don't sell alone yet.
I cant wait for Pix 2 to put in my TBS Disco Pro :-D
Very Excited!Hey Scott, I'm the new noob on the block and just read your post about how you had the motors connected wrong. Please elaborate on that, as I ran into the same problem. Unfortunately, my problem has increased to the point where I have no functionality of the throttle, pitch, roll nor yaw control. They all register great on Mission Planner, but not functioning from a battery. Any suggestions?
After scanning multiple threads, (and quite frankly just plain luck) I got the wiring in the right configuration (I believe) and discovered it was a setting in MP that would not allow the radio to bind without a GPS lock. Having disabled that, I was able to conduct a motor test and get them to engage with the radio.
The ESCs are the stock XGW 2.4b (soldered)
I have the stock receiver as well that I haven't taken apart.
The ESCs are powered by the board as I'm using a 3DR Power Module to power the board and the FC.
I'm not sure what PPM and PWM are.
Long story short, at about 11:30 PM, I had everything put back together and was out for a test flight. However, I couldn't get enough lift from the front props to lift it and it did a nose dive, which broke one of the propellers. So here I am now trying to figure out what is wrong with the motors.
Here are photos of what I've got:
I wouldn't buy anything 8bit anymore. all the new features are pixhawk only... But I agree that it feels uncomfortable to stick a 3DR pixhawk onto a mini quad or hex for racing / crashing around.
I've just come across this pixhawk clone: http://www.goodluckbuy.com/px4-pixhawk-lite-v2-4-5-32bits-open-sour...
At this price I'm almost willing to take the risk and try it out!
Yup thats just it, the pix wont fit in my little UAV :-D Sure would love +Chris Anderson/3DR to give us a mini pix one day and I sure would buy it for sure on my mini's...maybe one day we will get one :-D
I got my APM Pro yesterday
I had the APM Mini and it was junk, so I decided to order the APM Pro mini and it looks fantastic.
It has quality easy to read labels, I opened it up and all solders joints look great, 2 lights on the Pro and 1 on the GPS itself.
Its a bit bigger than the NAZA-Lite but not much.
I paid a low 58.99 for APM/NEO-6/PowerModile
I have also seen it offered with the NEO-7
Here are some pics
Shows the lights, they work Fantastic
Shows solder joints, looks great
Very well labeled and real easy to read
NAZA is directly under this APM Pro without cover
Here is the link where I ordered, came from China but worth the wait.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111672996648?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&a...
Are you sure you disabled prearming checks in mission planner?
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