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"Apparently not cancelling my order."
I'm still showing as "back ordered" after 8 days and after browsing through the comments here I'm starting to get leery of doing business with 3DR, at this point seems building form scratch is safer (and cheaper).Plus what company states "once…
"Why not a standard quadrotor with a single EDF mounted on it for speed."
"Good to hear, I'm new to this hobby so I have purchased a variety of brands, from Hyperion to E-flites, the only one I ever had an issue with was the Pulse 6600mAh "flat pack" which had a dead cell out of the box, kind of ridiculous considering it…"
"It's good to hear they offered, in some cases (not talking about 3DR here) RC hobby shops or companies are highly resistant to replacing or allowing returns on any of their products."
"2 out of 5 batteries were dead? Did 3dr do anything to help you out with that? That seems like an extraordinary failure rate, even the cheapest lipos I've seen don't have that sort of failure rate.
Also which batteries were they? The 5100mAh? The…"
Also which batteries were they? The 5100mAh? The…"
"That's good to know, currently the Iris+ appears to be shipping with a 3s 5100mAh, it would be nice to have a 3rd party battery to use as well."
""Mr. Pixhawk has no idea"
Lets hope Mr Pixhawk does because that weight change from 2000mAh to 8000mAh is going to have a dramatic effect on handling and flight time =)"
Lets hope Mr Pixhawk does because that weight change from 2000mAh to 8000mAh is going to have a dramatic effect on handling and flight time =)"
"Or it isn't the Iris+ and can tolerate the difference.
Iris+ Manual"
Iris+ Manual"
"3dr specifically states not to use 4s, the increased voltage can damage some components.
Whether this applies only to the Iris+ or both version is unclear to me."
Whether this applies only to the Iris+ or both version is unclear to me."
