"@Quadzimodo: DC DUG and DUGN had nothing to do with the Pocket Drone fiasco --- that was all Timothy's own venture, and he has not been involved in the DUG for more than a year and a half."

"FYI, the new donation page is http://fund.dcdrone.org
We switched it away from Generosity.com because a lot of people wanted to donate by PayPal and were also having usability problems with the older site. Plus we wanted better flexibility to…"

"In general I would like to see a bit more detail about BVLOS, Autonomy, and exactly what kind of license is required for below 25kg but above 400 ft operations. Otherwise the regulations look quite reasonable!"

"RCTimer 2208-17 was the motor used in the 3d-printed prototype I had a chance to mess with before they switched to the injection molded stuff; a short-shaft version of that motor is likely the one used in final production. "

"As mentioned in the first paragraph, the award was split $5000 among the landmine detection and disaster aid projects. "

"Thanks for the posting Chris! I totally just applied for an engineering position there from clicking on the link on your post!  "

"I may want to test this soon. I have an application for it. "

"One of the things about the clones is that they never use standard DF13 connectors, so they will not be compatible with genuine 3DR stuff. So, still much better to get genuine. Plus you're supporting 3DR that way."

"@Lockhart: there's quite a few hand-soldered clones out there selling for as low as $130."

"Carles: Why, even when in the documentation and in DIYD is widely told that this things are not a toy, and are not as easy to control as someone might thought, the kickstarter you give a totally contrary idea

What's wrong with that idea? These…"

"R_Lefebvre: What really are they likely to do that could contribute to the community, other than tuning their PIDS to fly their machine?

Physically embedding an APM board into their product as-is and using ArduCopter software without modification…"

"This a more than $13 billion industry with several hundreds of thousands of users messing around with everything ranging from AR Drones, DJI Phantoms, 3DR Irises, Cinecopters, Mikrokopters, you name it. If you think that 1200 new APM users flying…"

"This is a product in development, and while it is clear that they are using an APM, it is not compulsory that they market their product in such a way to highlight its use of open source software or hardware any more than companies like Linksys,…"

"@mP1: The arms are standard DJI F450/F550 style arms, they have some small feet on them. the foam pieces are just cut from dollar-store pool floatation noodles. the foam noodles cost literally $1 and the landing feet cut from them actually provides…"

"Hey, that's a picture of me on the post! lol"