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FPV Raptor and SX260HS
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"The reason is fairly clear to me. The Iris and Iris+ were very poor products, and tech support didn't match their poor failure rate. They were dangerously underperformant for their own weight, let alone the weight of a payload. Thus sales were…"
"They looked at tlogs and told me not to fly my S100 under my Iris+ as it was too heavy. That's what they said.
I was using the KAP-UAV script - and never, not once, could I get consistent un-blury photos. I wasted days trying - and there's many…"
I was using the KAP-UAV script - and never, not once, could I get consistent un-blury photos. I wasted days trying - and there's many…"
"Don't believe the '500g' payload claim for the Iris+ I was flying a 200g Canon Powershot S100 - and was told by 3DR after it crashed that the reason it crashed was I was carrying too much weight. Iris+ is marginal on performance as it is...the…"
"I tried a Powershot S100.... and the Iris+, on multiple occasions, couldn't handle the weight and just crashed. 3DR told me that it was too heavy. The GPS from the S100 was unreliable anyway. It wasn't worth the hassle - so many photos would be…"
"It would be a lot easier to find what's actually for sale, if all the 'out of stock' items in clearance would go away, and you could filter by platform."
"I have the same problem with my Iris+. log_bitmask is set to 6535. Mission Planner can happily generate an accurate KMZ file from the DataFlash log. The TLogs from my Nexus 6 in flight have time stamps - but the DataFlash file does not....and so…"
"I tried something similar with a Powershot S100 - and 2/3rds of the images were unusably fuzzy."
"I sent logs, and they told me to never flight that configuration again ( carrying a payload LIGHTER than the one they'll sell you themselves ) - and then sent a replacement ESC anyway. A contradictory stance. I've not bothered this time yet. I…"
"I've had the same thing now 3 times with my Iris+
The first time it suddenly starting dropping altitude and ended up with a hard crash that destroyed a Powershot S100. 3DR claimed the S100 was too heavy for the Iris+...which is untrue - it's…"
The first time it suddenly starting dropping altitude and ended up with a hard crash that destroyed a Powershot S100. 3DR claimed the S100 was too heavy for the Iris+...which is untrue - it's…"
"3DR say a probable failed 4-in-1 ESC on my Iris+ - so they're sending me a new one....bit of soldering and I'm sure I'll be back in the air. "
"I was flying a Powershot S100 under my Iris+ (until a crash killed it) and found that it always struggled to get good GPS lock - simply because there's a great big Iris+ directly above it blocked the sky and thus its view of the satellites. Best…"
"Agreed. I think Trent and the team did pretty well to even get that far. I backed his IndieGoGo campaign, and I'd do it again in a heart beat!!! They tried hard, but stopped at the right point. Here's to trying again!!"
"Rob - you might be able to make a moral case if 3DR itself had not just contributed to, but also heavily benefited from the open source nature of the platforms involved. People not paid by 3DR contribute to their code - and in doing so improve the…"
"Jani - fins? You mean the landing legs? CF and Al honeycomb. They deploy out from the side of the 1st stage after it's launched. In this test, obviously, they're pre-deployed."
"Robert - this isn't a launch pad. It's just a testing landing pad for tests of this nature. They have launch facilities at CCAFS at KSC ( one pad in use, one ex-Shuttle pad just leased for 20 years ), VAFB, Kwajalein Atoll, and there is talk of a…"
"I ordered a RTFhawk 2.4.3 from them a week ago. No updates since. No reply to my emails asking when it might dispatch. Not sure what 'reputable' means these days, but I don't think it's that."
