"Hi Colin,
I know what you mean about time, progress is slow at this end!
For the mode keys, plan is to have an extra row of keys with leds dedicated to changing modes, each button corresponding to a specific mode. A solid led will indicate current…"
"@Jean-Marie, that sounds weird - when you power by battery does the rest of the ASM still work? Is it only the radio that is not working? On your first image you only have three wires connected to the telemetry port - do you have all four connected…"
"Do you mean http://www.unmannedtechshop.co.uk - if you do I believe they are official 3dr re-sellers. I've used them before and they were good. They have a user account here, send them a message if you've any concerns
"Looks really good, I like the size/form factor.
I been flying the Bomatec Q which is a small folding wing about the same size. It's great for throwing in the back of the car and tough as nails but doesn't have enough room for a camera once you've…"
"Colin, away from home at the moment but looks like it's really coming together.
Jani, on the hardware, the keyboard buttons are a bit nasty! Addition of an encoder is really useful and might be worth building in. I'm hacking together an separate…"
"@Colin
Loaded up v0.5 using it with Plane 2.74b
Like Tom parameter upload sometimes sticky, sometimes doesn't get all the way to 294 getting stuck at 77 and others even if left for long time. Not had too long to play with it but seems to work better…"
"@Jani, if failing compile on A8 you have probably selected the wrong board in Arduino IDE. There are some compile instructions on the github wiki
Paul"