"@michael Burmeister just transplant the guts into a frame of your choice. People wrongly associate Solo with the plastic body prepackaged look and feel but what solo really consists of is the SoloLink and PH2 under the skin. SoloLink is Solo and…"
"worst ever...LOL what does a typical DIY setup look like with a power distribution board for up to an X8 config and 3 accessory voltage regulators?
It's not huge when you consider what it replaces with MINIMAL wiring!!!!
You guys crack me up with…"
"Gary McCray said:
It is a market they are trying to create, not one that actually exists.
I can attest to that. Have been trying to unload 6 new U8 with props and can not give them away. Would rather rewind them or come up with a risky test…"
"@hugues How is this for plug and play? Coming soon from SpektreWorks is a carrier board with power distribution and full i/o connections. How clean of an install would this be? Pretty much bridges the gap between the cleanliness of factory…"
"@hugues
interesting find. However it remains very difficult for many to use such tiny 80 pins connectors. Do you imagine soldering individual pins on that, even as an experienced DIYer ? And if you have to etch your own PCB each time you need an…"
"What people forget about when talking form fact is that the Cube allows for any design of a carrier board and not the one that it is currently packaged with. These connectors are available from Hex in single quantities. For the accomplished DIYers…"
"No one is taking anybody for an idiot. It is a completely different way of tackling the problem by trying to take it at its root, i.e. MEMS temperature-dependant response. This method, as you say, has its own flaws, but what about trying it before…"
"Also do not forget to remind them they have zero authority to regulate airspace, that authority is solely the domain of the FAA by direction of Congress."
A couple are brand new out of box and a couple have only test hovered. They were destined to be used in a heavy lift Y6 project from couple of years back and these have just been sitting in a box waiting for a purpose. Project failed due to balance…
"A shame uninformed customers are driving development of the inferior platform for long duration and high payload applications. I guess the more props the sexier it is and easier to get the CFO, COO ,CEO C-whatever-whatever to sign of on it so…"
"From everyone's frame of experience with currently available motor and battery tech..claims of 1 hour durations will always come across as fairy tales. Now the fact that this company is developing Halbach Array motors ...that is an entirely…"