Improvements include:
- 16-22 minute flight times, thanks to improved motors, props and batteries
- Spin-on props
- Built-in telemetry display in the RC transmitter
- Lighter legs, body
- New autonomous features, such as one-button 3D structure scanning, FollowMe (with Pebble smartwatch support), one-button "dronies" and more
- LEDs on arms
- Easier assembly
The official 3DR IRIS+ page is here.
We’ll be offering upgrade kits for existing IRIS users starting October 1. More information coming soon on those!
Most importantly, a huge thanks goes out to the collaborative efforts of all the brilliant people in this community who have supported our projects in so many different ways. We’re looking forward to when we're shipping next week!
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I don't think, i'm not the only one, try a gimbal for GoPro with the "micro AlexMos 32-bit board" and let me know, another world (and another price, of course).
If you want stable shots the third axis is imperative, with all these small quad you can see a lot of yaw oscillations and the only way to eliminate them is the third axis for the pan in "follow mode".
My two cents...
Marco: You must be unlucky and just got a bad unit. Plent y of others are happy, me included (ive got 2x tarot 2ds) .
@Roger: just a question, why 3DR has chosen to use Tarot T-2D gimbal on IRIS+?
I have had horrible results with that system, there's a management software painful, micro oscillations to the GoPro at the ground (still), the usb interface is very fussy, etc. etc.
Highly not recommended by me, not only for IRIS+... ;-)
Surprising Colin made no effort to replicate the Phantom form factor. People buy the Phantom because it's small.
well I'll probably buy anything that's lighter like the legs, but i think I will stick with the current motors and 4S batteries with 9" props. It goes pretty good like that
see here for the full run down http://cloud-surfer.net/2014/07/14/3dr-iris-with-4s-batteries/
Awesome!
As an Iris owner I'm on the fence about whether or not I will do the upgrade.
I can't help but feel like Iris 1.0 was a beta product. I'm ok with that because
3DR has been an incredible and has replaced a bad Pixhawk and now the 4-in-1 ESC board.
Their tech support is awesome and billingual (spanish) which I greatly appreciate.
I think I will wait to see how 2.0 Iris holds up after some reviews and testing.
Or, if DJI open-sourced & open-hardwared their stuff...
@mP1, spin-on is not a new thing, but it's a new thing for 3DR. Now I want wifi... I've ArduCopter since pre-1.0 and recently broke down and bought a P2V+. I love the convenience of being able to do fpv and have telemetry on my phone. I've used various android ground stations with various ArduCopters and having the external 3DR radio plugged into the phone has always been a PITA. The P2V+ is the first time I can get out somewhere, and instantly have a full working setup.
On the other hand, the lack of hackability on the P2V+ has been a huge annoyance. I wired in a big headlamp to the drone and it took forever to figure out how to set it up with an RC switch to control it from the secret 6th channel on the transmitter, and that channel is also used for camera tilt so I can't only use my headlight when the camera is facing forwards. The lack of ability to upload a waypoint file is a show-stopper for a lot of things I want to do. So I really want something that combines the best of both. If the IRIS + had wifi then we'd be there.
Hi Damuov,
I am currently using a Spektrum DX7 with a single satellite receiver on one of my little Quadcopters a DJI F330 Flamewheel and although I enjoy using it, it has severe limitations.
As a single satellite with tiny little antennas it's range is very limited.
And for this particular use with a PX4 or Pixhawk you can only use one single satellite by itself.
(After binding you remove the main receiver and don't use it.)
It also requires that you bind the satellite to the transmitter using a Spektrum receiver that is capable of supporting satellites.
And once again, it is quite fiddly to set up the transmitter for a given quadcopter configuration.
The problem isn't that it isn't doable, just that the necessary expertise required to program individual transmitters and the relatively few PPM-Sum compatible receivers make it a tech support (and end user) nightmare for a large proportion of potential purchasers.
I doubt that 3DR burdens the price of the Iris any more than absolutely necessary for the inclusion of the Transmitter / receiver.
For them - not including the RC system might represent more in lost revenue based on otherwise unnecessary tech support calls than they would ever get back savings realized by deleting it.
I also have a Hitec Aurora 9 hooked up to 3 FRSky Delta 8 PPM-Sum compatible receivers.
To do this I had to:
Update the firmware in the transmitter.
Purchase the Hitec Transmitter module programmer.
Update the firmware in the Hitec Transmitter module.
Bind the FRSky receiver to the Hitec specified transmitter (in CPPM mode).
Program about 20 different parameters in the transmitter for each of my airframes.
If you think that is going to go well for the majority of Iris purchasers your opinion differs greatly from mine.
I actually did write most of the page covering this for the APMCopter wiki here:
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-pixhawk-and-px4-compatible-...
And unless at the very least you already have other Pixhawk or PX4 copters flying I think you are a Whole lot better off getting the presetup RC system from 3DR with an Iris.
Best Regards,
Gary
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