Very impressive design and what looks like top-quality components. [UPDATE: It appears to be a stock Xaircraft frame that costs $160. Thanks to the commenters for catching this]. You can back the project here ($999 for the copter, $1,499 for the full deal with APM 2)
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It's not only the "kickstarter case" as i said before... The kickstarter's frame is clairly overpriced, but many many frame kit are overpriced too. Making a replica of the "goodluckbuy" X525 cost me less than 10€ with 3mm plywood and less than 15€ with 3mm acrylic or carbon fiber. A bag of screw at local shop and 1.50meter of 10/12mm squared aluminium pipe, less than 5€. Unfortunatelly, I havent' some fablabs near me, with free acces to cnc, laser cutting and other sweet tools that can lower the price. So, a complete x525, plywood version cost 15€ and acryclic/fiber glass cost 20€, and those prices are "profit-included", so it is a correct price for the seller too.... Why nude frame kit are 150-250-300 € ? Even with10%/15% for profit, 10/15% for the orignal idea/concept/drawing, the equation is still unbalanced and overpriced.
maybe I should just buy a kit and try again?http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?3540-my-quad-design-I-m-working-on
Very sad, I gave kickstarter a try and was turned down, my quadcopter is my own custom design..all of it! just the flight controller and esc , were off the shelf. I was told that such a project like a quadcopter did not fit kickstarter's guidelines
Would have been the only woman on the planet building a multicopter if it was real. All she's doing is reselling a frame.
And on another note... man, I wish I'd have known about those nice Xaircraft frames before Christmas, I'd have bought one!
That's what I was thinking. The $20 board from Hobby King or something.
Well, I sent Kellie Sigler a message on Kickstarter, telling her of our concerns, and inviting her to come here to discuss our concerns.
It's even worse than we thought. For the $999, it doesn't appear to include the APM2, or APM1. It claims IMU only, with no autopilot: Looks like maybe they'll include a cheap board, like the KKMult or something with gyros and accel only.
You can always donate $1, make comments, then remove your pledge towards the end if you feel like it.
It's also a lady that is in charge of this kickstarter.
Well, the Kickstarter Model is flawed in some ways. For one, they only allow comments by supporters, so there's no way for people like us who know better to add our feedback on the project and warn people that this guy is way overcharging them for what your are paying.
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