From Makezine:
The Parrot.AR drone is manifold awesome. And on top of it all, the December Parrot.AR drone teardown on iFixIt saw one of the highest repairability scores that our pals over there have ever awarded. They cite the Parrot.AR’s repair-friendly design, the use of easily demountable fasteners, connectors, and subassemblies, and great repair support from Parrot itself, including readily available replacement parts and a series of how-to-fix it videos on the Parrot.AR site. And while a certain amount of repair-friendly design is just common sense in any R/C aircraft, common sense is not always so common, and even in the R/C market Parrot’s repairability still goes above and beyond the norm.
So congratulations, Parrot! Welcome to the running for the 2011 Makeys.
I hadn't realized that Parrot offered so many spare parts. I've got two dead AR.Drones, so maybe this is my chance to fix them.
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Update: I got a new motor for the AR.Drone (at a cost of $40), which fixed my problem just long enough for it to fly three times for a few seconds, crash and now it has another fatal hardware problem ("motors emergency"). This thing is incredibly fragile and although you can repair it, you need to do so constantly and it's very expensive. I've now got two dead AR.Drones and I'm through with them. No more toys for me.
AR.Drone axis will be in the end diy
http://bbs.5imx.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=415063&extra=page%3D...
or send me one ;)
nice to see a such modular approach from a "non-DIY" product
I can imagine how it become after a year of beating.. full of duct tape, epoxy glue, zip tie.. hehe then replaced by a proper DIYdrone frame and all :)
still a nice entry product.