I wouldn't buy it even if it was half the price. You won't get any gaurentee in quality or reliability. I'd spend my money towards innovation and development than cloning.
I think buying a clone is "safe" but I wouldn't buy one because the price is too high. At $189 I could just spend another $10 and get a newer version of the APM from 3D Robotics directly which will help with the cost of design of the next APM from 3D Robotics. If it were half the cost or less I'd probably try one.
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I wouldn't buy it even if it was half the price. You won't get any gaurentee in quality or reliability. I'd spend my money towards innovation and development than cloning.
I thought clones were not allowed to use the Ardupilot Mega 2.0 name?
Why? It's not even cheap.
I think buying a clone is "safe" but I wouldn't buy one because the price is too high. At $189 I could just spend another $10 and get a newer version of the APM from 3D Robotics directly which will help with the cost of design of the next APM from 3D Robotics. If it were half the cost or less I'd probably try one.