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Looks like it needs a bit of work still.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2015/may/12/testing-the...
Yup, I conceded that the hand thing was a bit silly :)
This whole arena of tech is incredibly fast moving and inherently unstable. 3DR selling the Iris (it has had issues) DJI selling the Phantom, Naza etc etc. My point being the marketing team will always be ahead of the techies. Recklessly or not.
None of the above are hailed as "hobbyist" and they all have various issues.
I'm not against being cautious and where something is downright dangerous (and a real threat) then say something but the sledge-hammer with which this has been greeted is contrary to this very site. Rather constructive feedback and suggestions?
If someone had a drone which said it'll carry your 6 month old baby to nursery and you can buy it tomorrow then I would say ring the alarm bell. But for this? Come on, all the features are awesome and already available with the exception of the finger-trimming option. My suspicion though is that features like that might be put on the V2,0 list when reality hits home.
@ Crispin
well "ready for market" and off the shelf is not exactly the same thing.....
I also have 3dr products and whilst not being state of the art IMHO they are worth the money, and you even get replacements on warranty for defective parts.....
I disagree.
Let's assume the project is backed and he gets all the money. He sells it and it's a flop because he chopped someone's hand up (I'll concede - the landing on hand thing is perhaps a step too far and suggestive) then he'll have his own problems for it.
As for "ready for market" then it's no worse than the first APMs I bought. After spending £500 on the first 3DR quad I had a few crashes, couple of fly-aways (which then crashed into trees) etc. How come that is ok to sell? It was no where near fully developed. Not in the slightest. DJI? Exactly the same.
My biggest gripe with people posting stuff is how often it gets attacked. Not constructive criticism but just plain slated. It sometimes feels like a bunch of old men sitting around grumbling over the young'ns.
That's my opinion anyway and it's unlikely to be everyone's :)
Exactly. If you were using APM1, 2, or Pixhawk, then you were building DIY Drones, and should expect to have some problems.
But people buying into these Kickstarter campaigns think they are buying into RTF machines that are basically ready for production. But it seems like for the majority of them, people are actually funding the R&D almost from square 1, and it results in lengthy product ship dates and delays. There's a couple that were funded over a million dollars last summer, and still haven't even gone into production yet. They were all pretty much advertised as ready to go, and the kickstarter campaign was just to pay for production tooling.
It's apparent that all the groups had was a sketchy 3D printed concept, using standard electronics. The designs were not production ready, and the software development hadn't even started yet.
@Laurent the new hex from Helen Greiner gets rid of the need for a gimbal because of the way the props are mounted and the angles that allows in flight. Add in the stabilized in camera footage and gimbal be gone.
It's a good thing most of you were not involved in inventing the car or the spaceship. Get back into your caves.
Yes, it's got problems, issues to overcome but like everything, each progressive version will be better (or he'll stop selling them and go bust).
I could fund a small war in Africa with the amount I have spent on crashed quads all using ArduPilot. From the APM1 -> APM2 with oilpan -> 2.5 - >2.6 and Pixhawk. It's all progressive with each iteration being better than the previous one.
Apparently the FAQ states that no gimbal will be used and the image is cropped digitally instead.
That's Jussi Oksanen, former Olympian and Burton Snowboards pro rider, and the Rainbow Bridge on Donner Pass above Donner Lake, just up the hill from my house. You can catch a few more (acro) glimpses of the area in one of Charpu's videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLi6rvwUbzE
Other shots in the linked video are from the Bedwell Bayfront Park and the now-demolished American Flat Mill.
Just had an idea about taking blackbox information from Naze32/Cleanflight and using it to help stabilize video in post..... hmmm. Naw, sticking to balanced props and rate mode on a miniquad for now, gimbaled quad later in the backcountry.
-not a selfie stick kind of guy
Randy +1
I think they've flunked the safety aspect with hand landings and takeoffs. They do have folding props but is that good enough? I wouldn't want one land on my face! BTW how does it know where your hand is to land on it? Does it have real time image recognition and object tracking or does it land on someone else's hand while you have to carefully pilot it from a safe distance? :-s
Doesn't Kickstarter have a "Duty of Care" policy that the Kickstarter projects need to comply to?
When he threw the Lily off the bridge I thought he was going to base/bungee jump after it. That would have been epic! ;-)
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