That's Nathan Siedle, CEO of Sparkfun, handing me the very first ArduPilot Mega board to come off the Sparkfun production line. We were at an Arduino planning meeting in NYC; that's Massimo Banzi of the Arduino project in the back.
Here's a closeup photo of the board. It looks great! The only thing that's not quite right is the GPS connector is supposed to be sideways, so it doesn't rip off in a crash, but we'll fix that in the next batch. It doesn't really matter, because nobody will use that connector; they'll be using the GPS connector on the IMU shield instead.
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I don't have an ETA on when they'll go on sale, but it's not long now!
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Really cool news Jordi and Chris!
I know you cant sell them through your store chris but I am just about to order another ardupilot and shield and was wondering if there is something that can be done about the two lots of international postage costs to the uk. Thats one from you and one from sparkfun. I could order the ardupilot from cool components here in the uk but its still two postage cost. Sorry for my moan.
Anyway congrats to all the team and I cant wait to order one.
Eager to hear flight tests, do you have any plan to send ArduPilot Mega Board free to some selected RC Test Pilots ! :D
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