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New product in the DIY Drones store: APM telemetry kit!

Posted by Chris Anderson on April 21, 2011 at 5:00pm

3689402008?profile=originalCheck it out: an all-in-one telemetry kit for ArduPilotMega, all set up and ready to go! No more fussing around with Xbee configuration. $165 for the total, which includes the custom configuration.

 

In this kit you will find everything you need to add telemetry features to your aircraft set up. The Xbee modules come paired up and ready to use!  Included with this kit:
- 1x XtreamBee Board (The one manufactured by DIYDrones!), including the two female connectors and right angle connectors.
- 1x XBee-PRO 900 extended range module w/ RPSMA connector and duck antenna
- 1x XBee-PRO 900 extended range module w/ wire antenna
- 1x Xbee Explorer Dongle (USB adapter for the Xbee module!)

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  • steve August 27, 2012 at 3:21pm

    What is the best antenna to use on the plane side xBee 900? I have the little wire now but would like to improve it. I have some SMA connectors I can solder on or is there another option? I'm losing connection at about 1km which kills the antenna tracking. I will put a Yagi on the antenna tracker xbee but I would like to improve the plane side xbee and also the computer running the MP. That just has a whip antenna that came with it.

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    Chris Anderson May 8, 2011 at 9:59am
    Al: it's still there (click on the link in the post), but we're not displaying it on the main page because it's out of stock while we wait for some new cables to come in.
  • heckmic May 6, 2011 at 4:25am
    A Europe Version would be greate (2.4 / 5.8 ghz)
  • Gage Morrow May 4, 2011 at 4:14pm
    Just ordered one :)
  • Gage Morrow May 4, 2011 at 1:40pm

    Woo! back in stock

     

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    Chris Anderson May 4, 2011 at 9:51am
    I'm not sure what you guys are looking at, but the product listing is in the store as always. It's just temporarily out of stock while we have some custom cables made.
  • Ron Holley May 4, 2011 at 8:32am
    Seen with other items in the past. Just clicked on email when in stock and that's what happened. :)
  • ARHEXA May 4, 2011 at 8:14am
    Seems it's no longer available on the store...
    any plans to re-stock it ?
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    Chris Anderson April 25, 2011 at 1:33pm
    CheBuzz: As people have pointed out, you were looking at the wrong modems. Thank you for addressing that and recalculating the math to a 50% markup. Let me address that:

    First, 50% gross margin is absolutely standard in retail. I think you'll find that in virtually every other business in the RC world.

    Why? Because, as you know having run a store, overheads are significant. There is of course the salaries of the staff who load the setting on the Xbees, test them and pack them up to ship out. We have rent on our factory, very high insurance premiums (given the field we're in) to protect both us and our customers, and the overheads of full time customer and technical support staff standing by in case people need help.

    Perhaps in your European business you were not large enough to have commercial rent, staff and insurance, but anybody who has built a business on the scale we have will tell you that 50% margin is about the minimum necessary to run a sustainable operation.
  • CheBuzz April 25, 2011 at 5:41am

    Seems a bit shameful is my opinion, and I stand by it.  Saying something like "DIY Drones are ripping everybody off!" or "DIY Drones is charging exorbitant markups" without actually backing it up with facts would be bashing.

     

    I guess I was hoping somebody would explain why a 50%+ markup is justified for products that they don't produce (minus the XtremeBee board, but even that seems cloned from many, many similar boards before it).  I guess the silence from them is my answer.

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