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  • Cala June 14, 2016 at 3:18pm

    I'm not an expert electronic but AUAV pixracer and power module looks really good finish, wires and connectors looks nice quality and I'm impressed with vibrations response :O I hard mounted on a racer with regular quality motors and props and nice alt hold during first flight, only a yaw issue but I hope I have to tune yet. For the price it not have sense to buy a clone if you can access to buy the genuine one and support devs.

    I'm only miss the case ;) 

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    Sgt Ric June 14, 2016 at 2:36pm

    @ Marc Dornan , I agree.  

    Did you notice that back when HK copied the APM, they actually called it ArduPilot, -until they rec'd notice to cease and desist.

    So a copied silkscreen does not surprise me a bit.

  • Phillip Kocmoud June 14, 2016 at 1:39pm

    Can you please post a picture of the PCB? I am curious of the markings.

  • titeuf007 June 14, 2016 at 1:38pm

    mine working good and the qulaity is good

    i ve opened the case and so far the soldering is very good with no flux

  • Jerry Giant June 14, 2016 at 1:13pm

    pixracer need blind via pcb and high grade smt production line. not something very taobao cloner could do it well.

  • Phillip Kocmoud June 14, 2016 at 10:26am

    We have really nice molded plastic cases coming, but the process has been much more difficult than I ever imagined. So they are in the works.

  • Marc Dornan June 14, 2016 at 10:24am

    Incidendentally, I own plenty of flight controller boards (far too many) and the physical quality of the Arsov ones exceeds all others I own (and that includes genuine 3DR Pixhawks). As a convenience factor I wish they would just sell a case for $10 or so I do not have to use Shapeways. Phillip - can you just get a batch of your design printed and have them available to order in your store?

  • Phillip Kocmoud June 14, 2016 at 10:23am

    I agree about the cases, I wish I could figure out who is making them.

    Lately we have had plenty of stock on the flight controllers, it is people buying our accessories that are hurting us now. That is not really a complaint, but we are working to correct that now.

  • Marc Dornan June 14, 2016 at 10:18am

    This is junk most likely and +1 on the cheapo cables. But in any event I think it is basically 'counterfeit' in as much as they have used the AUAV silk screen. That is not on. If they want to make a something like an HKPilot32 fine but to not even distinguish the brand is unacceptable I think, even for open source. Call it HKracer32 or something. Maybe people should stop rewarding unacceptable behavior. How much has Hobbyking put back into the Ardupilot project? You would be better advised to pre-order from Arsov and just wait for them to make a high quality product in the next batch.

    However, I will buy an aluminum case from HK if they want to sell that separately. They could sell that for $15 alone (since that is the cost of the Shapeways printed one).

  • Scott W June 14, 2016 at 9:42am

    That's a great attitude, Mr K. :)

    And as far as quality, I have seen the pictures of the bare clone PCB, and it's a mess... components are not square on their pads.. they're shifted around at random angles.  The solder is too thick and basically just blobs of solder.  I'm sure the components themselves are the cheapest available, rather than the quality components AUAV uses.  They look cheap... (I don't have one to do any further testing....).
    And when the clone was first released, it was $70.00.  Even then it wasn't worth it.  Now that it's the same cost as the official AUAV product, it is not worth it in any way.  The higher quality cables alone are worth more than the case.... Those cheap cables become firm and inflexible after a year of use and sun exposure, and will cause vibration issues. 

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