The DreamQii team closed out their hugely successful Plexidrone campaign on Indiegogo just a few days ago after passing the big $1million milestone and reaching all it's planned stretch goals - unlocking upgrades including a heavy lift X8 conversion and heavier pro focused gimbal designed for larger mirrorless imaging devices.
It is a clever design which clearly aims to address a number of the issues that detract from the experience of flying a multirotor. The PlexiPower Battery Pack saves the cumbersome process of fastening a conventional lipo and labouring with stubborn connectors, however does lock users into purchasing DreamQii's proprietory packs. Spin on props ensure secure fitment and allow you to swap out blades with ease. The modular system also allows for compact storage yet fast setup time, while facilitating easy replacement of arm and motor assemblies in the field (should something go wrong) without the need to fidling around with any tools.
The Plexidrone has also undergone somewhat of a transformation in terms of design over the past few months, and now looks far more polished and resolved than the earlier 3D printed prototype which began it's campaign back in early October.
While the initially planned campaign has now ended, the Plexidrone and it's list of ancillaries are still available thanks to a new Indiegogo initiative called 'forever funding'.
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Interesting that they claim to be using their own proprietary flight controller...
There is just sing what market volume absolutely not exhausted. Peps need much more drones =)
The props pictured are Walkera, The gimbals pictured are Walkera. What a scam. Wish that million was going to APM
I'd like to see how they'll have spin on props for the X8 configuration.
Plexidrone, Airdog, Hexo+ and pocket drone. That is four $1,000,000 crowd-funded drones and not one product shipped.