A small spin-out company of the Swiss Polytechnicum in Lausanne, called senseFly, is currently created and presents a RTF product which somehow probably has similarities with what we are doing. Look at their autopilot board in the PDF product description!
If SenseFly were reading here, they'll probably could bring in some more specifications/performance reports... Come on guys, we know you're there, it's a small world!
Please post some pics and video. We want to see this up and running and have a better look at the ground station.
Well, maybe they are not reading, it's two in the morning here...
"If you are Mr Average wanting something off the shelf, that completly works, what should it cost?"
Less than minimal salary in a civilised european country?
@Krzysztof: your're right, it would be a revolution. But I feel that won't happen with this product neither. I could be wrong, though, and then even a high price would be understandable.
"But it's somewhat disappointing that a young high tech firm financially supported by a university is not bringing out something more revolutionary than this product."
The single fact that you can buy an UAV, spend less than a few months on tuning and learning to fly would be a REVOLUTION. No ardupilot is close to that. We don't know in fact if attopilot is close to that, but we shall see in a few months.
Howard: this is exactly what I would expect of them too! Let's see how long it goes. Maybe ArduPilot 2.1 already will be beating that one! Michael and Jordi and DIYdrones deserve more than a crown compared to that product!
Finally, if a spin-off from a tech university is going for such market, it's because there's some profit seen ahead. But it's somewhat disappointing that a young high tech firm financially supported by a university is not bringing out something more revolutionary than this product. Finally it probably shows once more that a potential customer with a need and bucks and with no idea how to do it himself takes such commercial product more seriously than a open source based community project. Good for the vendors, though, but how long can such a company hold?
Hi guys. I enjoy following your hardware decoding (I personally have even problems recognizing car brands!). I think I'll drop the company a mail after Easter to get a quote. But just for your information, the guy running an FPV online shop and forum here in Switzerland (it's called RC-Tech) approached the company. He told me RC-Tech caught interest in the product because of their affordability. This could eventually mean their price is lower than we think. I could be dead wrong, though. Anyhow it would be nice to know the real figure.
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Please post some pics and video. We want to see this up and running and have a better look at the ground station.
Well, maybe they are not reading, it's two in the morning here...
Tough question to answer without a performance spec.
Less than minimal salary in a civilised european country?
The autopilot, is one component of the system.
If you are Mr Average wanting something off the shelf, that completly works, what should it cost?
The single fact that you can buy an UAV, spend less than a few months on tuning and learning to fly would be a REVOLUTION. No ardupilot is close to that. We don't know in fact if attopilot is close to that, but we shall see in a few months.
Finally, if a spin-off from a tech university is going for such market, it's because there's some profit seen ahead. But it's somewhat disappointing that a young high tech firm financially supported by a university is not bringing out something more revolutionary than this product. Finally it probably shows once more that a potential customer with a need and bucks and with no idea how to do it himself takes such commercial product more seriously than a open source based community project. Good for the vendors, though, but how long can such a company hold?
(insert rant after copying that)
What does the floor think a turnkey solution price should be??
I dont have a cropcam, but the only small system I have seen on TV in the last 18 months has been cropcam.
Im a lucky chap able to live in two countries UK and South Africa, I have seen cropcam on TV in both of those in local programming.
I am thinking the new sweet spot will be $3000.
That will include some hand holding.
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