-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 SLXViper schreef: > Stefan de Konink wrote: >> SLXViper schreef: >>> This won't happen if you develop your own one ;) >> We started with two and half Mikrokopter; the arrogance that we have >> faced in that project. Unbelievable. > > Additionally, mikrokopter has quite a lot of design flaws.
- - Electrical markup that is not documented because people could copy it - - 5V / 12V overflows resulting into broken lanes with standard design (elaborating how difficult it is to find a 'cut' if you don't have the layout is not required I guess) - - Recently I found out the compass provided is far to easy to influence > Rather low-power brushless motors That is up to the builder, there are a dozen motors to choose from. > and very sensitive controllers, chaotic software The major problem is not the software, it is C for embedded stuff, trust me the typical 8051 software on a creditcard is worse ;) The problem is that they actually do not provide the full software package, aka; the most important stuff regarding to secure flying the GPS aid is not provided in code because they seem to be afraid the other 'commercial' guys copy there code... > and documentation, a not-so-good flight control, etc. etc. lack of active debugging. Ignoring serious development request... > The concept of a microcopter can be improved a lot as Draganfly shows... > The main problem is that devoloping such a complex system is neither > easy nor cheap. Thankfully we always have people like Adam Williams of Cinelerra fame building <http://vicacopter.com/> and a lot of other open source project exist where people actually build stuff. But somewhere deep down inside thought that if someone actually 'sells' stuff it would be at least 1.0... Stefan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREKAAYFAkqF9N8ACgkQYH1+F2Rqwn1xpwCeKxDK2SBVnaTB81XZLPQfGmvx AusAn2O/f2TA3SbnWzKzKFrHFHLq4O/s =OmsK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk