wow!
First, thankyou @OXINARF! well said.
second @Hugues . a little background…
yes, I designed this system back in 2014… and yes, it was going to be launched in December 2014… by 3DR… but that didnt happen… we had another false start in 2015, and then it got completely cancelled.
in march 2016 I officially partnered with Hex, a very small company in China. together, we have had to build a supply chain, find factories, set up production, build test jigs, design test programs etc…
I have been supported 2 days a week to do this, and Hex have risked everything on this. We have NO investor money, No Silicon Valley startup seed funding… this is all being done on the smell of an oily rag.
On top of that, I will not tolerate anything but A grade quality. and will stand by everything that I design… as shown by the Proactive stance we took on the PWM issue.
we will not rush anything to market, we will not tolerate abuse from people that feel entitled to something from this community either.
Batch 1 went out last year, we learned from that, and put in a bunch of procedures to improve things for batch 2, Batch 2 has just been sent to customers last week…
Batch 3 goes out next week…
Batch 4 goes out April, batch 5 in May…
you can select which batch you are in by when you order! I know for a fact that some re-sellers either have stock this week, or will next week…
Oh, and by the way… many people have managed to get all the answers they need by asking nicely… and not attacking… This is a community, that is what we are about… Supporting each other, and the industry as a whole.
look around the dev team… find out who is actually managing to get paid for supporting you… I can tell you, its hardly anyone.
Hex have been kind enough to pay me 2 days a week, but I actually make a living doing consultancy for companies… the cube is not a serious source of income for me, or anyone else.
here is some maths for you…
GPS sells at $48 old 3DR GPS had less parts and was made in higher volume and sold for $79-98…
we are not here for the money… I honestly wish 3DR had continued and that they had built the Pixhawk 2 and I just worked for them… I had no desire to do this away from them, but here we are, and I am going to do my absolute best to continue to build the HIGHEST quality Autopilots in the industry.
But I must say, the >7000 people that have ordered their systems, have been very supportive of the whole exercise, you may wish to join them.
Yep there have been delays… sorry… but now its time to put your money where your mouth is, and #1, order a system… #2, join in with the community and do something usefull… I’ve added some suggestions for you…
- You like to write a lot… so, the Wiki need editors, new pages, more content… some instructions on how to use the cool new features are always welcome.
- Support on these forums… regardless of it being a PH1, 2, Cube, Pixracer, etc… the methods of tuning etc are similar… so helping people on these forums, or on Facebook is always welcome…
- Support your local re-seller… It was kind of you to post the lovely pages of the EU crowd up there… great to see… Offer to help spread their adds on social media, to local clubs etc…
either way, get back to enjoying what we all do… don’t drag us all down with negativity.
Peace out!
Phil!