What part does the Core play in flying and controlling the quad and will there be a version of the Q-Shield for the Photon? I came a bit late to the party and I only have a Photon.
@avidan Yeah, we are very happy that Zach has mentioned Q-Shield
@rpiswag Donāt worry, we will make sure that Q-Shield will work on Photon! One of the best part working with Core and Photon is that they are pin compatible. In the Q-Shield Photon/Core plays as the main controller and radio module. Details will be released on the Q-Shield control library and in the documentation.
That is very good news for me and probably many other people!
UPDATE No.2:
Dear Community we are going to exhibit at Maker Faire New York 2015. If you attend there, please come and visit to our boot/section.
i hope that means you are going to announce your plans for pre-sale at maker faire!
How much approximately will the Q-Shield cost?
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Iāve been waiting for something like this. Thereās a swarm of light painting quadcopters in my future!
Is this officially Vaporware?
I hate to say it but most likely yes. I want to buy one so bad (if they are not overpriced)!
Should we design one completely open source? Didnāt look to be to difficult in hardware, simple quad-spoke design with the Photon sitting center, I bet they stopped because of US regulations, but open sourcing hardware someone can 3D print themselves is a far bit different than selling a drone.
They havenāt released the design yet,
I mean basically redo it all. The board itself didnāt look absurdly difficult. I bet we could crowd source the entirety of it between us.