Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by foobarbecue on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:48AM
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I watched SkyDrone lie for a couple of years about how far song their supposed product was, so am kinda surprised to see them back in the limelight. Their website said "shipping next month" for over a year IIRC. I guess that sort of thing is the new normal...
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You are right, we indeed had some problems with our first product "Sky Drone FPV 1". Our new products are on stock and shipping though. Some background of what happened: https://www.skydrone.aero/blogs/news/the-sky-drone-journey-s...
Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by elevensies on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:02PM
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Regarding the mistakes section, the technical side of that is something I've also experienced. When you're working with smartphone derived hardware and platforms you get a pretty sophisticated platform that can do a lot, but it also takes a lot of effort to get everything working and stable. And you'll need to know how to use everything from linux build tools to an oscilloscope. And then 18 months to 2 years later, a new generation or hardware is out so you get to start again :-/. Very labor intensive.
Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by foobarbecue on Monday May 08, 2017 @12:11PM
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Thanks for owning up somewhat. At least you guys weren't quite as bad as OSRC...
Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by foobarbecue on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:51AM
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Actually, does anyone have any evidence that skydrone has ever shipped anything?
There is currently a discussion including some of our customers on diydrones: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/sky-drone-fpv-2-now-avai...
Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by foobarbecue on Monday May 08, 2017 @12:11PM
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Where are the customers? I've flipped through a few of the comment pages and didn't see any. I can't believe the diydrones.com interface is still so crappy all these years later! EDIT: I see Kevin Klemens on P3 and indeed he seems happy with the purchase. Congrats to SkyDrone on creating a real thing and selling it!
Re:Qualcomm Report on LTE for Drones
by ganoushoreilly on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:55AM
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Looks like /u/skydrone might be able to share more info or shed some light?