CC3D a venture into the murky world of open source...
Whatever next????
In an ever increasing and now customary moment of madness, I have taken the liberty of ordering myself one of the above flight controller boards from China. It is costing the princely sum of £26 including shipping (or possibly 'flighting' may be more aposite?).
Anyhow, I've been swayed into the purchase by virtue of the fact that, ostensibly, they do seem like they could do an excellent job on a craft that would call for something other than my now customary DJI product. I like the small footprint of the board itself, and the fact that
A: it is a 32 bit controller capable of either basic control or GPS sophistication
B: it is setup with a very logical, sensible and intuitive 'assistant' program, not disimmilar to DJI's now cross platform 'standard' assistant.
The recent explosion of poularity with it's main rival, the Naze 32 (or AfroFlifght as it used to be called) in both it's 'Acro' & 'Standard' guises has led to a global shortage of such controllers. Fuelled no doubt by the multi-rotor world's latest craze, the 250, or 'mini' fpv quad.
Background:
The CC3D has been around for a good while, and hence is no longer flavour of the month. The purchaser has several different flavours to chose from, as the board itself is an open source project, it is made by several (if not many) sources. I looked at the Lumeniere version, which is the caviar choice, and I'm sure looks resplendant in it's nice box, or several shades downward, until you get to mine, which is sans the Open Pilot logo, but still equaly resplendant withe the singular emblasenment 'CC3D' on the top.
I can see the attraction of these little 'wasps', low cost and simple setup, very compact, carry them anywhere, and really fly them anywhere to boot.
There has been quite a backlash of late regarding the questionable safety of all things model & rotary, particularly when controlled/piloted by fpv (first person view) by an onboard camera/transmitter. Law makers have been huddled in secret meeting rooms, no doubt agonising over the heartbreak their little quango's will no doubt inflict on the aero modelling world.
So, these light & inocuous mini quads could possibly take the form of a subconscious 'olive branch' held up by the multirotor world, to show that it is possible to have 'fun' (that dreaded 3 letter word!) without breaching every health and safety/anti terrorism law of the western world. Once they realise that the risks have all but vaporised into the ether, they will relax the current legislation, and peace and tranquility will once again reign over fpv land......
Nah!
