3DR Solo Back as Open Source Platform

Don’t play Taps for 3DR‘s Solo yet.  3DR’s CEO Chris Anderson tweeted right now that the Solo is getting a second life.

In an article title “The Solo Lives On,” on the ArduPilot Blog – ArduPilot is an opensource autopilot system – the crew explains how a neighborhood of builders labored to present the Solo a “heart transplant.”  The developer of the now-obselete Pixhawk 2.zero flight system, the Solo’s inventory system, has developed a bolt-on alternative which is able to enable for brand new ArduCopter firmware modifications.

It’s a improvement that apparently has 3DR’s full help.  Originally one of many main suppliers of leisure drones on this planet with it’s Solo, as soon as known as “One Scary Smart Drone” by Wired journal, 3DR has modified its orientation totally and deserted the leisure market to pursue the business sector.  The firm couldn’t compete in opposition to manufacturing big DJI‘s value cuts even after a number of changes to its manufacturing operations, and was left with a warehouse filled with Solos after a disastrous 2014 vacation season.  3DR halted manufacturing totally in 2015.

That left loads of leisure operators holding the bag.  The Solo had many followers and was a dependable and fairly priced prosumer drone.  And whereas 2 years could seem to be an eternity within the drone business, many operators are nonetheless utilizing the Solo.

“However, many users and developers were not ready to give up as quite as easily. If 3DR won’t keep the Solo alive, the rest of us will,” says the ArduCopter weblog submit. “Hardware developers, firmware developers, GCS developers, and beta testers all hit the ground running to make it happen.”

The 3DR weblog is all in regards to the firm’s business product, SiteScan, as of late.  But CEO Anderson indicated help for the undertaking on Twitter:

Reminded that he had as soon as mentioned that any open supply undertaking “will eventually turn into a bitter divorce,” the CEO responded with wry humor: “we’re on our second marriage.”  It’s a wedding Solo house owners are celebrating.

Miriam McNabb is the CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone providers market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory atmosphere for drones. She writes for DRONELIFE on present information, monetary developments, and FAA rules. Miriam has a level from the University of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising for brand new applied sciences.
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