I gave a friend of mine one of the techpod kits. Apparently the factory had packed the wrong size spar connector piece. its #44 in the parts identification page http://hobbyuav.com/2013/03/18/parts-identification/ . it is a 6 inch long 7mm diameter solid carbon fiber rod. my friends kit had only a 2 inch long 7mm rod. This will prove disastrous if used instead of a 6 inch long rod. If you find your kit includes a spar connector that is shorter then 6 inches, please email me ASAP and I will send you the correct piece. Sorry for any inconvenience this causes. I emailed my customer list but I thought I would put it up here as well.
so I shipped out 46 kits last Monday. The rest are ready to go out this Monday. I have a shipment to Australia going out next week. Its going by sea to my distributor . (admin@boltrc.com). He will be sending them out from there.
There are a few backers I will be contacting because the address is coming back as bad or I did not receive any shipping info from you yet.
Sorry if ive been a bit slow but I am having a problem or two. One problem was I didn't have all the domes in until this Tuesday. I had been talking with the factory (world models) about making the domes for the kits. they had sent me several samples but they were not good enough. They said they found an outside vendor but at the last minute the guys at the factory said it was not up to snuff. So I had to scramble and come up with some domes. I turned to eztops for the domes. they made the dome i used on the prototype. I wasn't about to settle on anything but the best so I bit the bullet and ordered 200. they hurried to get me the order and now I have enough to satisfy all the orders I have to fill.
second problem I have is I just had surgery Thursday for a hernia that developed about a month ago. It will be at least a week until I can get to building the ready to fly orders.
when you receive your techpod. you will notice I did not include an instruction manual. I have someone working on a written version but for now you can see Nicks build videos .
the next and final video is the pod video. it should be up in a day or two.
The day is finally here. The Techpods have arrived!
Ok so here is the plan. I checked out a random kit and it looks perfect. I have to go to work in an hour so I am going to start shipping some tomorrow. I have to add a few things to each box like the domes and a few screws etc. I have to work until Thursday. I should be able to get 10 to 15 out each weekday then Friday and Saturday, I will be having work parties with friends coming over to help out in exchange for beer and pizza. Thank you everyone for helping make this happen. I can't wait to see all the cool things you are going to do with your new techpod!
Do you think the Techpod is cool and want to see it be successful? Would you like to help get this project off the ground? We will send you a personal thank you email and you will be added to the list of supporters on hobbyuav.com
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All of the benefits of the $5 level plus an a 8 x 10 glossy print of a picture of the techpod in flight . Shipping included.
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One complete Techpod kit shipped to you. This includes shipping to US , international backers please add $30 to your pledge.
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techpod kit and all the gear . including :
1 x techpod kit
6 x hs-81 servo for control surfaces
2 x htx 9g servos for camera pan / tilt
1 x .10 turnigy BLDC motor
1 70amp esc
1 5 amp switch mode BEC
1 complete 900mhz camera/tx/rx set up
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all the gear , tested and ready to fly
includes everything from the $750 level installed in a fully assembled Techpod . ready to fly and fully ground checked .international backers please add $30 to your pledge.
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Would you like to distribute the Techpod? this level gets you 10 Techpods and your company badge on the front page of hobbyuav.com. and a personally written thank you letter. Shipping not included , I will email you with the shipping cost and will ship when funds received or use your own shipping method .
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So , you have the latest , greatest autopilot ? interested having me integrate it into the Techpod ? I will take your functional autopilot (you supply) and fully integrate and test your autopilot with the techpod . This process should take about a month to complete . you will receive a fully assembled and tested techpod with your autopilot installed , all the servos , an esc/motor/prop , all related AP set up files and a XFLR5 file fully detailing all aerodynamic forces created by the flying and control surfaces as well as a full inertial description . This XFLR5 file will be used for initial PID loop gain estimate . Your company badge will be displayed prominently on our front page .
