@Hugues wrote:
Hi guys,
This post is a rant about the continuous and long term unavailability of Pixhawk2.1. It can't be purchased anywhere in Europe and this is a matter that exists since its announced commercial availability. I can very well understand production and commercial ramp up periods and glitches. But after so long it should have disappeared.
I visit at least once per month all of the European resellers listed on the official site proficnc.com. Every single time I find a web page saying there is no stock, must pre-order, or must wait for a next batch.
To show my point, I took today a screenshot of all of the resellers web page showing Pixhawk2.1 total unavailability.
When we know this board was actually "ready" in 2014, the fact that 3 years later the board is still not "obtainable" for most users (except I suppose a few extremely lucky ones who received a test version or got one from the first batch) is not doing any good for the Ardupilot community. As I predicted in a blog post on diydrones after 3DR decided not to produce their good quality Pixhawk1 boards more than a year ago, there is today no serious nor credible alternative autopilot that can be used for semi pro or pro uses (of course you could get a hobbyking or gearbest Pixhawk1 for your leisure drones but those are not usable on a pro platform). I was expecting Pixhawk2.1 to be this next gen autopilot we could rely on. Total deception. I, and a few other semi pro and pro builders, are looking hard to find an alternative we can rely on (and purchase!). Anyone knows of any we could rely on ?
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