There hasn't been a lot of progress on the copter over the last few weeks. I did ordered and recieve some more bits and pieces this month, from the international warehouse at Hobby King. I ordered some soldering gear, a few ESCs, and some more connectors, so that I can modify the design to enable the swapping of any and all components if they are damaged following a crash.
The wiring is finished, I need to program the ESC's, but that's about 5 minutes work, and I want to add a few good LEDs from an old headlamp to it on a 5v loom so that it can be flown in the dark. The plan is a single bright LED off the front, another broad beam pointing down, and a pair of red ones on the back rotors.
Still to go is the building of the frame, and to get a new flight controller. They agreed to do it under warranty, but it has been superseded by the KK2.1, which is not yet in the Australian warehouse. After new year I'll ask for credit and get it shipped from the international website.
update 6/1/14:
Just sent the email to them... hopefully I'll get a new board in a week or so
update 10/1/14:
They can't change which model I recieve, so they gave me $32 credit, and I bought the $30 KK2.1(which is now in Australia), plus $9.99 shipping... Not entirely happy, but at least something is happening.
Seemed like they didn't understand that it wouldn't be coming into stock, and that the 2.1 was a new model, despite the fact that I said that in both emails
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