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Sneak peak at the new AttoPilot v2.0 line up

Posted by Max on June 20, 2010 at 8:00pm

Here is a sneak peak at the the new AttoPilot v2.0

AttoPilot v2.0 will be replacing v1.8 & v1.9 and be available in 4 flavors.

AttoPilot 6DOF IMU

AttoPilot v2.0 Thermopile

AttoPilot RTL

(Same as above...)

AttoPilot PPK

Pricing is still being confirmed, you can expect price drops across the complete range starting at around $250 for the PPK.

RTL will be cheaper than the v2.0 waypoint unit.

IMU system is looking at coming down significantly also.

Documentation & specifications should be ready within the week, once everything has been confirmed and stock has arrived the AttoPilot International website will be updated with all the new info.

Cant wait to try the RTL in my Multiplex Fox ;)

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Theodoric Hrodeber Roland Alia June 22, 2010 at 5:36pm

Can wait to get my hands on this hardware ;)
Matt June 21, 2010 at 11:51pm

The boards of the new version look good. They are high density!
Chris McNair June 21, 2010 at 8:06am

We are going to leave the PPK name for you everyone to guess. It does stand for something and it’s proper and amusing at the same time. The redesign is considerably smaller than the old board with a few added features.

We will release documentation hopefully by the end of the week. No later than two weeks.

Chris
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson June 21, 2010 at 4:53am

Great board redesign--much smaller!

What does PPK stand for?
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Morli June 21, 2010 at 3:16am

Chris M , Now youare talking.That is a good price.:)
Max June 21, 2010 at 1:09am

Hi Adrian, I'm sure you will get to test one out shortly ;)
Adrian Eves June 21, 2010 at 1:02am

This all sounds very cool.
Chris McNair June 21, 2010 at 12:35am

PPK is a turn-rate wing leveller autopilot similar to the Unav PicoPilot, but with MANY additional features (including very reasonable price of $250). Sensors include yaw gyro, *NEW* absolute pressure sensor with noise that stays under +/- 0.5 meter, and the Locosys LS20031 GPS. It has SD card logging of .kml files for easy viewing of flight path on your PC. It allows various altitudes throughout a flight plan (3-D waypoints that Icebear keeps asking for). It would be fair to state that it is a very small autopilot, contending to be one of the very smallest on the market
Max June 21, 2010 at 12:02am

Yes, its always good to see prices come down hehe :) They always seem to be going up these days...
Alex, almost right, the PPK will be like a normal AttoPilot but without thermopiles, stable airframes only.
Although I dont have the final details or specs so I may be a little off.
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Alex June 20, 2010 at 11:38pm

Yeah I am happy to see the price coming down too! what is the PPK version? Is it the same as RTL version but only uses GPS? so will need a very stable airframe as no thermopiles?