Moderator Comment by Sgt Ric on February 26, 2009 at 9:01pm

Congratulations Chris and Jordi...

I am sure this has been a handful, ...seeing a fun experiment grow into an almost fulltime project.

Just a note to say ...we appreciate all your hard work!

Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on February 26, 2009 at 9:36pm

So are there really 300 ardupilots flying autonomously at the flying fields of the world?

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on February 26, 2009 at 9:45pm

Jack, can I assume that was sarcasm? Or did you mean something else?

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on February 26, 2009 at 10:11pm

Sgt Ric: Thanks for the kind words and support! It has been hard work, but totally worth it. And Jordi and I really appreciate the beta testing everyone here has done, to say nothing of the patience with our teething pains.

Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on February 26, 2009 at 10:35pm

I'm serious. I can't think in terms of sales. I think in terms of number of products doing number of functions somewhere in the world. The thought of 300 ardupilots flying around in the world is amazing.

You know, anyone can build a flying anything & give stuff away, but achievement is making a project turn into real sales. If I was that practical in the old days, I'd be launching space shuttles for a living instead of farting around with toy hobbies.

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on February 26, 2009 at 10:45pm

My sense is that about a few dozen people have successfully flown ArduPilot at this point. Most others are just experimenting, learning and assembling the other components of a UAV. Over the next few months, many of those may make it to the flying field, too. But if only half of the ArduPilots we sell make it into the air, I'll be ecstatic. As a point of reference, over the ten-year history of U-NAV I reckon that fewer than 500 people have flown PicoPilots (they've sold less than 1,000 to date). I'm hoping we can beat that in our first year.

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on February 26, 2009 at 10:53pm

200 ArduPilots are now back in stock.

Comment by Noth666 on February 27, 2009 at 5:26am

AWESOME - 300 ArduPilots! Maybe we should make a poll for how many have flown their ArduPilots yet? (I haven't as it's raining cats and dogs every day here almost plus cooold - dutch winter weather)

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