After opening the udrone, I came across some problems that caused me to regret dropping $600 on it. To start off, once I started to take each piece out of the box, I started to notice some parts that I had no idea what they were there for. So I took out the manual provided and started to attempt to read it. The manual told you how to put the plane together, that's it, and it was written very poorly. The only directions for programming are found at the Arduplane Manual site. These directions are broad for all types of planes, and don't specifically say how to set up the udrone plane. Also the plane did NOT come with a battery or R/C equipment, not only that, but it didn't say which kind of battery to get or which type of R/C equipment one may need.
After doing some research, I found out the needed battery was at least a 1250 mAh 11.1 V LiPo battery, which I bought at a local hobby store. I then started to follow the Arduplane Manual, and notice that it kept saying plug in your R/C receiver to the inputs on the ardupilot board and then the servos to the outputs. Thus I came across the question, Do I need an R/C kit to be able to get this plane to fly and then switch it into the program through the R/C transmitter. I then started to ask myself some more questions such as; will I need a telemetry kit? How long will the battery last in flight? Can I send programs mid flight, if not can I give step by step instructions to the board? Hopefully with some more research, these questions will be answered.
Overall, I wasn't very happy with the service I received from udrone, it was frustrating knowing I spent $600 and didn't receive proper instructions and a material list of what else I would need.
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