Hi Paul / witespy,
it is good to have you here with us, thanks for finding and joining this thread. The Flip32+ arrived also here yesterday, thanks for this great board and its pricing. I am quite eager to test it out and see how it performs.
I can just speak for myself, but I would expect that just a few of us have a philosophical approach regarding the hardware they are using. Your orders going to Germany probably speak for themselves, as I expect them to be mainly from this forum, thanks to Juergen who always keeps us up to date with information about the latest hardware. As for myself, I am very happy to be able to grab an alternate layout of the naze with an attractive price.
Speaking about improvements: Most people here have grown to love the Harakiri firmware by Roberto. Which is (of course) based on Naze / STM32. This firmware just tackles feature by feature at a unbelievable pace, starting with ACC-AltHold, GPS-ACC-PH, Sonar and next Waypoints by Roberto, Mavlink by Meister, Airplane by Johannes, mwcrgb by carsten, etc. So right now we are at a point where probably quite a few people would like to extend their FCs with GPS, OSD, PPM RX, 3DR Radio Telemetry, Flying Christmas Tree LEDs, Current Sensors, etc - but 2 UARTs do not get us very far. So: If you could give us a FC with Naze32 compatibility and more Serials, i would sure be a buyer. Could we agree on 5 UARTs? Well, if Juergen says SPI, then let it be SPI... I just want to connect all the candy. And this is a BIG please
If you could get it to us tomorrow, I would buy 10 FCs
. Oh yes, please make if capable of firing a heavylifter... that by next year would be totally sufficient.
Thanks and regards,
Oliver