New Quadcopter Book-Any Reviews?

Publison

Anybody get the new ELEV-8 Quadcopter build book yet? Any reviews?

http://www.parallax.com/product/122-80000

and why is it listed in StampsInClass?

http://www.stampsinclass.com/product/122-80000

Publison

No buyers yet?

I bought the Kindle, (Amazon), version, (sorry Parallax), as I need some reading as I take my Mom to various doctors.

Anybody know how to access the McGrawHill site:

http://www.mhprofessional.com/quadcopter.

Is there a code in the printed book?

I'm about half way though the book, and I'll try to give a review in a week or so.

Jim

tranger

Publison wrote: »

No buyers yet?

No yet.... but, probably in time.

BTW - are you flying your Elev-8 yet?


-Russ

Publison

tranger wrote: »

No yet.... but, probably in time.

BTW - are you flying your Elev-8 yet?


-Russ

Sadly, not yet. I got involved with a contract job. You can't turn down work.

She's 95% complete, but my Hitech Optic 6 died and I am now trying to find a replacement on ebay. I have WAY to much 72 MHz stuff to make the jump to 2.4 GHz right now. I'll have to bite the bullet sooner or later.

Publison

I finally found the files from the book.

On the left side of this page:

http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071822283

are the download files

There where there all along. My eyes refused to see them before.

I'm liking this book!


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GordonMcComb

I was going to say the files are on the MH page, though they ask for your email (not a policy I agree with).

Fifty bucks for a <400 page book seems rather steep, but it's nice to see most resellers, including Parallax, offering it at a pretty good discount. I hope the high cover price doesn't hurt sales. I guess the trend now is to have a really high cover price, then discount the heck out of it. (BTW, authors of this type of trade book get a royalty on the money received, not on cover price. I'd be able to retire if it were on cover price!)

Speaking as a book author (though not of this title), if you like the book, I encourage you to post a thoughtful review on Amazon, even if you didn't buy it from Amazon. It does help.

Publison

GordonMcComb wrote: »

I was going to say the files are on the MH page, though they ask for your email (not a policy I agree with).

Fifty bucks for a <400 page book seems rather steep, but it's nice to see most resellers, including Parallax, offering it at a pretty good discount. I hope the high cover price doesn't hurt sales. I guess the trend now is to have a really high cover price, then discount the heck out of it. (BTW, authors of this type of trade book get a royalty on the money received, not on cover price. I'd be able to retire if it were on cover price!)



Speaking as a book author (though not of this title), if you like the book, I encourage you to post a thoughtful review on Amazon, even if you didn't buy it from Amazon. It does help.

BTW, Parallax price $32.99, http://www.parallax.com/product/122-80000

Gordon, I hate giving up my email account. I keep at least 10 of those spam email accounts going.

I bought the Kindle version, ($28.99), only because I was on the road with someone else driving. Can't read the Spin Code on the Kindle, but I downloaded the book to the PC.

I will give this guy a raving review on Amazon as soon as I'm finished. He goes into so much more than a Quadcopter.

I'll post a review here and it will be the same on Amazon. Ken can use it on the web site also.

Jim

Publison

This really great book as it goes into a lot of theory surround general multi-copters.

Still on sale at Parallax:

https://www.parallax.com/product/122-80000