Cool! For a noob, how long does it take to go from box-open to flight?
I guess I'd be worried about crashing and losing important pieces in my design. Do you sell packs of spare parts/bricks?
What's the relationship with LEGO, if any?
How many times have you barefoot-stepped on a lego piece, Amir? 😵
@istanb4u Hi Ian -- thanks for the great questions!
1. Box to Flying
We think most customers should be airborne with the quad model in about 15 minutes. The octocopter model is a bit more complicated and probably takes about 20 minutes to build. I can put one together in about 5 minutes, but I'm sure it could be done faster. Maybe someday we'll host a speed-building event and get the definitive answer. (Have you ever gone deep on speed cubing? There are some insanely fast people out there.)
2. Spare parts
We sell spare parts on our website. You can also buy bricks directly from the LEGO website or on reseller sites like BrickLink and BrickOwl.
3. Relationship with LEGO
We love LEGO's products and we're being super careful to respect their trademarks.
4. Barefoot bricks
OSHA actually requires steel toed footwear in facilities that process LEGO bricks.
@eliservescent We started out making drones from balsa, aircraft birch, and 3d printed materials, but LEGO bricks let you snap together new ideas quickly. We make one custom brick with a machinist friend of mine in Xiamen, but all the rest are LEGO bricks we're sourcing on the used brick markets.
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