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Posted by pfust on 23 Nov 2022 at 10:21 GMT
I appreciate the detailed description of the built of a low-cost drone for conservation purposes, which is definitely very important for efficient and effective conservation activities.
I have been puzzled by the low costs of the built drone, in particular view of the rised prices of electronic equipment. Depending on the features included, especially flight controllers can be particularly pricey.
Current (22.11.22) prices of the applied flight controller (mro Pixhawk 2.4.8) of 289.90 USD in the webstore of mrobotics.io indicate an important difference to the costs reported on table 2 of the publication, as it states a price of 130USD.
I acknowledge that price fluctuation might influence cost calculations, however, an increase of 123% within one year (since the publication of the manuscript seems) questionable. In order to give an good estimation of costs - as this is the major focus of the paper - at the time of publication, it would have been beneficical to re-check prices before it's final submission.