A co-worker of mine purchased two Dragenflyer IV's last week, brand new, directly from Draganflyer Inc.
Anyway, today I went to check them out. Both are unassembled, still in the original ship cartons. He said I could take my pick. Upon inspection I noticed the two units had "different" gyros... even though he got them at the same time. (Circuit boards probably manufactured at different times)
One unit uses the TOKIN CG-16D0 A83 and TOKIN CG-16D0 AY1 gyros. The other unit uses the MURATA ENC05EA and ENC05EB gyros.
This is not a detail he would notice. Rather than point out the differences I told him I would need to get approval from my wife. ;-)
the MURATA gyros are simple, miniature piezoelectric ceramic, angular rate sensors.
This is were you guys come in. Can anyone here recommend a preference? Does one manf or gyro have a better track record? More accurate/stable? Durable? All I could find was back in the late 1990's the Muratas cost about twice the price of the Tokin. However, a higher price for an electronic component does not necessarily mean better performance.
If you had to choose between the two... which one would you go with? Thanks Elton