Recent content by iceman17

Great job Zaxxon, very stable footage. Nice car you have there.

Just a thought camera guy but did you calibrate your transmitter sticks. I don't mean the calibration with Naza but the calibration in the transmitter itself. The DX8 ( I have one as well ) has a calibration option in the set up menu that should be done before any thing else is done. I forgot to...

Thanks Burntpixel that is some really good advise for me to keep in mind. I like the way you described how to film the combine as I could see how it might look in my mind, I also seen the 550 ending up inside the combine lol. Now if we could only get some good dry weather so I can get more...

Thanks for the kind words Pete and Rob. This year sure has been a wet one for us in Alberta. When I have time to practise my flying it rains and when I have work to do it's sunny, go figure.

Thank you for the kind words Carapau, I am still learning to fly these devices and at this point I think that most all of my crashes yet to come will indeed be my fault.

Thanks for the comments and tips, im really enjoying the 550 and Phantom. When I get better I hope to film the equipment at harvest time.

I made this video about a month or so ago and was afraid to post it in here because of all the mistakes in it like panning to fast , tilting down and back up to fast and the gimbal roll screw was loose so there was a lot of movement from the gimbal itself. Tonight I figured what the heck so here...

I had a minor crash the other day that was my own fault, a case of dumb thumbs you could say. I was testing out the AeroXcraft gimbal with some rubber bands on each side to see if it would help stabilize the unit, it didn't. Anyways I was in GPS mode and did not have the right amount of...

Overhead power lines, trees, tall buildings, signs, people, traffic, rookie pilots and a Phantom carrying a swinging load. I don't see a problem here.

Hi para9111, I have an F550 as well and I just built the same gimbal system as you have, I also built the F500 landing gear from the same company. At first I had my gimbal servos plugged strait into the Naza but folks in here had recommended that I use a separate bec so I removed the top plate...

I haven't had it up with the new gear in it yet, it has been way to windy here and lots of rain as well. I think I will wait for the bec to come in before I fly it just to be safe..

Deanot I've been concerned about a brown out as well so I ordered a bec, should be here next week. Thanks for the advise. Will a BEC work or do I need a UBEC, not sure on the difference.

I added an AeroXcraft Gopro gimbal and their DJI F550 landing gear today along with 4 black arms so it would be easier to see on cloudy days. I also added a telemetry unit and hooked up a voltage sensor as well as an altitude sensor. This took me two days of tearing down and building up my rig...

I just purchased a Spektrum altitude sensor to mount on my DJI F550, the sensor will be plugged into a Spektrum TM1000 telemetry module that is plugged into an AR8000 receiver. All seems easy enough to do until I read the instructions, they say the sensor is rated for 3.5 to 9.6 volts and that...

I like that idea, thanks for the info. That's what I love about forums, there are so many good ideas from members it really helps us rookies.