Recent content by mediaguru

I still have a phantom 1 too! Just flew it yesterday. It's kind of my beater unit I can abuse for fun.

Look at this. We are in 2019. I'm dusting off my 960 hexa and 680 quad, SuperX and MiniX respectively. I don't even have a computer with the super x software on it anymore. Should I even dare try to fly these things or just throw them away and get something new?

I still have one. Have not flown in since last year but it is still in operation. I've asked this question and the responses were that the SX is a goner.

Bugger. Thanks for the warning. I haven't logged massive hours with my SX so maybe I have some life left.. Or maybe I should just pull it. HMMM.

It has been a long time since I've been around. FAA rules and irate freaks harassing me kind of turned me off of flying. But now that summer is here I'm thinking of powering my racing quads back up, and my 960 SuperX machine, and my 680 MiniX Alien frame. Anything new with XAircraft? Are...

Well, what was the cause of the crash? If the cause was the FC then NO WAY! I've relaunched a 680 using the same FC (MiniX) after a completely devastating crash after determining the FC was not damaged.

Hopefully soon. Waiting for an FPV TX and a receiver. Then I hope to get her airborne. Snow everywhere here though.

Just got in the new Arris X-Speed FPV280 Racing Drone. I'm blogging about it here: http://goo.gl/KqvdUS

Odd thing is it is worded such that if you intend to use them for commercial, you don't have to register this one.

That kind of depends on your budget to feature ratio. For the money the MiniX is great and even has an OSD option which still puts it under half the cost of the Super. But the Super is.... super. Very stable. The MiniX is stable too, except for me when flying in GPS mode then slowing or...

I have a MiniX & GoPro gimbal setup. I control the gimbal directly from my receiver as far as pitch and roll goes... Same with bigger gimbals. I also have a SuperX machine and same deal, control the gimbal directly from the receiver.

I guess you should ask several questions: 1. What is your budget? 2. Do you want to build a bird or are you looking for a RTF (ready to fly)? 3. What kind of load does it need to carry in terms of camera/analysis gear? 4. What flight time do you require?

It's about a 6 hour drive for me to get there, but I can't miss my home college football game so I'm staying put.

YouTube has a lot of video help for the Alexmos stuff.