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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    That's great news! Any chance you could post a clip of un stabilized footage. Might have to save my pennies for a Movi.
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    I too have struggled with very small, but annoying vibrations. When I went back to Hoverfly after trying Super-X ,the vibrations were considerably less which I could tell by the reduced scaling needed in post stabilization. I'm also using a two-axis Alexmos board. If anyone figures out a way...
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    XAircraft SuperX

    Such a bummer Kloner. I'm very familiar with that sinking feeling after a crash. The worst part for me is usually not knowing what caused the crash. I can relate to almost wishing it went down in the ocean. I've swam for mine in the past and l often wonder now if it's worth putting on the...
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    Hoverfly Hoverfly X-8s continue to be the work horse

    I completely agree! Having tried several of the others, I now feel confident that I'm flying with the best flight controller for filming.
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    I was trying to get the X8/Super-X/BlackMagic rig ready for that trip, but could not get it working in time. Good reason to go back!
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    Here's a link to a clip with the Super-X and BlackMagic 4k on an X8. It's not terrible, but I could never eliminate the slight wobble, so it needed stabilization. Scaling was about 5%. https://vimeo.com/91680706
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    Okay, last update. I tried the 550mm booms to see if it improved the flight characteristics and it did somewhat. Got slightly less wobble in the images, but still not happy. Next I tried a flat 8. It was almost impossible to fly with the same gains I was using with the X8 (near crash), so...
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    Hoverfly Hoverfly X-8s continue to be the work horse

    It's amazing that you tracked down the issue. Makes me wonder if I just did a bonehead move. I don't think I hit the Carefree mode switch, but then again most of my problems have resulted from operator error so I might have. Perhaps I should try it again with the carefree switch disabled. At...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    They say there are no dumb questions and I sure hope that's the case because this one could qualify: One thing that surprises me with the coaxial setup is the amount of leaves and debris that that seems to get vacuumed into the air with this setup. I've not had this problem with the flat 8...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    Thanks. It's nice to know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm getting decent footage now, but it stills requires post stabilization. My smaller setups (GH2) - even without optical image stabilization are rock solid and rarely require any post stabilizing. Is it realistic to...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    I see what you are saying, but it seems to me that advantage of a multi rotor is that it can move from one point to any other point without rudder input. It appears that in GPS mode that Super X wants to keep the helicopter pointed in the same direction in addition to remaining at the same...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    Thanks, I have calibrated the ESCs. I'm using the 16" APC props also. Thought I'd start with them because the price is right and I've been known to tip over a few times before I get things sorted out. The good news is that on the last flight of the day I completely reconfigured the two axis...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    Good to know. It makes sense that GPS mode would be twitchy in wind, but it would seem that only changes in elevator and aileron would be needed to hold position. I don't understand why rudder is needed to hold position. A gimbal cam remove the roll and pitch motion, but I fly with a two axis...
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    XAircraft SuperX on heavy lifter

    I had noticeable yaw twitching in GPS mode in calm air. It was pretty good in Attitude mode. I dropped the gain to .8 for yaw, but the twitch is still there in GPS mode. Anyone know if the yaw gain works differently in the different modes? The altitude hold seemed pretty loose to me. At a...
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