Recent content by olof

I have an S800 with a Zenmuse and a F550 and F450 with DJI vid DL and H3D Zenmuse as well as a few other aircraft that shoot video as well. I bought this because I set one up for a client and could not believe how well it worked and the fantastic quality of the cam. Here is a video from my...

I have S800 with the Zenmuse, 3 years old. A F550 with a Alex... GoPro cam with a vid DL. And a F450 with the latest Zenmuse mini and GoPro. I shoot a lot as I have a video production company. And I fly RC for fun. Anyway I have helped a lot of people fix their drones and I work with a local...

Great news, now all we need is IOSD and Z15 for Mac and I will be real happy. Bootcamp and Fusion is a pain and real PC really are a pain, IMHO.

Just a note. I would mount the LED facing back either on a leg or on the frame so it can easily be seen when flying, instead of on top of the frame. It really helps with orientation and the LED tells you if there is a problem in flight (flashing white means stop for a while and if it does not...

In a way using the 5D on the Zen is a smart move. For the same reason the 5D was such a hit with everyone. It is a fantastic still camera. And a lot of Aerial work is still photos, don't forget that. So this means that we now have a very good quality lens on an excellent huge megapixel camera...

If it was me I would trash the prop, not worth the risk. I would also trash the GPS antenna. Or possible put it on a cheaper test platform than the S800 if you can. But an antenna, arm and prop are cheap compared to a catastrophic in flight failure. But then I am the very cautious type. I...

Pulse lipos are great! 2 5500's are perfect for Zen/S800 w/o retracts anyway. And the price is good.

I would suspect the TX/RX. Start by rebinding them. If possible try another TX. I have had problems similar to this using spectrum radios, never my Futabas. They seem to sometimes experience "brown out" that is partial loss of signal, this can also be due to a BEC problem. If you have a logger...

http://www.futaba-rc.com/systems/futk9410-14sg/ I have 2 of the 8FGs but if I bought another it would be the 14FGs, it does telemetry.

I was just making the point that this is a very young technology and things are bound to change. Like putting automatic transmissions in cars. I hate them but try to buy a SUV or pretty much any car in the USA w/o one, and if you do manage to find one they have no resale value. I agree that a...

I can get used to it, it is strange to start with but its OK with me once you understand it. You can still check each motor by using cyclic stick as I always do before takeoff. This is a fly by wire system so it is not like a mechanical system at all. If it makes for less mistakes initially...

In GPS or atti mode it should stop motors if tilted past 45º (I think it is about that). So I would say that maybe the Naza came loose, tilted, or it is a HW failure. In manual mode it would behave like that. Is it possible you went into manual instead of failsafe?

The latest FW will put the miniZen into hibernation mode if no H3 is mounted thus saving the motors, it is on the DJI site in the release notes. So if you hook p to assistant it will prompt you to update.

IMHO the Futaba 8FGS is the way to go. I have spectrums as well, many problems with brownouts etc, never a problem with my 2 8FGs. I am switching all my new RC planes to Futaba as well. Just my experience. But many in my AMA club feel the same way.

X-Heli is an excellent trainer for multis and very affordable: http://www.heli-x.net It is also Mac and PC as well as Linux compatible. I find for MRs it is more realistic than RealFlight, and it is far cheaper.