Recent content by schwett

i recently moved my setup to an s900 and took it out for a few test flights. pretty trouble free using the WKM from my s800, futaba tx/rx, etc. seemed much smoother than the s800. before getting too far into it, i swapped out the arms for the e1200 upgrade to get a little quieter flight and...

good luck Denis! I use the nikkor 20/1.8, which is pretty light for a fast wide angle. happy with image quality so far except when the copter is vibrating too much!

I got into multicopters for basically the same use you describe, shooting landscapes and cityscapes from angles that can't be achieved from the ground. i always fly line of sight and rarely use GPS, but it can be useful when you get in a bind or out of control, or to hold a position against the...

hi all: looking for some advice or confirmation here. my batteries (a pair of century 6S1P 5000mah 40C 22.2V 6S LiPo) were only taking about 2500mah per charge (according to the readout on the hitec x1), so i adjusted the voltage limits on my s800. the copter is as follows: DJI S800 DJI...

just getting back into the air here..... a quick shoot this morning when i looked out the window and saw great fog and light.

hi all i've been away from the hobby for a while, but getting back into it. had a few successful flights with my s800 the last few days carrying a nikon d810 or fuji x-e2. my interest is pretty much exclusively in still photography. i really prefer flying a balanced copter, with the CG right...

prop clearance on the circle type octo is slightly less than .39x the radius of the circle - pi divided by 8. the square type is .half the "radius" of the square, or a quarter the length. so it's a smaller square... and there's about 10% less total arm length. but assuming the props don't fold...

thanks jason. i did print it myself, on a dimension 1200es. i have a few other things cooking for the s800, simple camera mounts and things. i didn't want to use zip ties which would constantly have to be cut and re-tied and potentially not always attached the same. I'm also torn about...

here's what i did to make the IMU "removable" from the mounting plate of the vibration isolation kit without allowing any slop in it's placement or cable detaching/attaching: it's a little hinged plastic part that snaps over the mount. it's keyed on the two short sides (the long sides of the...

I asked DJI if these could be used on the S800. Their response was, "No, not OK."

I'm curious that nobody has any z values for the IMU. On my s800, the CG in the Z axis is quite a bit below the bottom plate. The batteries are mounted on two of the standard mounts and there's a heavy camera below that. Total max weight (both batteries, heavy camera, camera wifi control) is...

and here's the mount which is printing now, assembled: and showing the series of parts that contain the needle bearing. my hope is that with everything trimmed perfectly to get the camera COG on the axes of the bearing, the weight of the camera will keep it level by gimbal action. we'll see...

and some shots i've taken on my test flights. these are all with the x-e1 or x-e2 and image quality isn't quite there. next step is the improved mount / partial gimbal.... and learning how to fly better. ;)

i'm not sure if an s800 qualifies as a "build..." but here's mine. this is my first MC. other than a little fun, my only purpose is to take high resolution still aerial photography. not too interested in video, fpv, all that, although you never know where these things will take you. i'm a...