Recent content by SilentGloves

Hey Gang, So I've been flying a little Blade 180QX for about three weeks... my little honda civic quad. Great to learn on, good gas mileage, but not very high-performance. I've got parts on the way for a Blackout Mini-H/Revo build, but that's kind of a Bugatti Veyron. To continue my analogy...

Just as an FYI, extending from a transmitter to an antenna does not necessarily "detune" an antenna. It's a bit more complicated than that. If the coax you're using to extend from the Tx to the antenna has an impedance that does not match that of the antenna system and the impedance the Tx was...

Thanks for the input! I've been flying fixed-pitch, single-rotor Helis for about a year by LOS. One interesting difference, It's much easier to determine the orientation of a heli than it is a quad. In any case, I'm fairly comfortable with orientation and such. I'm very familiar with the...

Went out to do some flying this afternoon with my Blade 180QX. I'd done about 12-14 flights and figured it was time to attempt some flips. Put together a little video. I've noticed, this thing being so small, that I have a tendency to get anxious following through a long sweeping turn, and...

That's Juz... from what I understand, he is one of the best. Why not aim high, right? :) Here's his website if you'd like to checkout more info: http://juzfpv.com/

Hey Everyone, I wanted to put down a couple questions prior to heading out to do some flying with the 180QX (plus I've got batteries on the chargers, 4 batts and 2 chargers isn't fast enough for my liking). I've been doing a lot of reading (specifically the F450 group build thread, and lots in...

I have about a year experience flying fixed-pitch helis, although the end of last summer is the last time I flew. I can fly my 120 SR with the high-rate setting on the swash with no D/R or Expo just fine. I'd actually say agility mode on the 180 is a bit more difficult, or at least different...

Update, took the little 180QX over to the park to run a few batteries through this afternoon. Gusts of about 10MPH, which were difficult to fight in the high rate stability mode. So I got a little too big for my britches and switched from the high rate stability mode to agility mode. Suddenly...

Hey Everyone, The name is Steve and last weekend during the annual Amateur Radio field day exercise, I got to see a really nice DIY quad with FPV flown around our operating location. So of course, I'm hooked. I occasionally fly little RC Helis, and I enjoy the challenge. I currently have...