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    My 15 minutes of fame!

    Well, I guess I got 20mins of fame - another station did an interview today. I took some more footage post flood: I'll get them cut together and post them up here when I get a chance (since the TV station did such a horrible job with the edit!) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    My 15 minutes of fame!

    I did enjoy one comment on FB: "People wouldn't be so scared of drones if they could see how useful they are." Here's the piece they did, with apologies to Fatshark - you can't control what reporters hear ;-)...
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    My 15 minutes of fame!

    We've had a lot of flooding I my area recently so I took the drone up to have a look. My Facebook post of the footage went nuts: 3000 shares and 130k views! A couple local news channels picked it up and one of them sent out a reporter today to interview me about the whole deal. Apart from...
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    GoPro USB Video Feed Format?

    Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I just can't find the answer anywhere: what's the resolution of the live video feed from a Go Pro Hero 4 Black via USB? I'm not flying pure FPV exactly, but using the live USB video out to frame my shots from the ground. I'm converting to FPV goggles from a...
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    Who's filming the UAS footage at the Rolex horse trials?

    The event was streamed live on usefnetwork.com. I'm not sure if they archive any of the footage for later playback or not.
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    Who's filming the UAS footage at the Rolex horse trials?

    @kloner - awesome job! My wife has been watching the event all weekend and I caught some of your cross country coverage yesterday. I've done some filming of horses for fun and have always thought an event like that is just crying out for some aerial footage. It was great to hear how excited the...
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    Who's filming the UAS footage at the Rolex horse trials?

    Does anyone know who's filming this weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park? Some really good aerial footage of the three day event. The TV commentators are loving the new angles and the whole thing is really presenting the industry in a great light. Well done whoever it is!
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    Tarot 650 Build - Parts Are Arriving

    I've had no problems with mine on the standard length mast. I do have shielding under the GPS unit though so that certainly helps. I use one of these gizmos to mount it - very nice: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1749888
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    Tarot 650 Build - Parts Are Arriving

    Looking good. You can also braid the ESC wires together (both sides). It makes them easier to manage, uses up some excess length, and cuts down on EMI.
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    Tarot 650 Build - Parts Are Arriving

    Scotch Extreme Mounting Tape is pretty good stuff too - you can get it from Lowes. It's an inch wide - perfect for ESCs. It has a very good bond and just enough padding to take up some vibration. I use it for mounting electronics, and VHB tape for anything mechanical, like the GPS mast.
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    Tarot 650 Build - Parts Are Arriving

    Just use some good double sided tape - I've had no problems at all.
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    Tarot 650 Build - Parts Are Arriving

    My ESCs are mounted in a similar spot but they are just taped down with 3M VHB tape. They don't get hot at all.
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    What is your charger of choice and a parallel question.

    Progressive are awesome - really great service. That's another big factor in favor of the iCharger.
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    Naza M V2 GPS Antenna Placement

    These are pretty handy: http://bit.ly/13eBHUE - some protection for your delicate GPS antenna and some EMI shielding.
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    What is your charger of choice and a parallel question.

    iCharger for me. If you charge at 1C (which you should) then that takes an hour from fully empty (which you shouldn't ;)). If you are stopping at 20% capacity then 1C charging will take 48 mins. Make sure you get a charger with enough current capacity - mine can charge at 10A which is perfect...
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