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But on a prius you are completely off the throttle and for longer periods of time. I would think on a heli there is always some small amount of power being applied to each motor for stabilizing. If no power was being applied to 1 motor, the adjacent motors would have to work harder making the...

Did he say regenerative braking? How does that work on a heli?

DJI is definitely the Skynet of drones for better or for worse. I still don't understand why other countries don't implement a 100%+ import tax on everything from China. That alone would level the playing field more than anything. I'm also not convinced things that fly should be massed...

I can vouch for this guy. He has been working on perfecting this frame for years. He's also a very trustworthy guy and super friendly. It would be great to see members supporting members rather than sending all your cash direct to China. Anyways, just thought I would throw in a good word for...

Reduced to $2500.

I kept this as a back up helicopter over the last few years and have decided it's just collecting dust. The good news is that it has very low hours, I'm guessing well under 10. I just purchased a brand new Futaba 14sg, iCharger 306b and power supply as well as a back up 4 port charger plus...

Awesome video. Looks like fun to make that. You know your props are spinning backward though? :)

I've been watching AMBA for a while but never jumped in. instead I bought a TON of GPRO and lost a huge amount of money! I will never buy them again. I should have just bought 100 gopros! I think the camera is great but there is too much competition. And if they do decide to make a drone...

"SWIMMER, SWIMMER, DO NOT PANIC but there is a shark directly under you. Unfortunately this firmware does not have the shark repelling sound module installed. But here's a floaty. If you make it back to the beach come say hello to the tan guy at the lifeguard tower."

"The FAA said that, because there are ads on YouTube, Hanes's flights constituted a commercial use of the technology subject to stricter regulations and enforcement action from the agency. It said that if he did not stop flying “commercially,” he could be subject to fines or sanctions."

wow, the government found a loophole in the system. As stated, vimeo does not have ads, so therefore would not be commercial. This is ridiculous. This would never fly in court though. You, as a video uploader, have no choice what ads are placed if at all. It is Youtube that is monetizing...

That's right Bart, the reality is there is nothing your camera wont give that the newer ones will with the exception of 4k, slightly higher DR and a better compression on video. But having said that, these are mostly specs for the spec happy and will not sell any better than the razor sharp...

Fixing stupid goes WAY beyond flying helicopters. We have too much to change in too short a period of time. It's not possible to fix stupid. We are stupid, all of us. The worst part about humans is that we know when we are doing something wrong and we generally know the answers as to how to...

It looks interesting but I would not buy a camera that did not allow the use of the wide array of existing lenses that are tried and true from the big name companies. I'm sure there is an adapter but from running the Commlite/Metabones on my Sony A7s to use my canon EF glass, I am kinda turned...

nice scenery but why do most of the shots speed up and slow down? It's like a pulse is controlling the playback rate.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alibaba-deploys-drones-deliver-tea-china-094423625.html

I call them Phantom Phuckers.

One experiment i never got around to would be to make an adjustable motor separation assembly. This way you could separate the vertical motor distances as you read the output. I think this single handedly would have the biggest effect on performance and would need to be fine tuned for every...

I've never used the "like" button s many times as I have on this thread! Of course it was a phantom! Bart, hope you are making it through this nasty storm ok. Best of luck to you and the other North Eastern USA-icans

Very sorry to hear this. I never met the guy nor ever spoke with him other than this forum but somehow I feel the loss. We all, as humans, fear the day we may have to face this reality of life. It can only be a reminder to enjoy each and every day the most you can in this small and odd place...