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I love my F550, but it's just so unwieldy to transport for a go pro system, so I was looking to repurpose most of the parts into a more portable frame with similar or better performance. I suppose I don't need hex, I'm considering quad, or even Y6/X8 options. I like the idea of a lower profile...

Just curious because I see a lot of lighting inconsistencies with different builds - I use Red-left / green-right to be similar to full-size aircraft standards - but I see a lot of red lights out front? I know what's most important is what works for you as a pilot, but shouldn't the multi rotor...

It's probably much closer to 500 amps at full load and throttle. Was just rounding up. It's a 12 motor beast ;)

I've been wondering exactly how much people have found the k index affecting their flights? I've never really noticed a difference in GPS performance on low/med/high k days... is the prevailing judgment to just "watch out" for gremlins in your GPS, or instead completely avoid GPS in any way...

That raises the question: What do the responsible pros who have to travel with a lot of batteries usually do? Ship them via ground? In the pro video production world, travel for shoots is a necessity - I'm just now starting to add UAV services to my package, and I'm concerned about the logistics...

Thanks, that's what I figured. I'll shoot for a little more lipo headroom. It's a shame that so many of the high capacity lipos are out of stock everywhere!

Yes I've read that guide, it's very helpful, but unless I missed it, it doesn't seem to answer my specific question? Which, more specifically, is this: According to ecalc, at max payload, my setup will draw up to 300 amps at hover, up to 600 amps at full throttle. I could conclude that that...

To tack on a question related to that: I know in most cases C rating is less important, but is it important to have a certain amount of "headroom" in your C rating? I've been looking at the low price multistar 10c packs. But and an example, if the average flight is drawing close to that 10c for...

Yeah that's the terrifying part. Maybe they were damaged in a crash earlier, or something?

Hi guys, apologies if this topic has been done to death, just looking for some piece of mind. I'm trying to stock up on batteries for my new heavy lifter, and I'm puzzled by the differences here: http://www.getfpv.com/batteries.html?battery_voltage=332 I've been shopping a lot of places but...

I think that's just bad journalism. It seems pretty clear that the FAA rep they interviewed has no clue why the letter was sent. The "FAA" said nothing about ads in the actual letter.

Hang on, maybe I missed it but where in the FAA letter does it say this has anything to do with ads? Update: The FAA says it's now looking further into how its safety inspectors send letters like this. "The FAA’s goal is to promote voluntary compliance by educating individual UAS operators...

I was getting the impression that many people expected the FAA to be relatively more "chill" about things like this now that the new NPRM is out for comments. Guess that's not true...

Cool thanks I'll check them out - have you ever tried with coaxial? I'm mostly worried about a situation where heavy thrust from a top prop manages to unscrew the prop below it... What prop sizes can you fit on this hex?

Do you have a link for those self-tightening adapters? Are they good quality? I've been looking for something like that for my heavy lifter, but I'm worried about how they would effect balance, and god forbid even a marginal chance of slipping off in flight... especially since I'm flying coaxial?

Has anyone else gotten a chance to try it out? I'd love to hear some more in-depth impressions if there are any. Is it very spicy? I'm not sure if I'd like Pho.

Never thought I'd stoop to bank robbery, but here I go...

There are rumors floating it will be around $36k to buy the body.

Thanks for the thoughts. That's what I figured. I'll call them too risky to fly. I'm expecting to have a lot of $$ in the air. Does RadioShack still take Lipos for recycling? Does RadioShack even exist anymore? Are there other places people take batts to be safely disposed of? I'd rather skip...