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My motors start and I'm happy they do. I either shut em down or throttle up and fly. Pretty simple choice that I'm happy with. .

Clicking on I2C pulldown. What caused you to try that? Was it gimbal twitches on roll? The Baseline interface says "enabling pullups is potentially dangerous for IC2 devices without LLC? " What is LLC? What do mean by twitches? I get some shudders on roll when initializing a move as...

I think it's up to us RC flyers to be respectful and considerate of other people's feelings. While there are extremes on both sides of the issues, it's up to us to rise above. If we are upsetting a neighbor with neighborhood flying, try to reason/talk with them and if that doesn't work, maybe...

If I were taking part in this project, I would say GoPro w/ small gimbal. If your taking photo's, just have it click away for the whole flight. It doesn't take long to delete the shots you don't want. If shooting video, put it in narrow mode and you will get rid of most of the fish eye...

I had good luck with 2 mid size gimbals and alexmos v1 boards running the first couple versions of his firmware. On my HF Pro, I had to dial back the gains to get smooth & steady video... However, made a change to my 12lb MR and ever since have been fighting some oscillations. Getting closer...

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Anybody want to share their technique on doing a compass calibration for large MR? It's been suggested to do a compass calibration every time you move or launch from a new location. Great, but it's pretty hard to do with something bigger than a small quad.

I was doing some quick gimbal tests today. Forgot to hook up my lipo alarm. When I was coming into land on my shoveled off patio, it ran out of battery and dropped about 3-4 feet short of the patio into about 14-16 inches of fluffy snow. Gimbal, gimbal motors, & camera were in the snow...

On the GH2, I think the ISO sweet spot is 160. However, as far as I know, they never fixed the ISO bug which can sometimes add noise to your image. When you go to change your ISO, the iso's listed on the top lines are the native ones, 160, 320, 640 etc... (I'm going from memory) are the...

You are correct. I do want to control altitude plus possibly the rate of return. It's mainly a security/control thing IM0. There are time when a rise in altitude is going to trouble. Trees, Power Lines, buildings, etc...

As I'm getting some experience with my Xaircraft X, I have a couple requests to be considered to maybe add to the firmware/software. 1. I've read and believe it's good practice on the XAircraft X to calibrate/recalibrate the compass when flying in a different location. This seems to be a...

Nice footage. The hacked GH2 is still 1 great camera. I have a couple gh2's and 1 gh3. I find the gh3 to be a crap shoot some times as it has some moire issues. Just 1 more gottcha when shooting... 60p 1080 is it's main benefit IMO plus maybe a tad better in low light. The gh2 hacks have...

ZAxis, that is outstanding. I forwarded this to my nephew and his wife whom are both mountain and biking enthusiasts. They just got married less than 2 years ago and it wouldn't surprise me if they start planning a long vacation to try to replicate all or part of the trip you filmed. They...

I ran into the same problem while updating. Software downloaded, but couldn't get the firmware. I then redid it by copying the url from firefox (while I was in process of trying to update firmware) into internet explorer and I was then able to download the firmware file. As I was doing this...

I wear glasses, film, & ski, so I'm well aware of those problems. Outside of the electronics, is there an issue with a snowflake or two getting in the windings on the motors?

24 or 30P? 1080 or 720?

Looking for advice on do's and don'ts when flying while it's snowing out. I've been doing some short 3-5min test flights with light to moderate snow falling with no issues so far. I've just been launching from my patio, which I shovel. Covered up alexmos circuit board with some plastic...

It is probably because you installed the new software on the SuperX but did not put the firmware on the SuperX. When you do the update, you need to make sure you download to your computer both the 1.08 software and firmware. Both then need to be put on the root directory of your Superx usb...

Good luck on the Cobra's. As I'm looking up specs on dif motors as well as the price, I also wonder if I want to go with the new Avroto or T-Motors at the $115 + level or try something in the $70-$90 range. One of my thoughts is go first class and protect the camera/gimbal. My other thought...

We are in heavy snow right now and lake effect snow through the weekend as well as very cold weather for the next 7 days. Hopefully I can get a couple flights in. If the ferrite rings work, you will probably be able to hear me scream for joy in Ohio. How soon before we see your octo review...