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hahahaha nice on Boris, I can see my Mrs now holding my octo above her head :) but I do like your way of thinking ;) Ross

I was going to use my gear switch, but I need that for my retractable undercart, so it will be my AUX2 switch. thanks for the info, its appreciated & does make me wish my props were here already :) Ross

Thanks OVDT, glad you mentioned altitude hold. I am running 0.86 firmware now :) & I see there are 2 options for ALT hold..remember I dont have GPS or NAVI, just the FC board..what should I set it to for my first flights? you described the downwash effect I feel with my trex600 quite nicely, so...

All sorted now, motors are spinning up nicely :) Im now starting to feel the fright :) :) of the 1st flight :( Any settings you guys know that will make this thing easier for the first flight? ross

Nice one Dave, will have a look at that in the morning. So evertime I plug in a new battery, its up left throttle to calibrate, then down right to turn motors on & down left to turn motors off ;) Ross

Right, here's what I have so far. During the koptertools motor test, ALL motors spin up(now). So I have min motor to 15 which was the motor test of 13 + 2. I can see the green channel bars moving with each stick movement...all 3 satellite receivers are solid LED, locked. Now I try & go to the...

Looking good Gunter, I like the way your ESC's are mounted...wish I had done that :( ross

Pasty thats very smart mate, also very steady...impressive.

Now I'm with you. What are Mikrocopter playing at...thier own forums are littered with Spektrum users, what a silly move in my book! I must admit spektrums park flier receivers suck, had 2 brownouts & lost a RC factory flash...whilst night flying, just after launch it climbed to 20ft, lost...

I agree, they are worth every cent, because I really dont want to throw £1000's into the air with just 1 x satellite!!!! I would rather not fly the thing at all...wanna buy a droidworx SJ8 :) Ross

Thanks for the info plingboot. I didnt actually bind them to a spektrum receiver first to be honest, I just put them into the diversity & bound them like that. The red LED flashes to show which satellite its using at the time. All 3 satellites bound nicely & rock steady orange LED's all round...

I have bound it fine, its just that some things were not working. Turns out I have 2 duff motors, probably caused by my cutting the shafts down!!! I was having serious problems getting the channels to go mid way on the green indicators & when I could get them centralised...the end movements were...

Dave described our setup that we use. My cam op gets a 5.8GHz sig, I get a 1.3GHz sig & the heli is on 2.4GHz....works very well. Ross

Right I seem to have hit a problem....my German is NONE existent so Im winging this a bit, I could be barking up the wrong tree but if anyone out there has a bit of a grasp on the German language or knows about the diversity boards then you're my man ;) You can see there is a folder called...

Do you remember at the start of the year all those birds falling dead & fish in thier millions dying...all I think to do with magnospheric disturbances! The only things both fish & birds have in common is using magnetics for navigation. At least you got some footage mate, nice one. Ross

RULE 12: Be friendly to fellow MR'ers, we don't want the heli & fixed wing boys war! Ross

Dave, I've watched those videos 3 times now, so will see what results I can get later today. Next is propellor choice....do I got 12 x 6 or 14 x 4.7? Wondering what differences to expect in blade sizes. I'm not after meggar fast speed, but more stability...so I suppose a larger prop size might...

Aplogies for a slight drift off thread. Jules you certainly know the area well & I also enjoy camping...Morethoe near Woolacombe is my favourite location...was it damage barton campsite I wonder ;)...

Dave, you are my saviour, thanks mate, thats really appreciated. I will sit down with a nice smoke & chill to these. Things seem so different to heli or fixed wing setups! :) Ross

Nice one Jeff, the Mrs is VERY jealous that you guys have snow. Those pigeons dont half move when they get fired up, love thier built in FC board..mag compass as well ;) Ross