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I know, I know...I promise I won't fall for that again...well, until the next time anyway. I just didn't do enough reading between the lines and also listened to lots of other peoples perhaps biased views and opinions. Note...I should know a lot better...I'm a 63 year old electrical engineer...

Hey chaps, please do not get confused by my ramblings...All I was doing was merely pointing out that it ain't easy to fly these machines and produce good AP results for many of us for lots of reasons...it just doesn't help matters when a manufacturer seemingly moves the goalposts post-purchase...

I for one almost understand both sides of these discussions...however many of us do not have artistic and creative bents that are capable of producing the great work shown on this and other forums...we just don't think that way...instead we have to rely on available, and on many occasions very...

DennyR, it ain't much different from your question...have a view of the following... http://www.multirotorforums.com/showthread.php?3724-Z15-need-a-NEX-fixed-lens

Terry, that is exactly what I mean when I used the expression 'sort of' from my earlier reply. All the 'stuff' that has been said and shown really set expectations that then convinced many (including me) to spend a lot of their money up front to purchase fit-for-purpose quality equipment...that...

Bart, good call on that and I (sort of) accept the reason why...however I seem to remember many of the promo videos of the S800/Z15 show the Sony Nex 5n with a lens longer than the 16mm variety...It very much looks like I'm going to have to find another £180 ($280) if I want to ensure a level of...

Rene', same here...I've got a bog-standard 5n with a standard Sony packaged Sony 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 OSS Lens. I've replied to DJI asking are they suggesting that this lens will give bad results for AP work when using it on a Sony Nex 5n/Zenmuse Z15 and that if this is the case then I would...

Dimirti, superb...what flying and AP kit are you using ?

Has anyone of you Futaba 12fg owners installed or had a go at installing a display backlight modifiation ?

Geoff, I know that every craft has differences, but as these S800s all have exactly the same 'content' so to speak, surely the COG settings and gains, etc. are all going to be identical. They currently have gimbals (when they become available) for certain and particular cameras. My guess surely...

I'd like to know what the UK duty is going to be as well. From all the many parts and bits and pieces that I've had delivered here in the UK from outside the EU, I have never been able to establish exactly how the prices for duty are arrived at. I'm sure there must be a clear-cut formulae that...

Ross, if like you say these BMFA test(s) are real tests of competence and even better, they are free, then surely that is the avenue that needs to be explored and if right confirmed as the 'way to go'. The equipment, I believe, is a very different question and not necessarily connected to the...

I am watching and reading this thread with a great deal of interest. I am inclined to go along with some of the views of Macsgrafs in particular on the costs of certification. I know from my own experiences within the electrical engineering and teaching industries that there are an awful amount...

Rene, although it is of no real consequence at this stage if the s800 has already been purchased as there is no where else to go to buy any 'other equipment manufacturers' replacement parts, but are the prices that you have hi-lighted for true, and I guess without any additional local taxes...

The pictures show an idea that I have been experimenting with to overcome the problems of many amps flowing down fairly thin copper plate to fairly heavy motor loads. The washers are brass banjo washers that have a 'plane' that is 1mm in thickness and 5mm in width. They will easily carry 200-250...

Now this competition should be an excellent video to watch on utube... www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=5005&thisSection=general :tennis:

Boris, Mathew, Dave and indeed anyone elde who helped me in my thinking to fix these problem(s) I've experienced because guess what...iti is fixed. The new boom arrived from the France, bought new 4mm bullet connectors, re-used Turnigy Plush 30A ESCs, followed Boris's thinking and although a...

Mathew, in the recent past and before I put the DJI ESCs in place (using Turnigy ESCs) I did try out 12 x 4.5 APC props but the performance of the craft was not very positive and it was difficult to fly. My aim is to eventually use 13" XoOAR props but not until these recent problem(s) are fixed...

Dave, your experience and that of Mathew Wright is very similar, if not identical, to my own. I don't have a lot of kit hanging off the craft yet but I've already lost a good number of props and an expensive boom arm. Like you I should have stuck to what worked. I don't want to have those...

Dave, unfortunately the the ESCs are placed towards the end of each boom about 125mm from the motors...so it is possible to get a current clamp around each wire assuming there is a clamp manufactured small enough to fit. The unlikely alternative is to place an ammeter in series with each of the...