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Thanks for the thought Dave, though I had to smile: http://www.multirotorforums.com/showthread.php?2054-Air-travel-with-copters.&p=22550#post22550

Anyone?

What have been people's experience of taking a decent sized multirotor (e.g. a hex with 12" props") on a commercial airline flight? I know the rules regarding Lipos, but the centre of a hexa with arms/motors/props detached looks a bit sinister. I am happy to put it in checked baggage suitably...

Personally I think redundancy through additional motors/props is sometimes overrated. For a start, the risk of a motor failing increases with the number of motors you have and unless you're 100% certain that the additional motors will me you can land safely if you lose one then you're...

Based on the videos and everything you've written it seems pretty likely that this isn't any longer a matter of configuration and you've got a hardware fault.

It's a shame your video didn't also show the full range of movement for the rudder channel, as that too must go to the extremes. I suspect it does since you've set everything else up carefully, it just would have been nice to see it on the video to confirm it. Ditto voltage protection. It's...

The video is private so I can't view it.

First things first, from the video it would appear that when you disconnect from your computer (which you must - the motors won't arm whilst it's connected to the assistant on your computer) and power cycle, your LED is flashing rapidly red continuously with no pause, correct? The manual is...

European Aviation Safety Agency - basically the Europe-wide version of the CAA. For example, all flight crew licensing is being consolidated across Europe by the EASA, and there is much debate as to what if any of the uniqueness of the UK CAA licensing arrangements will be retained.

I could accomodate for a meeting in North London (zone 2) in my office conference room - seat about 10, standing room twice that. If it's the weekend I could accomodate more since the office will be empty. Having been to various size meetings with the CAA before, both in the old control tower...

Will these upgrades be available as an add-on kit for existing AV200 gimbals?

Droider, am trying to send you a PM but your inbox is full and can't.

Bowley the ANO applies equally to both commercial and recreational use. There are clauses in the ANO which apply specifically to "aerial work", but the other clauses, including those concerning distance from things, apply to both. The BMFA handbook reiterates those rules. They are absolutely...

Refer to sections 166 and 167 of the ANO. They tell you all you need to know. Technically if you've got a camera on it for taking pictures as opposed to for FPV (whether for commercial use or not) you can't fly within 50m of any vessel, vehicle, structure or person, apart from when landing...

Just to back up waht Shoryuken said, in Intelligent and Atti/GPS it will NOT stop the motors even if you go below 10% throttle when it's airborne.

Yep, I tend to keep my gains on the low side too, because I like a smoother flight and am happy to correct movement with the sticks. As I said, if it has lots of momentum when I let go then it does require some stick work to stop the motion, but the GPS hold then kicks in and holds it steady...

This is most certainly not my experience. I fly around in GPS mode and if I let off the sticks it just stays where it was, unless it has a ton of momentum in which case a touch of opposite stick checks that and then it stays put. Additionally the same thing works if I am in some other mode...

Hey Icarus. I must say this made me smile: "I'm going to make the WKM manual my bible." followed by: "Are you saying that even with one red flash the WKM should have been able to locate the "home position"?" The manual states: "Before takeoff, current position of multi-rotor will be saved...

But you *can* assign it to a switch, as I described. I have done. Works perfectly.

Icarus - that must have felt awful! For this were you using a dedicated switch on your TX to activate it or were you turning off the TX completely? By the sounds of it you were turning off the TX. I use the T8FG Super and have RTH programmed to a switch. Provided I have a GPS lock I can at...