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Heres a life lesson one thing I have learnt...more than 3 people can not decide where to go for lunch. We set out the motor rules over at rotorcrossnz yesterday - 35 members in the group - I had 50 odd arguments, people coming up with all sorts of alternitives, complex calculations, to...

I like the idea of big tarp arrows on the ground !

its the plastic sheet they make for-sale signs out of, you can buy it in 8 by 4 ft sheets for not much http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_plastic those arrows I made, could be a bit bigger, I only had 12 and more would be better. Was thinking the tarps to make the verticle flags , as the...

Disclaimer – these micro quads were provided to me at no cost to review. A while ago, chatting on facebook with Gary Mortimer (sUAS News Editor) we were discussing the future of multirotors used for photography, and Garys opinion was that they would get smaller, and you would carry several...

we ran 4 lap heats and a 5 lap final average lap time about 34 seconds, 5 time 34 = 2 minutes 50 for the final I dont think you would want to race any longer, you end up with too many droping out and it becoming a 2 horse race , so your 3 minute target is on the money you need large arrows on...

we had a 1.5 watt transmitter at our FPV meet last saturday - it wiped out a few channels on each side......... not very friendly for fellow fliers

diagonally , the frames seem to range from 220 to 260 mm, its whatever fits all your gear and 5" props :) I reckon a new frame design would be the go, all the ones out there (apart from a couple of nice carbon boom ones) look like they came from the same cookie cutter. I reckon a body shell is...

the 250 size is popular, we did a "spec" class race on Jan 3rd (actually did 10 races, made a day of it :) ) Spec class is 250 sized, 2300 kv motors max, 5" prop , 4 motors max (you can run 3 as a tricopter) and 3S lipo very even playing field , in the final around a 400 meter track for 5...

haha, fair enuf ! i wonder at -18C what would happen

360 joules to defib a heart 1 joule = 1 watt for 1 second - i think the lipo can handle it :) Modern AED devices step the non-educated user thru all the steps required

that or beer - your choice :) actually, i keep my icecream in the freezer not the fridge :)

they age slower http://www.rcheliresource.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RCHR-A1a-Capacity-Chart.png maybe fully charged and stored in the fridge is the answer

yea...i have a couple of packs like that...getting carried away flying. Maybe I have been overthinking this whole battery thing :)

they could drop you off on the way :)

I like that reply Pete :) Cool, not going to worry to much then, will keep a pack charged and the quad in the boot of the car :) I have some packs from 2009...... Happy NY to you to mate , will i see you on the 3rd at the nats ?

What do you guys do ? Situation, get home from work, have a perfect opportunity to pop out for a quick 1/2 hr fly/photo op (weather clears, kids behave etc) but its at least 45 mins to charge the lipo etc - opportunity lost. or Driving to work/for work , and suddenly see something you want to...

nice shots

heres a comparision - fuji finepix 14mp vs gopro silver 3+ at 10 mp shooting location Mt Taranaki CarPark, just on sunrise, friggin cold ! both shots are croped, but NO other editing The fuji to me looks the most dramatic, the go-pro picks up foreground definition better

I think so Pete :) For me its a chance to practise the craft....I had an email response from Milton who is looking after the place, and hes more than happy to show me around and let me have at it Also in teh process of getting permission to overfly the development at Noels Lake (near Fonterra)...

well, i imported all 192 photos into goprostudio, and it treated them like a time lapse movie I guess, as it allowed me to apply the fish eye removal. I guess I would need to screen grab afterwards to get the individuals back out I have used photoshop before for fish eye removal, its a more...