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In an attempt not to cast a dark cloud over myself... I here ya ;)

A drop of dish-washing detergent works incredibly well! Pete

I use the voltage OSD on the HFP but as I'm the pilot and not the videographer (and not looking at the OSD) and my r/c tx doesn't support telemetry, I use the Quanum 2.4G Telemetry unit. Cheap, and accurate monitoring of individual lipo cells (on one battery) + voltage and current usage with...

I have done cell tower survey test flights using Futaba 10C 2.4g and my heli and quad (HFP) and been within 5 meters of the aerial plant. The cells were on 900 and 1200meg bands. 5.8 downlink and zero glitches to the radio. I agree that the microwave dish systems can focus a very narrow...

My turn... While I've been shooting from r/c for 7 years, multis for 3, most of my work is from a 172 as a commercial charter (as legally required in NZ for commercial aerial photography). The road constructions contracts I have are best suited to a full-size... and I get some stick time to...

Hi Simon Welcome to the dark side ;) There a heap of Kiwis here now :) Pete

Gee Ryan... why do you do these things to yourself??? Send me a photo... let's have a look. I do have some very fine soldering kit... Pete

We have all really had a mixed bag of results. All my Nanotech failed (lost a cell, puffed) within 20 flights and this was on 7-8 minute camera flight, not a 3D heli flight. My Zippy blues 25-30C are going past 70 flight ok.

Nicely stated Stacky. We can all be very quick to judge from our nice and comfortable chairs... but we do not know the stresses on them... Pete

We will take over the forum! Welcome :D

Hi Lewis Where in NZ are you? There's a few of us Kiwis lurking here... Pete

To do connectors, you really need a 50W minimum iron and a wet cloth to take the heat away once soldered

Depends on what connectors you use! I make mine

Welcome to the forum darowdon :) The batteries need to be the same number of cells and the same capacity - connected in parallel and of similar performance. red to red, black to black. Ideally identical batteries to ensure they work together evenly. The copter will draw the current evenly...

Here's some light-weight flying at a car rally last weekend... Pete

Another slant on the event here... the owner claiming that it didn't hit the athlete but she fell over and bumper her head. Not ideal! http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/22435997/triathlete-injured-in-drone-incident/ Pete

He is changing all bearings... it appears they are all completed stuffed. Lots of play... Thanks Kloner Pete

That would explain his meaningless "oh?" txt to me... a man of few words for a change ;)

I'm throwing this out there in the general as I'm not convinced this is a machine-specific issue... DW Skyjib Ti with retracts. Hexa Dimensions are: Width Motor centre to centre: 1020mm Weight: 7.85Kg MAUW Height: 610mm gear down TX: Spektrum DX9 RX: Spektrum AR8000 Telemetry...

They are still available... http://www.shop.hoverflytech.com/collections/controllers/products/hoverflypro The website has had a makeover but it appears the boards are still available. Pete