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So this is the strangest quad I've ever seen. An artist took his dead cat (it was hit by a car) and made a quad frame out of it. Crazy! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html

Don't know if you guys saw this yet, but it's one of the new goodies over at the PhotoHigher website. http://photohigher.co.nz/products/flight-and-gimbal-control-systems/ballistic-parachute-emergency-recovery-system/ -Terry

Hey gang, I just recently built out my first hexa after living in the world of quads for some time. I've noticed that running 6 Avroto motors has my battery little bit warm now when I land. From what I can remember, it seems this is because the battery can't output power fast enough, or the c...

Pretty cool article about aerial photography from 1909. Great shots, considering what they were using for a craft! http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/dr-neubronners-miniature-pigeon-camera-1903/ -Terry

Hey Gang, I wanted to share my most recent build. I've been planning this one for a little while now. I was looking to step up in size a little bit, and also wanted to go from a quad to a hexa. At the end of the day, I ended up creating a modified F550 WK-M craft. I'm also using the...

I wanted to mention this last week, but I thought it would be better served when the photos were actually live. Our local alternative weekly news paper, the City Paper, purchased a shot from me last week to use in their "Sizzling Summer" issue they put out every year. It's a round up of all...

Hey gang, I was just wondering, has anyone used the Xoar 3 blade wood props? http://www.xoarintl.com/props/model-airplane/PJI-E.html I've been using the 3 blade GWS props for a little while now. While they are an absolute paint to balance, once that is good I like them. The problem...

Hey gang, I need to order a few extra batteries for a small real estate job I have coming up. Normally I will order Nanotech 3s 6000 mah from the HobbyKing US warehouse, but they seem to be all sold out of anything even close to that. Who else in the US would have something simular at a...

Anyone tried putting Avroto short shafts on an F550 yet? I've been dying to build out a hex lately and just ordered the 550. I've already got a quad built out with the Avroto's, so I thinking I would gut it and move all the stuff over to the hex, but I was curious if anyone has already gone down...

I thought this was kinda cool. Someone from a Facebook multirotor group i'm on posted it. HDMI converter that is already stripped down and made to mount on Droidworx landing gear. http://www.uavrotorking.com/hdmi-to-composite-s-video-converter-3rca-crt-tv-cvbs

As long as I've been flying these crazy birds, I've always used 3s batteries. This week I wanted to give a 4s a go. The second I plugged it in, both of my gimbal servos were nuked. Does the DJI not regulate the power that goes out to the gimbal servos? I've since picked up a Castle BEC and...

I just stumbled across this post from NAB. http://expo.nabshow.com/mynabshow2012/public/Booth.aspx?IndexInList=0&Upgrade=&FromPage=nz_ALExhibitorSearch.aspx&BoothID=146784&Task=ProductsDetails&PRODID=4834

Hey gang, I've been using a CoperControl board on my FPV quad for some time now. It's had it's ups and downs, but I've mostly been happy with it. Last week I flew my AP quad with a Wookong for the first time via FPV. I was blown away with how stable it flew. Now I'm wondering if I would get a...

Of all the time i've been working on single & multi rotor copters, I've never once had to program my ESC's. I've always been lucky enough to have them work out of the box. I think that luck has ended though and I need some help wrapping my head around this. I'm flying an x650 frame with 4...

Anyone ever tryed doing AP at night? I was just playing around with this last night for the first time. I've only recently flown with a camera other than the Go Pro, so I never had the chance prior. Nothing great to look at, but a couple of shots fo the gazebo at our local park after dusk. I'd...

So it seems that there has been a TON of traffic on here lately about the F450 kit. A lot of the posts seem to be coming from new members, which is absolutely fantastic. Would you say that the 450 has become the new entry way into this hobby? Last year it seemed like XAircraft was doing...

As some of you know, I design & develop iPhone/Android apps for a living. For the last few months I've been kicking around the idea of building an app to use while out flying. Today I had a few more ideas about it, but I wanted to see if you guys had some to add. As it stands right now, I'm...

I just saw this on RCExplorer.se Pretty crazy stuff!

Just hit 500 posts. I think this is the most activity I've had on a forum before. I feel like it's my birthday or something. :highly_amused: Nothing else to see here, folks. Carry on.

Ok, this has happened to me twice now and I wanted to get the opinion of the board about this. Should a vendor inform a customer of a new product that is just around the corner when they are placing an order for the current version of that product? Without naming names, I'll say that this...