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Wow!!! Someday I hope my building talents are half that. Nicely done!!!! Impressive youtube vid as well. Im sure your heart rate must have briefly accelerated when you had motor failure.

Mailman - I would be interested to see a pic of what you finally come up with for motor and mounting motor. Then of course, what you think of its performance. Im thinking motors will be swapped sooner rather than later on my rig. Stock performance is ok with me but a little extra go never hurt...

JN - You are going to have a ball with the 550. I am so shocked at how much fun I am having flying it for sport. I originally intended on getting it to fly a GoPro around for kicks. Turns out, it is just lots of fun to fly. Manual mode is a hoot. The 550 is quite a handful in that mode yet still...

Got heli...that is next on the todo list as soon as my offspring are sleeping this evening. I have never had a switch un-bind itself from the mix. Is that something that can happen often? The radio is brand new as is the rx, so maybe...???Hope so, that is easy fix. Thanks you guys for the ideas...

Ed - yesterday I flew the 550 in big winds and it was super impressive. I am running 4s 8" dji prop. THe gains are set up on slider switch so that I can adjust gains on the fly. The middle position being stock settings. That is where I found it most enjoyable to fly. Really kind of at a loss for...

So check out the vid. On my 4th battery the 550 became real twitchy like the gains were too high and it was trying to settle. I have gains on slider button JR9503. Atti mode one slider Free mode other slider. Twitching happens during both modes at any gain setting. Got any quick ideas...

this morning I flew my 550 in wind that I would not even consider getting one of my heli's out in. I do have one heli that is real decked out and i am a believer in these hexacopters. after just a few flights, i could see how training on a 550 could make you a better heli pilot. to me, the 550...

So after much debate, I purchase an f550 from Patrick at Aerial Media Pros. I deal with companies all the time and I can say that Patrick's customer service is top notch. Very Very good customer service. I will be buying professional setup from him next week. Quality of the work he did...

I had already spent a bit more than I wanted too on this build. I am going to have Patrick build me a big copter this month (todo some filming with), saving some funds for that. I have a charger here at the house but wanted to upgrade a bit. He had the Turnigy 400w used and offered to sell it to...

Guessing you had Patrick build the 550. What a great guy! I have done the same and have had a phenomenal experience dealing with him. I have purchased the very same power supply and battery. I will be using a Turnigy charger though. Will get everything in my hands this week. Cant wait. Hope you...

Yikes and thanks for sharing. I know this new guy will remember your mistake in hopes that I learn from it. Do your best to enjoy your time away from work. I know the weather is rapidly changing in my corner of Colorado. SOunds like tomorrow will be a good day to couch surf....heal quick!

watched your other video too. looked pretty windy! looks like the gear held up well and flew good with it. good job with the gear. you have spawned a few ideas for mine. thanks.

Gear looks nice Leon. Let us know how she flies. Whats the total weight with GoPro and gear? Looking forward to your flight video when the wind calms down. Wind currently going sideways in Colorado too.

that is some sweet flying. i will be off to the park to try out my skills.

good job. pics are nice. looks like your gopro mount worked pretty good.

So being new to this hobby I might be completely wrong but I cant help but wonder...Do props have a lifespan? Seems life 60 flights is alot of flights. I suppose there are lots of factors to be considered but being that the props arent that expensive (compared to replacing the whole kopter due...

i am guessing your copter is green and yellow? if you dont crash you are flying too high! welcome, i am new to this hobby and i can tell you this site has been very valuable source for info...go pack!

sweet illustrations none the less.....

mile high - i am still flying cessna plane and a cub quite often. i asked someone, that would know the answer to this (really fearing a very long conversation that i would not understand), his reply - "duct acts like enclosure for the blades, making it quieter" then he said something about...

Boris, I watched both vids they posted. 1 video with duct and 1 without. The makers of the video were commenting that with the duct the kopter was much more quiet. Wondering why duct would make it considerably less noisy. Anyway - I too found the whole machine very interesting and fresh.