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40 minutes flight time now in calm and up to 10mph wind. I fly it mainly in stab-mode. Much nicer than manual but there is much more I can do in setup. I experienced some power-cuts (0.1 seconds estimated) in the beginning. After moving the esc below that machine, away from the esc's and...

I think the important goal is treating the chute as a drag-chute / minor damage / no one gets squashed type device. Too big and "floaty" makes it a big device that may get blown a distance. A smaller chute slows the craft down while it still descends straight down. Perhaps 60" / 4lbs. I...

Here's mine after receiving the board this week from Mat :) Still trimming / setup work to do but I'm getting there. Pete

Hi Chris. I've had a really rough week so I've only put a couple of hours into the CC board. My parents are up here and return to Stratford tomorrow so I hope to find out how I am supposed to program it! It is the first time I've flown a stabilized machine... well I can fly so why should I??? :)

The OpenPilot CC board arrived this week (thanks Mat Welli / http://southerncross-uav.com/ ) I've had a rough week and haven't researched how to drive this board properly yet. I have a "Big Boyz Toyz" expo to fly at in two weeks so I really wanted something different to my tri and Trex700...

Looks legal to me :) Too much on my plate at the moment... I haven't flown for 8 days... Thats the longest non-multi period since I started 7 months ago :( Only a week to go too... NOT GOOD!

I'm having a break this week. We've had visiters (come and gone) and I've been living multi's day and nite... and the missus is getting... well... it is cold over here :( Time to keep married... I'll ease back into the shed in a few days... Add that to being called back into work for 6...

That is what I came too (during morning tea) too. Too many projects. I'll get the hex going properly and look at this later... but it is damn good :D btw - Flycam board is on the courier to Rotovegas... now it's work time... Pete

It goes nearly as well as my tri... Almost enough for me to stop developing my hex... almost. I might have to play with one of these and see if I can make a collapsable Vocto frame (no... not crashing it...). The clarity or orientation is damn good... Well done mate :D

I have asked rcg (several times over the last 4 months) but it get ignored - probably because it's just me :( I'll throw a new design together for the daughters (and the club build tri project). Something really simple and light and not built to carry cameras like mine. CC here I come ;)

Perfect weather so time for a hop. Gopro on top of the controller "dome". It is so stable. It flew very well - much to the surprise of a Droidworx AD8 owner at indoor-flying last Friday night. KK board at the moment but a CC board is immanent...

The octo seams to fly like it's on rails :) Great stuff

Yay - it's not just me :)

I'm using the DT750 motors / 10x3.8 props and HK Simple 45A (yes 45A) esc's. I rarely exceed 30A (all up) with hover down at 15A. Basically... it's idling :) I have calibrated the esc's. Here is it idling around 30 minutes ago. Not a bad mid winter day... As for the club builds. I'm...

Thanks. I'm about to build 3 new machines for club members so I'll be trying to tighten-up a few things. I'm going to drop length to 450 too. The distance it goes "out" seams too far far a mechanical movement. Oh I don't know... I have one more option - I have a CC board as of the weekend...

I've been flying KK boards on a (500mm / 20") armed tri for 6 months now. I have several boards - all I find go out of pitch trim after I have looped my tri (or pulled up hard). I need approx 1/3 fwd stick to keep it level afterwards until I power-cycle the board. I swapped to a Paris...

Tuffen up Mat! It sounds like style may be more important than bouncing your octo-wotever-it-is up and down on the spot for 2 minutes! You have done more flying than me this week but I have indoor and 8 packs for tomorrow night :)

I'll get you converted to tricopters yet!!!

Well done finding the pavement at the end ;) Very stable... very nice :)

Between thunderstorms, rain and 50km'h winds I managed a test flight on my lawn (more sheltered than my park) but still swirling and horible. AUW 3kg with 6600 3s batteries and 800g ballast. Hover 33Amps. Accelerated climbs hit 60A. That's only 10A motor and I was pushing it. The battery...