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The plastic arms shouldn't block any signals you are right however screws. wires, built in PCB boards etc etc will. Keep in mind that laying the antennas flat alone in-itself might be enough regardless of what they are up against, think Vee antenna. Antennas are polarized in certain directions...

That's the EZ UHF receiver right there on the Disco you're building right? Is the range on that system just like the Dragon Link, better, worse? How far have you taken it? Just curious... Also, did you paint those motors? :D And the antenna is to your 2.4Ghz video setup right? Just getting an...

Ok, I think I found your issue/s! First off you shouldn't transmit a signal on 2.4Ghz if you are using 2.4Ghz for something else, you'll get the issues you are experiencing now right all the way down to complete lockout of control. You may be on different channels but they are still too close to...

Yes, a piece of copper with holes drilled in it and wires soldered onto it not to mention it would handle 500A+++@14.8V depending on the thickness and be less then a few dollars if you found scrap, aluminum would be lighter and almost as good. A piece of silver would be even better but all are...

I've been in the RC hobby a very, very, very long time like a lot of people on here but to me it looks like classic RC radio interference. Obviously you aren't using any servos but if you were they'd be twitching when this happens just like what you are seeing here only the signal goes through...

You probably have your binded throttle set too high on your failsafe settings. I have never setup fail-safe or RTH and it's something I want to setup so I'm by no means the expert but from what I've read when you bind your failsafe receiver whatever you have the throttle at is what it uses. In...

Nice rack...or set of racks I guess...towel racks that is :D Yep, it's pretty big for a quad. Looks like it's about 2 feet across or as big as my hexacopter. Are you using HUD? Can't wait to see your build/setup.

The 8" props might not be enough or may make your motors work too hard etc etc, I have a hexacopter and I spin 10"x5 degree APC hobbyking blades no problemo with torque-y motors though, 750Kv 250W. You'll have to give the props a shot and let us know how they work out. That battery is the...

Well, that makes sense I guess. I can't wait to see what people use it for. My thinking was like when I bought my hexacopter, I knew a thousands times over what I was going to do with it and all the uses it would have, surveying, tracking poachers, search and rescue and so on...oh well. I guess...

Now keep in mind I fly more than just hexacopters and with airplanes I use lots of switches for all kinds of garbage lol, retracts, air brakes, flaps, fake bombs etc etc... I agree though with what you said, 8 channels is a LOT of channels. I have had a 6 channel radio now for almost 7-8 years...

Tahoe Ed, I guess I was trying to get more of a feel for what you'd use this setup for? That's why I was asking about surveying and all that. I can't imagine this being for sport flying or anything that requires fast reaction times. So what's the point of it? You can already see in the video...

If you come up with the answer, let me know...I've also been wondering how to do this on Futaba radios. I've never binded a radio before either so this should be some good info.

You're using 13" x6.5 props on a quad? How big is this thing?!

Now I have a question, WHY would you want to fly with an iPad or and iPhone or any phone for that matter? What are the advantages? What do you get out of that that you dont get with a controller? I guess I don't get it, what fun is that? Are you a surveyor? Do you search for good oil well...

Welcome and dont waste your money on Scorpion motors, go with Turnigy NTMs from Hobbyking...they're like $12 each or something. Keep us posted...

Gotcha so if I wanted return to home on my Naza controlled Hexa what do I need to do? I want to get the Futaba 8FGH Super, is what I was thinking because it has fail safe and it looks like it's a nice radio etc...14channels etc etc. I do not have the GPS for the Naza yet and I know I need that...

I fly 4S and I set my alarm to 3.5V in my Naza and that's when I start my return trip. For the record I keep pretty close to where I am, less than 1 mile at all times...what I call "park and pickup" flight zones. :D So for clarity, in the Naza controller you'd set the YELLOW area in the battery...

Cool, I may go 2.4Ghz once I switch to UHF. For the time being I'm going to work with what I've got so far and see what that'll do. These are all ideas for the future for sure though. Eventually I'll build my backpack once I get some more experience and bounce some more ideas of you guys based...

Bring down your attitude control, bring up your vertical gain and then when you do that follow this process. Your idle motor speed sets the lowest speed your motors will go. If you have slow spinning motors and set a low idle speed in the Naza controller then you'll have to raise your throttle...

I personally prefer 4S but I'm flying a larger F550 hexacopter. 4S is more efficient than 3S where 3S is lighter than 4S batteries so that's the real trade off. I fly with 2 x 4S 4,000mah Zippy Compacts and with all my FPV gear I still get around 14-16 minutes of flight time in total. They are...