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I couldn't imagine eating him but they do farm ostrich just up the road from here. That is also expensive. We get a few pink flamingoes stopping over on their way to Africa. The hunters here will shoot anything, that includes their dogs and each other.

I have known that Pelican for about 10 years now. We first met when I had just sat down to enjoy a nice Sea Bream and a glass of white wine, perfect, or so it seemed. Then over my shoulder came that long beak and before I new it he had plucked my fish off the plate and ran off with it. Later I...

Thats a nice mod. but the now small initial delay is still there, I believe it is caused by the ADX 300 gyro that they use. Even with a high speed servo and no load on the output arm you can still see it. Expect to see a direct drive system in the future that is lightning fast with built in...

Jes I think the AVCHD format takes some beating for quality, but if you don't have the latest Mac, then editing in FCP can be tricky. You need a codec converter like this one. VoliacHD from Shedworx. Http://www.shedworkx.com/voltaichd. If you're working in 1920x1080 50P or 60P then the file...

There are a lot of high end cameras that are nothing more than Male jewelry for most people working outside of the Pro video and film industry. Especially the 5D which is not much use unless it's shooting raw. I have a machine that lifts the Epic and it will get used no more than 6 times in the...

Very unusual day for me, it was raining. Can't remember the last time I saw rain. Looks like it's here for the week. Just cancelled next three days shooting. A least Lewis Hamilton won the GP. So I am happy about that.

What's wrong with a GoPro2. I am shooting with a Panasonic HDC-TM 900 Lighter and better quality than a Canon 550D for video but it is very sensitive to vibration and it can shoot 1920x1080 60 Progressive. Staggering quality but only if you need it. AVCHD is PITA for editing. If you are shooting...

It's a deal then?

The fine pitch props can be very efficient lifters but with a quad you can get a slow yaw response. There is a balance between dia and pitch that provides the best flight performance that is not lifting efficiency alone. Trial and error is the best test that I know of.

I have been using some of my old 14x4,7 APC's that had damaged tips. I cut then down to 11" dia and they are now my best prop. combination. It means my next fully shrouded design can be much smaller. Cold weather is not such a problem here in Cyp.

OK so here is an official entry, hope this gets some people motivated as time is running out.

http://vimeo.com/32002296

Nice rotationals.

Dave It's early days but I have a proof of concept design that works. Manufacturing in Cyprus is a bad idea so I will outsource that after a few more preproduction tests. I would consider this to be a major breakthrough for what is a badly needed solution thats affordable small and light.

For what it's worth I am using 7.4 volts to my servos on the camera mount (DJI system). You need as much speed from the servos as you can get with high res servos. Also I changed to direct drive from the geared mount. This is quite different from my own camera stabiliser which can work with 4-1...

Goeff Only color correction on a couple of clips. Working with AVCHD is a pain on non intel macs. My PC laptop does not have enough power to run After Effects. The camera does a lot of the stabilisation.

I tried the wookong on a pro shoot to see how it compares with my AC boards. It was interesting to hear some PM comments about the cost of my machines. The Duey airframe cost less than 50 euros and 40 hours work - somewhat cheaper than a droidworx and camera mount. This shoot was done with just...

http://vimeo.com/31892756

Don't tell me! it involves a snowman!!! with that regular music for flying in the snow.

Task was not even attempted. Funny for 15 seconds but apart from that it has nothing at all to do with the contest rules. As JM said "you cannot be serious man".