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Summoned once again by the roar of propane burners, we deployed over the Labor Day weekend to the vibrant, artistic town of Sequim on the tip of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Our mission: to fly its inaugural hot air balloon festival. We've already posted a gallery of still images...

This is a video that we know a lot people have been waiting for, so I'm going to forgo my usual florid preamble and give you the link: As regular viewers will recall, Robert over at UAVProducts.com, formerly DJI USA <ding!>, provided us with an S800 hexacopter as well as a WooKong-M flight...

To begin with, a disclaimer: there isn't a whole lot of actual flying in this video. Although RQCX-3 “Raven” got into the air a half dozen times while we were filming it, our primary focus was the action on the surface of the water – and beneath it – during our visit to the Tualatin Crawfish...

To be honest, I'm still not completely sure how all of this happened... A couple of months ago, someone over at FLIR – the world leader in thermal imaging – approached us to see if we would like to try flying some of their hardware. Our initial response was stunned silence, brought on by...

Robert over at UAVProducts.com (formerly DJI USA) is big fan of our work, which has been to our benefit because we've been impressed with all of the DJI products that we've been able to play with so far. He came on board as a sponsor after we released our original “DJI NAZA Unboxing...

Probably the best thing about this whole entire multirotor FPV project – apart from how it solved a problem that I was having with too much free time and too much extra money – is all of the great people we've met because of it. Three of them – Aaron, Amber and Kyle – run a high-tech company...

Stephen Colbert says and does a lot of outlandish things, but when he introduced the “Banana Bunker” on his June 11 show, I was agog. The whole concept seemed so utterly absurd, and was made all the more so by the company's own marketing video – which showed a bunkered banana being dropped from...

Here is our video about the new NAZA GPS module: We installed it into RQCX-3 “Raven,” our flagship FPV hexacopter – which was also featured in our original NAZA video. Overall, it was a straight-forward process: plug it in, mount it, calibrate it, fly it. Almost right out of the box, Raven...

Here is a video we put together that will show you how to install a NAZA on your Gaui 330x. Just like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, these really are two great tastes that go great together: There is some history behind this project: RQCX-1 “Little Bird” started out as a Gaui 330x, as you...

Big news this morning regarding the Academy of Model Aeronautics and its stance with regards to FPV flying. Take a minute and get involved: First, the AMA has released a survey, asking about FPV RC flying. If you fly FPV, or aspire to, I'd urge you to complete the survey. Hopefully, this will...

Earlier this year, we traveled north from our home base in Portland, Oregon, to the tiny town of Winthrop, Washington – the literal end of the road. One day during our visit, we drove a couple of miles past the cabin where we were staying and found a prominent warning sign posted right in the...

When FoxTechFPV.com promised “The BEST 1080P Full HD FPV Camera in the World,” you had to know we were going to pick one up to test out. As you'll see in our latest video, there is a lot to like: It costs $100 less and weighs half as much as a GoPro, it can take power directly from...

Fair warning – this is a very long video. I expect that only the most dedicated and hearty souls will see all of it. There is no new aerial footage, just Techinstein and me sitting in dark with a PowerPoint presentation, talking about the fundamentals of FPV multirotor operations. We gave...

Greetings! I didn't so much discover this forum as it discovered me -- and Techinstein -- my friend and cohort in the Roswell Flight Test Crew. Apparently, he's been lurking around here for a while (he said that he's seen some good discussions), but I'd never even heard of this forum until I...