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First crash! My hex fell out of the sky from about 40 metres on Sunday (for the superstitious - I think it was its 13th flight). One moment it was hovering, the next, plummeting. Fortunately (due to a lot of rain) the ground was very soft. It fell vertically without rotating and the legs buried...

The cymbal bag *is* a great idea, but sadly not mine. I asked a question in the general discussion forum. It does need to be a 24" bag to accommodate an F550 (I tried a few alternatives first). Yep - keen eyes, Bart. Carpet tape. It's good stuff.

Thought I'd share some bits I've changed/added to my F550. A folding GPS stalk (eBay, needed some copper grease on the thread but works well). Some legs (came from the US with imperial fixings. Need to replace them with some metric stuff.) A cradle I've constructed for my Canon s95 to...

Great, thanks for your help.

It's an R2008SB - paired with a Futaba T8J.

Hello all Anyone know if I can use my spare channel for something else - this: http://littlesmartthings.com/tinysnapper/ - if my receiver is connected to the Naza v2 with S-Bus? It doesn't block the channels even if it's not using them, does it? Thanks. Rupert.

What's the breeziest wind you'll fly your multicopter in? I'm itching to take my F550 out for its second flight, but the forecast is for 20mph winds this weekend.

Great idea! Thanks.

Top work! I really felt like I should keep it low and near me on my first flight yesterday - why was it so scary?! Which mode were you flying in? I stuck to GPS. My flight was also pretty windy - you can see the F550 tipping into the wind to try and hold position in my vid. What was the spec of...

How do you carry your multi rotor? They're quite big spindly things (I have a DJI F550) and awkward to hold. I'd prefer to transport mine around on the back of a motorbike, and the only thing I can think of is a suitcase with foam inside (short of just strapping the thing down). Any...

Thanks Bart. I'll do the calibrating again. The slightly odd thing is that I had two flights with different batteries (identical in specs) and I didn't have the warning lights with the first one.

Woo! Had my first flight today (of my F550) and it didn't crash or disappear into the distance. I even felt confident enough to strap on a GoPro after a bit of flying around. Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3xmxGGIUUY One question. The LED was doing a double green flash while...

Thanks for the swift and detailed response. I thought it would probably be something to do with the GPS signal as it was very close to the house and it was its first proper trip outside. I'll check the sticks are centred again. One question though - does the throttle also have to be...

So just completed an anchored full power test of my F550. It seemed to be okay, but one odd thing was that the motors didn't respond to the throttle on the Tx at all until it reached about 55%. Is this normal? I filmed the test - here's me holding the Tx in front of the camera while I throttle...

Hello all I've been following this (very good) thread for a few weeks and I've built myself an F550, which is almost ready for its first flight. I've set up my Naza v2 and Futaba T8J with switches working for orientation modes and flight modes (inc failsafe) - but I'm struggling to set up a...

So I've been following the Group Build thread and I've thrown* together an F550. I've reached the stage where I need to set the Naza's parameters and it seems to connect to the Assistant software okay (running on Windows 7 on Bootcamp on a Mac), but I can't do anything because the software won't...

Hello all I'm thinking of putting together a hex (DJI F550) to take stills with. I have zero flying experience so I was thinking of getting a cheap (<£50) micro quad to practise with. Will I learn anything by doing this, or are the cheap ones hamstrung with dumbed down controls? I did wonder if...

Thinking of building a hex. I'll have questions. Lots of them. Sorry about that. Rupert.