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  1. filmfly

    Next tech developments for UAS - AHS Unmanned Systems Meeting

    As I was reading over the things being discussed at next week's "Specialists' Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems", I realized quite a lot of you would likely be pretty interested. This is a technical conference being presented by the Arizona chapter of AHS International, which is "the...
  2. filmfly

    Association of Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems - ACUAS.org

    Now that Multirotor Forums is cruising along with new features and looking great (congratulations Bart, nice work!) I wanted to give you all an update on the Association of Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ACUAS). In the few weeks since this organization has been sparked into life...
  3. filmfly

    Representation for Commercial sUAS

    As many have been discussing on other threads, there have been a lot of changes for us over the past year. Yet for the most part we as the users of sUAS have not had a say in those changes at all. This technology can do amazing, incredibly useful things for people, yet as of now in the United...
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    Event Follow-up: New York City Drone Users Group Takes to the Skies over New Jersey

    Sunday Aug 17, 2014 Warm sunshine, a light breeze, and white, puffy clouds high above the corn fields of Central New Jersey provided a pristine backdrop for today’s fly-in of the New York City Drone Users Group, or NYCDUG. UAS hobby pilots and enthusiasts came together on short notice this...
  5. filmfly

    East Coast Multirotor Pilot Meetup - July 6 maybe?

    Now that it's full-on summer flying season it would be great to find a time to get more of us together in person to meet, show off what we've built, and fly! I'll throw out a date of Sunday July 6. Location depends on you! I'm in Central New Jersey (near Bart), but depending on who wants to...
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    Props - which are the best propeller brands?

    Couldn't find this in another thread yet (though I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere): what brands of propellers do you guys prefer? It seems, as with all multirotor components, there are a lot to choose from. For a medium-sized hex or octo, what types (cf, wood?) should I look at, and...
  7. filmfly

    Frame Size - 900 or 1200?

    Hi guys, I'm putting together a component list for my first aircraft built for aerial video work. I was originally planning a hex but reading on experience from people here I've decided to go for a Y6. The question now, though, is should I go with a 900mm frame or 1200mm? I haven't...
  8. filmfly

    Launching into great things

    Hello everyone, I am pleased to meet you all. With a background working on Hollywood movies and as a pilot of real helicopters, it was of course only a matter of time before I found myself here. But it's so great to see what is already being accomplished by the members of this community, I...
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