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This is just a teaser, if you will. Since @Bartman put me up to this, I have been working with a very sharp E.E. to design a protection circuit with minimal forward V. drop should a cell fail in a two-battery, parallel configuration. More to come!

Hello folks. While picking up the usual odds and ends from HK a few weeks ago, I decided to buy their parallel adapter with XT60 connectors for the F550 build I'm working on. This build will utilize the DJI E310 system and I plan on using two 4000 mAh batteries in parallel. Anyway, to my...

Hello everyone. Please forgive me as this is totally OT to the purpose of this forum, but I'm very nervous and a little upset right now so I hope you'll indulge me a little and maybe even cut me some slack. There was a commercial plane crash over the French Alps today. No one knows what...

For those of you that consider this when you engage in GPS and RF activities, has anyone noticed the K-index yesterday and today? I mean, wow!! http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index

Hello everyone. Well, it had to happen sooner or later, so I guess last night was my turn. It was one of those perfect sunset evenings here with no wind and clear skies. So I got out my F450 and decided to run it more or less full throttle in an oblong course with my custom LED's and strobes...

And now folks, time for something completely different. Why is it always Phantom owners?? :);)

I will miss you, Spock. Leonard Nimoy has departed.:( I know, completely OT. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leonard-nimoy-spock-star-trek-dies-83-n314196 The Spock I grew up with:

:(:(Oh brother. I sincerely hope this is just clueless people being stupid. I guess the alternative scenario would be bad guys doing a dry run before doing something really aweful. In any case, it's just more negative news for us...

Among many of the things I have been mulling over these last few months (new builds, FC's, etc.), is also the possible purchase of a RTF just for the fun of it and to get me started in FPV the "easy" way. I was thinking about the Yuneec Q500, but the deal breaker for me is that the FPV signal...

Hey everyone. I've been mulling over picking up the Naze32 and building either a quad or hex with it, just for the "tinker factor." From what I've read so far the Naze can utilize CPPM, which I assume is a serial connection like S-BUS, but is not the same as S-BUS. Because my only experience...

Oh brother, I guess it was only a matter of time: :( http://time.com/3678745/drones-drugs-meth-mexico-cartel/

This is just an FYI to all (although I'm sure the vets and cracks attending this forum already know about this). I was monitoring a YouTube video today where someone was complaining about yet another Phantom flyaway incident. While reading through all the comments, I noticed one person had...

Oh brother...:( http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inside-drone-school-how-fly-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-n274911

Hello everyone. Just saw this video posted by FliteTest about a new FC from Vector. I've only heard bits and pieces about Vector in the past, so I'm just posting this link as a "That's interesting" sort of thing. Sorry to post it here, but there is no Vector subforum to post. Enjoy!

Excuse the OT post, but: Are @Tahoe Ed, @tahoejmfc , @TahoeTim the same person? Just wondering, really.;)

Just viewed this excellent video on the making of a wire harness. I've been sorta wondering to myself the right way to do this and this vid really helped. So I'd thought I would share: Thanks to Ecks over at RCG for the link and the help.

Hello all. I'm currently mulling over mounting two LED strobes on the forward arms of my quad. Here is a link to the device I am pondering: http://www.flytron.com/light-systems/99-strobon-navigation-strobe-light.html I'd like advice from anyone that's willing to give it on how to physically...

This is slightly OT but rather humorous (at least to me) so I thought I'd seek out what others here have experienced. As of late every time I fly my F450 I find I am pursued and more or less attacked by flocks of birds. This happened to me last week as I was testing a few functions on my...

Are the balance connectors found on LiPo batteries also referred to as JST-XT?

Hello everyone. I currently have the gains set in my Naza Assistant software as follows: Basic: 165 165 150 150 Atti: 100 100 This seems to work just fine when flying my vehicle in either GPS-Atti or just Atti modes. However, the few times I have switched to "manual" mode my F450...