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So I just ran my new 8000mah 5s Zippys through the octo. She ran for about 12-13 minutes and landed when my plug in battery alarms read 3.7v 'ish per cell. Packs were quite cool, only just beginning to warm. When I plugged them into my Cellpro 8, it tells me that I have 33% still left in the...

So, with improving smaller cam tech and new releases like the Black Magic Pocket, we no longer really need to be flying 7kg octocopters to get pro footage (with the exception of Epics etc). What would your ideal light weight setup be? Lets use the Black Magic Pocket Cam as our example. I've...

We've been asked to get a shot for a short film. The shot requires flying out and upwards from close to an upstairs window and getting an overall shot of the area. Problem is, they want the area to be residential/built up. My answer was to say that this isn't possible. I said that they should...

I've just fit the InfinityM brushless gimbal to my chopper and its all working together beautifully. The only problem is that now, with the extra weight, my 5500mah gens ace 25c 18.5v are getting a little too warm. I can't up my props as this makes the problem worse and destroys my stability, so...

Do any of you lovely people know of a supplier in the UK selling DSLR size BL gimbals? Big enough to cope with a GH3 or similair. All I can find is gopro based ones. I've found plenty in the US but absolutely none over here. Alex Expert model destroyer and aerial photographer!

This has happened a few times, on a few different firmwares recently. All of a sudden the led will flash blue and ill hear the motors rev for a split second and then I'll have control again. The copter is very briefly entering failsafe and then picking up signal again. Anybody else ran into...

I've been flying the AD8 for a couple of years now on a wkm. It's performed beautifully but I've always had a yaw problem. If I yaw to the right it's all fine. If I yaw to the left it will carry on yawing for 10-20 degrees after I release the sticks. I've been able to live with this for a while...

I've noticed that the joint that connects the av200 360 mount to my AD8 is quite wobbly/fragile. This is fine, as I'm careful with it....but I can't turn up my RSGS gimbal stabilisation gains due to this. I can set my roll gains on the RSGS to 600 on the bench and have no oscillations even...

I'm currently triggering my nex using a gentled. This gives me the ability to take photos and video, but it will not trigger photos when the camera is in the panoramic mode. Have any of you guys figured out a way of getting this to work without mechanical triggering or hacking the switch?

Is anyone flying 5.12a on a flat octo with a traditional RX? If so how is it performing? I'm on 5.06 at the moment and am happy but would like to update. There was a thread on here a while ago with someone testing this config and they said that it was ok, but it was early days. I'm just...

So like an idiot I accidentally flew a set of storage charged batteries and not my fully charged ones (dont ask how). The packs are 5s Gens Ace 5500mah 25C. And I've depleted them to 16.6v..........unloaded! They were only very slightly warm, and were instantly put in a fridge when I realised...

http://quadcopters.co.uk/11x5-carbon-fiber-propeller-pair-353-p.asp I'm after a new set of props for my heavy lift AD8. I'm currently flying 10x5 xoar's, and enjoy the fact that I know they're not going to throw a blade or get brittle in cold air. How are these carbon props holding up for...

My WKM powered AD8, which usually holds perfectly was wondering quite a bit in GPS when I flew today. The sky is quite overcast, but i'm still getting full GPS lock. Would the cloud be causing this sudden toilet bowl/wandering? Cheers

Hi, Looking for a bit of info from guys who have done the BNUC-S qualification. I'm looking at booking myself in for the ground school and examination for the BNUC-S. The website dictates that I require the relevant insurance to fly when it comes to the flight test. Is this specific UAS...

Hi We had an unexpected test of the failsafe feature on our AD8 HLE the other day. There was a problem with the lead that connects my jr11x to the EZuhf unit and it lost signal mid flight. I'd been terrified of testing the failsafe for some reason, but it worked nicely...still, it was horrible...

Ok, so on my AD8 HLE I run 2x 5500mAh 5s lipos. I have two lipo monitors on the back of the bird which give a digital readout of: the full pack voltage and the seperate voltages of each cell. When flying I tend to land when the monitors are reading 3.6 - 3.7v per cell in a hover. Once i've...

I'm flying a droidworx AD8 HLE with av200 and an all up flying weight of around 5.5 - 6kg I've been flying for some time now with basic gains at 140-150% and the atitude gains set to around 130-140. I noticed that people have said there are major problems with the wkm in wind when flown on...

Just a quick question to settle my mind. I'm running a jr11x and ezuhf system on my octo. I've saved a fail safe setting to the ezuhf rx so that when I turn the tx off the assistant software jumps into fails are mode with all sticks centred. Is this ok/set up complete? I've also selected go...

Hi guys, I've got a lovely set of xoar 10x5 electric beechwood props on my heavy lift octo. My question is... How long do wooden props last before they're likely to fail? Hard question, I know. A better way to put it might be how many flights would you feel comfortable putting through a set...

I'm running a JR 11x and EzUHF system on my octo. I set the failsafe, but whenever I turn off the transmitter the arrow in the tx calibration jumps between failsafe and the mode it was previousley in about once per second. Anybody else encounter this? I've tried lots of different things but...