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Some background. I've been commercially shooting aerial part-time for 8 years and started with the multi-way with discrete gyros... so long ago! While not overly-active with models now days (most of my commercial work is with a full-size) I do however mentor several people giving a non-sales...

Question time! We have been asked if we can operate a large machine... most likely the Alta + GH4/movi in mountainous areas of Asia. We suspect probably over 13K'... but it's still in discussion phase. We know about insulating batteries for cold (woolen socks + bubble-wrap are great) but as...

A bunch of mature quad-copter racers compete in packs of 5 or more through obstacles. Damn difficult to video... don't judge me until you have tried it!!! In New Zealand (about the same size as the UK) we now have 3 meetings planned around the country. What a blast... and the winner of the day...

After several friends have had close calls (and a lost house) due to lipo batteries igniting, I have devised and tested an easy (and cheap) way to minimize the fire damage. I use a deep baking dish for the battery. I use silica (paving) sand in a plastic or polythene bag and place it over the...

I'm throwing this out there in the general as I'm not convinced this is a machine-specific issue... DW Skyjib Ti with retracts. Hexa Dimensions are: Width Motor centre to centre: 1020mm Weight: 7.85Kg MAUW Height: 610mm gear down TX: Spektrum DX9 RX: Spektrum AR8000 Telemetry...

My diy small balsa/fibreglass Y6 was good but I wanted something bigger that would handle the wind. I needed to carry a brushless gimbal/Gopro2 or my Panny LX3 for stills. It needed to fold for travelling. Run on 4S5000 packs as that is what I use on my Droidworx VM6 I should be more...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/9658198/Raglans-droid-enjoying-worldwide-exposure Going bigger and bigger... Pete

HFP has a 18v input max. Those here that are running 6S... I know the HFP has on-board 5v regulators so we need to run a UBEC... but are you using 24>12v or are you going lower? Just curious... ;) Cheers Pete

Ok... a bit of a noob question from a multi semi-veteran! I fly Hoverfly, Multiwii, KK, CC... I have been reading the Naza M V2 instructions and little comparison and clarification would be nice ;) I am used to Hoverfly where manual-mode is exactly that - no altitude hold unless...

Hi guys. I'm helping a noob out who has powered up his DW SL lite for the first time tonight... and the smoke escaped from an ESC when the motors first moved (6S pack) (without props). The ESC still runs... Photos below... For those that have used this (DW supplied) setup and parts, has...

Congrats to Linda, Rob and co Droidworx are based at Raglan in the Waikato province in New Zealand. Waikato also holds the biggest Agricultural Fieldays in the southern hemisphere. The Fieldays are huge... http://www.fieldays.co.nz/ Two Raglan entrepreneurs are flying high after their...

I am new to Multiiwii... I have just bought a Paris 4.0 r6 pre-programmed for Y6. I have: calibrated the tx/rx to the GUI 2.2 for 1095/1500/1905 Calibrated each esc The TX movements are good on the GUI. I unplugged the usb and connected the battery and it all lights up good. Now the...

I built a wood and Hobbyking carbon sheet folding Y6 using RCT2836/11 750Kv motors and it went really well... ... so well that a club mate wanted it and bought it. Time to design my "good Y6" I started with ordering Sunnysky X2212 980Kv motors and 18A Plush esc's. I was going to use...

I picked up a 2nd-hand Sport board a month or so back. I tried it in a TBS Discovery-style diy quad and I experienced pitch drops during yawing turns and also when descending. Straight and level - it was great until you start to slow down/descend, then the motors sound like they almost cut...

I have been looking at a model suitable for travelling / tramping. I built a travel Tricopter over two years ago and it was brilliant :D Time to go for an fpv folding Y6. I will look at some Sunnysky motors but I have a dozen spare RCTimer 2836/11's - so today I built a Y6. 630mm m-m 18mm...

I was interviewed by my local paper about "drones" (and my distaste for that name) and it was looking at the use of rc UAVs in Waikato, New Zealand. Unfortunately (actually... I was pretty pissed) my VM-6 flipped 20' up two days before my interview (thanks Hoverfly firmware 4.6) so I had to use...

I want to roll back to 4.3.802 and while I have flashed the board, I need the old Setup Client... which isn't available. Any secrets I don't know about? Pete

I'm starting this for a laugh. What has gone wrong in a photoshoot that you are willing to share afterwards! I back onto a park. A hot air balloon flew onto my park this morning and tethered. I asked if they minded if I flew around them... it went really well. Photos and stills - I...

I have the Skyline fitted to my diy mount. I have an Align DS610 (same as a Savox 1258) on the roll pinion and it's great. I have a Turnigy something on the tilt and is is glitching away... so I'll replace it with another good digital servo. I can use a get another 1258 but is there a...

I have not used the ODS in the past so I have nothing to compare this to. I have flashed the latest firmware and started from the beginning with temp and the acc calibration process. I have done this twice, getting the same results. The horizon is not level... and it should be. It is level...