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  1. hershey

    Can't activate a camera shutter button with servo anymore

    NAZA, F450, GPS. I have been using a 6 channel Spektrum receiver for months on the above with complete success. I found a way to operate the shutter button on my GoPro with a servo but that required a 7 channel receiver. Made the switch and used 6 channels exactly in the way the 6 channel...
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    Go Pro Hero 2 - Has anyone found a way to remotely snap photos using the transmitter

    I'd like to be able to use the Go Pro shutter button by use of a servo to snap pictures or start stop videos. I'm aware that the wifi option with smartphone is there and I have it but the range is really poor and unpredictable. I'd like to use a simple servo to activate the shutter button but...
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    Two Questions: GPS mount upside down? Can you use a metal shaft for GPS

    F450 quad - NAZA - GPS - GoPro I saw a link where the editor/writer mounted the GPS upside down to keep the bulk of the F450 smaller. http://flitetest.com/articles/f450-quadcopter-fun If possible, do you use the same configuration on the setup to achieve proper orentation???? Has anyone done...
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    Camera trick for F450 and NAZA

    I've tried several of the cheap low resolution cameras on my quad. No gimble. They gave generally poor performance. I recently got a new smartphone. My old smartphone had a pretty good little camera on it so I make a mount with velcro to mount the old smartphone and it has given me some...
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    How can a quad change programing by itself????

    F450 quad, NAZA, GPS, 2200 mah 3 cell, 10" props, DX7S radio My programing hasn't changed since I got the quad in January. Today, first battery everything normal. OCS, GPS, mode. Second battery, the quad would drift as if it were in ATT mode, kind of a circular pattern about 10yards circle...
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    Control board for second DJI F450. Cheap?

    I have a DJI F450 with GPS and NAZA. Works way better than I could ever believe. I now want to build a second F450 with same motor and speed control and receiver - BUT: I don't want to use the NAZA control board. I want something I can take some chances with, try some stunt flying etc but I...
  7. hershey

    DX7s with 7 channel receiver.

    Running dx7 with a 7 channel receiver (its failsafe programable) I have the GPS-Att-Man on 3way flap switch. IOC on gear 2way switch. I would like to add Return to Home to my setup. Return to Home but NOT LAND. Can I just pick an unused toggle, make sure that the gear switch is in the off...
  8. hershey

    F450 quad frame?

    I'm flying the F 450 quad. Everything is going well, way beyond my expectations and experience. In the 6 weeks that I've been flying the quad I've lost two arms due to their breaking on landings. First was a fairly hard landing in 4" tall grass. It landed and immediately flipped over an...
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    The more I read, the more I'm confused

    I have the F450 w/Naza and a DX7s. I have the three position switch assigned to Manual ATT and GPS My gear switch (2 position) turns on the Orientation Control. When I'm in Manual mode, theres no doubt I'm in manual. I have to fly it all the time for the most part. Very touchy, maybe too...
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    New to NAZA - I'm very tenative about making computer adjustments

    I'm new to quad flying. I have a F450 with NAZA and GPS. Dealer set it up for me and used my laptop to do it so my software is setup and the copter is set to fly manually Auto and GPS. GPS is set to for automatic orientation of the copter so direction isn't a problem. I'm familiar and...
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