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Is anyone here that has a circa 2013 Wokong M (the one in the plastic case) having issues with the GPS or compass failing? My GPS is taking over 15 minutes to find any satellites. A friend with the same setup had to replace his GPS/compass due to a compass calibration issue and we know a third...

I took my SkyJib coax octo out for a spin today. Unfortunately when I connected the battery two of the bottom motors were beeping as though they had no connection to them. I armed it anyway and only the top four motors spun up. So tonight I've been testing it on the bench. It really seems to...

Is anyone here a member of the SMPTE? I'm just looking for some feedback as to if it's a good organization to be a member of? They appear to have a strong chapter in Australia and I thought it might be good to get involved with some industry types. TIA

Andrew Tridgell, who is the lead developer for the open source Arudpilot code used in 3DR flight controllers, did a flight demo at LinuxConf 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand last week. Not only did he demonstrate that the flight controller code could run on Linux but it could do so while the Linux...

I had the wonderful opportunity to fly over to New Zealand for a conference last week in Auckand. I ducked out one afternoon, hired a car and drove a couple hours South for a visit with the Aeronavics team in Raglan. They operate from a lovely property just out of town and I had the chance to...

Occasionally I have seen incidents where a copter becomes uncontrollable. Users often times conclude that the cause might be radio interference, typically in the 2.4Ghz range that our Tx use. A very reliable source told me that the incident in Geraldton Australia, where a women participating in...

This has to be one of the most creative videos I've seen done from a multirotor. It also seems very unsafe. Would you do such a shoot? No way it would ever be approved in Australia. Here is a pic of the rig they used: http://instagram.com/p/sY1QFWiSqg/

A friend just sent me this link. Has anyone heard of this company and/or tried their copters? Sounds interesting:

I put a SuperX on my hexacopter after having a lot of issues with another flight controller and it worked great. Very easy to set up and fly with no issues. I was so happy with it I decided to put on on my Aeronavics CX-600 quad as well. I've taken it out for three tests now and although it's...

I helped a friend maiden his 3DR Iris RTF quad today. Other than the throttle being a bit too responsive for my preferences, it flew like a dream. Smooth and rock solid. I put it in Loiter (GPS) mode for my friend's first attempt at flying a quad and he did great. No problem at all. Given that...

Does anyone have any info/experience with the CAME 6000 gimbal? It looks like a very clean build and I'm not overly impressed with my Aura gimbal right now. It does look a bit wide to mount on a Skyjib but I think it wouldn't be hard to modify. I'd be using it with a Panasonic GH4. Thanks

I was lucky enough to attend the two day sUSB Expo in San Francisco recently. Wow! Wow! Wow! It was just fantastic. Quite a few of the presentations have been put online if you want to check them out. I also wrote a bit about it on my blog at http://dazza.id.au.

Although I'm living in Australia now, I try to get back to California to visit family from time to time. This time around I decided that I would visit Brooks Institute in Ventura where I received my degree in 1977. For some time now I've been wondering how digital photography would have changed...

I've been trying to get a Copter Frames Aura gimbal to on my SkyJib X4 without much success. It just doesn't seem to have the power to keep the camera stable. I'm using an AlexMos controller with it. The Nikon D600 camera/lens weight is 1150 grams. Anyone have any recommendations for a two...

Hopefully this will be an easy one for someone out there in MRFland. I'm having issues trying to calibrate my ESCs on a SkyJib. No matter what I do they just won't go in to calibration mode. What's the secret? They are 40Amp T-Motor ESCs I'm using a Taranis Tx with inbuilt tx mode FrSky...

I have some new 'in the box' DJI gear that I'm selling as it looks like I won't be using it. I'll offer it at a good discount to fellow forum members . And I'll throw in shipping by FedEx as a bonus. DJI Wookong M IMU CPU - Multicopter AutoPilot with v3 GPS OS MkII (v5) - WookongM - Videon on...

I assume that the brushless motors we use are considered disposable rather than repairable but I'm curious about them. I have two MN4014-11 motors that don't turn anymore after a crash. They just wiggle back and forth like motors due when only two wires are connected. I checked the wiring and...

After my sad maiden flight with a SkyJib Lite X4 coax Ti using APM 2.5 and Arducopter I decided to distract myself by building a CX. I wanted something small enough to travel overseas with and this may be perfect for that. I have just finished the basic build and will be mounting the motors...

Over the past few weeks I've been building one of the new Titanium series Droidworx birds. I'm taking a slightly different path in that I've set it up with the 3DR APM flight controller having a lot of experience with that system. I'm involved with the Canberra UAV group that was formed to...

Hi everyone, just a quick intro. I lived in California (primarily) until I moved to Australia in 1988. I'm an ex commercial photographer (Brooks Institute grad if that means anything to people here) so I have a very strong interest in aerial photography. I just left my paid job as a Unix Sys...