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    Vulcan Mantis test flights 2 + 3

    Had much more success today, in fairly gusty conditions it flew brilliantly and GPS lock was spot on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqwyDb4pcs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VES2iRfpX88
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    Lucky escape on first test flight

    Hi All, Video link to my first test flight today, had a lucky escape after a motor/ speed controller failed. What do you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAoIn9JUF5U&feature=youtu.be
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    My build so far

    Hey all, Thought you might be interested in some pics of my build so far, it's a Vulcan Mantis 1080 hexa, running on 6s with DJI WKM. just waiting for my Zenmuse to arrive this week and I can get my NEX 7 onboard and get a test fly.
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    What would you buy for £10k-£15k

    Hi guys, just getting back into multi's after a while out of it and want to get going with a professional rig, what would you buy/ build with a budget of £10-£15k? what flight controller, airframe, gimbal etc and what camera would you want. It would be for professional AP use. How would you say...
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    GPS hold for bigger Hexa

    Hi all, can anyone tell me if they have found some settings that work well on GPS hold for a bigger Hexa, about 3-3.5kg at takeoff, last time we tried it it was toilet bowling quite a lot, haven't updated the firmware in a while (probably since last October/November) so going to update it all...
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    Boom Clamps

    Hey all, does anyone know where I can find a good supply of boom clamps, the type most people use to mount arm etc, not sure what diamete I want yet, guess it will partly be dictated by whats available in good numbers at a good price.
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    Using 2.4 Ghz for camera control

    Hey all, at the moment we are using a 35Mhz radio set for the camera operator to avoid any interference with the control radio, however I have seen quite a few videos were people are using 2.4Ghz for both copter control and camera control, is this OK to do as I want to replace the radio set we...
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    Arducopter controller complete with xbee telemetry modules

    I have for sale a complete arducopter control board with GPS and magnotometer, and both xbee telemetry modules all in very good condition, not flown much as changed over to DJI wookong, open to offers.
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    MK highlander type legs

    Hi guys, I'm after 3 no MK highlander type undercarriage legs, either genuine or an equivalent, any idea where the best place in the UK is to get them?
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    WKM gain settings

    Hi All, just wondering what gain settings others are using on the bigger multi's, I have taken my gains upto 300% on pitch and roll, left yaw and alt at 100% and dropped atti down to both 65%, but it still moves around alot in GPS mode, should I take yaw and alt up higher? these seem to function...
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    Lense advice for Sony NEX 5

    Hi all, I have a 18-55 lense on my NEX 5 at the moment but it's a big old lump (about 200g) and probably not best suited to AP, can anyone suggest a better lense as I know a few people are using this camera.
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    First flight with DJI Wookong

    Got my first test flight with DJI Wookong last night, big thanks to Droider for getting it to me and top marks to Quadcopters.co.uk for sorting it out even though Geoff was on holiday! Great service. We spent 20 mins after the flight trying to find words to describe it, altitude control in atti...
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    Gyro Board for Camera Gimbal

    Hi all, we are nearly there with our hexa build now and should be getting some test flights in a few days, our attention now is turning to the camera gimbal, again it is something we are going to make from scratch, it will have pan, tilt and roll and be controlled by a seperate radio system and...
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    Newbie from UK

    Hi all, me and a couple of friends have started to build a hexacopter using the ardupilot board, weve built the frame from scratch and intend to use it for AP. I did my hel A cert a couple of years ago but can't find the certificate, anyone know if the BMFA keep records?, is it only an A cert...
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