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    Skyjib X4 - KDE 5215 435

    Skyjib X8 Heavy Lift This is a custom built Skyjib X8 Heavy Lift Motors 8x KDE 5215XF 435 Flight Controller: MK 2.5 FC Navi Ctrl 2.1 GPS 2.1 + External Compass Mavlink Telemetry for Jeti Protocol ESC: Hercules III ESC (and I will include an entire second Hercules III board in the package...
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    Herkules III Octo XL - $1000USD

    The board has been flown about 20 flights and performs great. Pristine German engineering, I've been very very happy with how the Herkuless III performs, currently capable of lifting 17.5kgs and only drawing 20amps / motor on an X8 rig. Well within the ratings. See...
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    FREEFLY Systems Freefly ALTA, RTF collapsible hexacopter

    The way it looked to me, top mounting the movi you could leave the gear attached as per normal (however take it off since it's extra resistance on the pan motor) and you simply land on the battery plate, given the batteries are on the top side of the plate when it's mounted beneath the hub. I'm...
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    Mikrokopter Newbie to Mikrokopter

    Hi Steve, Yep I talked with Andreas too, he is always so helpful! Cutting the cable makes it much more flexible which is nice. I'm installing on my SkyJib frame, I think you sold yours, but if you were doing the same, would you put the GPS+GPS Cover above the cage? I assume having the crash...
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    Mikrokopter Newbie to Mikrokopter

    Hey Baja, I've just swapped to MK too and looking at wiring up the herk. Do you have a ribbon cable connecting top + bottom board, and then just the white molex to the FC 2.5? Or do you not need to connect the top + bottom boards with the ribbon cable? (If so.. did you cut the ground wire on it...
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx New Build Planned - SkyJib-X4 Heavy Retractable

    Steve, I would also owe you one if you could share my way too. been looking for exactly this lately, Cheers, Cam
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    Pixhawk the new flight controller from 3DR

    I'm the opposite of you dazzab, sort of. I started with APM on my skyjib x4 heavy (I also run APM on my TBS discovery), then when I realised apm and octo's weren't friendly, swapped to DJI wkm, was not at all impressed with the backend, tuning, and mode options, and I've just got a new pixhawk...
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx U7 Motor mounts for skyjib coax

    Are the droidworx booms strong enough for an X4 U7 setup?
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx Skyjib QR - Changing COG

    Centre Of Gravity - Just tossing around how much changing the weight distribution vertically might affect the flight characteristics of the craft. I'm sure it can be accommodated with gains easily, but curious if anyone actually noticed any difference
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx Skyjib QR - Changing COG

    Has anyone made the upgrade to the new QR system, and if so (or even theoretically) how does the COG change affect flight? COG will now be higher relative to the non-QR system, curious if this creates a positive or negative impact.
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    Wkm 5.22 firmware

    Baja, will the BT LED indicator still function (not in bluetooth mode, just as an indicator) if I'm running FW 5.20? I'm installing hardware now on my skyjib and can either drop in the regular LED or the BT one..
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    Airware osFlex Quad

    Has anyone heard of/tried this FC? It's way up the pricey end of the spectrum.. Backed by google ventures http://www.airware.com/products/osflexquad/
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    MultiWii / NAZE / SP Racing F3 APM 2.5 / 2.6 on 6S setup

    Thanks Dazzab, good to hear another opinion on the power conundrum! A meet-up would be great, I'm still a little while away from air worthyness, a few more weeks and I will be close. If it's before the end of the snow season I might swing by canberra for a rip around
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    MultiWii / NAZE / SP Racing F3 APM 2.5 / 2.6 on 6S setup

    Hey guys, have been successfully running a TBS discovery on APM 2.5 and now building a SkyJib X4 Heavy with an APM 2.6 module. I was wonder if anyone has experimented with the best solution for powering the unit on a 6S setup? The options I'm considering are: Running a 2S lipo and BEC, buck...
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    prop balancer

    Kloner, do you balance by adding weight or removing? I've been using nail varnish to paint under my props, but have always been curious if using sandpaper to remove fibre is any better?
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx New Build Planned - SkyJib-X4 Heavy Retractable

    Hi Boris, Just spoke to Novalee over at Droidworx, she's been a huge help through my buying process so far, really great crew and support from droidworx! They just got a shipment of the T-Motor Carbons, 15x5's and a new size not listed on their site, 17x5.8's. She said the tech guys recommend...
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx New Build Planned - SkyJib-X4 Heavy Retractable

    Good to know you've tried them all! Thanks for the info. Be interested to know how the 16 x 5.4's go. I think the heaviest camera I'll be lifting will be black magic cinema.. no RED in the plans as yet. Do you think it would be more worthwhile with the larger props or the 15x 5.5's will be...
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    Aeronavics / Droidworx New Build Planned - SkyJib-X4 Heavy Retractable

    Baja, particular preference for flying the T-Motor Carbon's as opposed to the Xoar 15 x 5? Still deciding which props to go with on a very similar setup to yours Cheers, Cam
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    Pre Flight Checks

    Thanks for posting this Dave! In the future it would be nice if there was a master safety checklist that is Aviation Approved in the relevant countries and help streamline certification processes and manage risks. Good to see what your doing. Cheers, Cam
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    new and suffering from info overload....

    I agree with Silverburn, my first quad build was an Arducopter FC (APM 2.5). Built a TBS Discovery with it, OSD and telemetry, PID's tuned and happily flying on a number of modes in a week from beginning to completion. Certainly not the worst option, and you'll learn a great deal out of it
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