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So,  last weeks episode ended with me with my head hanging low and the contemplation that hard drugs and hard alcohol could possibly act as a substitute for my obsession to get into multicopters.

(See http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/things-that-go-up-tears)

That was the past... this weekend I finished replacing my frame with an XAircraft Hexa.  For those unfamiliar with my saga, my jDrones Hexa ended in a pile of twisted metal last Monday night.  Still in a sense of shock, I ordered the XAircraft Hexa Carbon Fiber and Plastic frame from Taiwan, which I recieved Wednesday!  The new frame is about 3" diameter smaller that the old one, but solidly built.  I never wieghed the jDrones with all of the electronics and legs made out of buckets, but this one feels a little heavier.  The 10" blades come within .5" of each other, so there will be no 12" props on this one.  I also woried about the turbulance caused by them being so close. 

By Saturday, the hexa was back in the air!  I flew it with standard default 2.3 setting and it seems to fly fine.  I haven't yet determined the nuances that I should be tweeking, so it can't be all that bad.  took it to a local school (site of the last disaster) and flew it in stabilize, Loiter and RTL.  Everything worked out spectacular, but I may want to play around with Loiter as the radius is about 3 meters. 

I was a very nervous after the last crash that all of the work I put in would end up with me having to get a box to gather up the pieces when this one crashes.  But I am claiming success!

Here's some pics of the thing I am calling "Black Widow".  Partially becsause its black and looks like a spider, and partially because it scares the hell out of me.