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Cincinnati, OH
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've been flying rc airplanes for a bit, did a senior design project with arduino's and automation that eventually led me to interest here.
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"Will it dream?"
":( I'm scared to fly my safeflightcopter now. It's irreplaceable."
"So, at a max payload of 7kgs... is all that weight supported by the mount attached to the pcb board? Is there worry of the pcb breaking?"
"What kind of magnet do you have on the box?"
"I'd imagine you'd be able to hold more weight if you made a mount that prevented the package from rolling along the EPM's axis. Look at how bombs and drop tanks are mounted on airplanes: …"
"Anyone flown theirs yet? Mine should arrive in a few days; was going to paint it a light gunmetal color. I got 4 rctimer motors and the Qbrain esc. Looking forward to flying it."
"The camera seems to work fine. I'll try to go to a park or something, film some video, and post it in a few days or so. I noticed, if you take a picture while it's taking video, it will stop the video and take the picture. So that is something…"
"The self leveling feature is kinda jerky, so for filming I turn that feature off so I get smoother shots. I haven't played around with the heading hold or return to tx features too much, but at like 10-15ft it does return back to the tx. I'll keep…"
"Helimax has come out with the 1Si, which is a clone of this quad. I got one, looks just like a mini Phantom right down to the led's on the arms and the battery compartment. Not as nimble as my Nano Qx, but the video isn't bad."
"Here is my setup. My Y6 was a Hex conversion so I just cut down one of my old arms and attached the gimbal to it. I feed the wires through the arm and put the gimbal battery on the other side of the Y6 to balance it out a bit. It flies well!"
"I did the same thing with my Y6, a thin fishing line with a lot of slack."
"What motors are you guys using? I saw they had suggestions. How long does something usually take to come from RCTimer?"
"1 meter drop??? you could try landing softer..."
"Yeah, i was thinking that's gonna be the easiest route. I think i'll do that. Doing a demo at the airforce museum saturday. I'll post pictures."
"I think i'll do the same sort of thing with my y6, but extend an arm between the front two to hold the ghost out in front so the copter is hidden behind, and extend the back arm and put the battery back there for balance."
"I didn't think your comment was a personal offense against Dany. I just though it was you saying that we shouldn't post things that make IRIS look bad, or give it bad publicity. Being an open source community I disagreed with that view point. …"
