Comment by Carl La France on August 19, 2012 at 11:36am

Hi Mike Good to see you are back in the Air! What I like about FPV is I get to see what it is like in other parts of the world .I can see mountains in the background! I am not a Quad guy But There are people on here that might have some suggestions for helping to orientate your Quad  Have a great day Mike!

Comment by Dennis Baldwin on August 20, 2012 at 7:08am

Very nice. Aside from when you're maneuvering the quad around the vid looks fairly stable. Are you flying with APM 2.0?

Comment by Mike Thorlin on August 20, 2012 at 9:20am

Hi Carl!  Yes, I enjoy seeing videos of other Droner's regions...  I especially like the videos I see out of Europe.  I have decided to add a large piece of foam in the Aft area of the Quad, mostly for visibility, but also for stability in forward flight.... I suppose it may make it tough flying sideways, dragging that end to the rear like a wind vane, but we'll see.  I need to post some pictures of the quad.  I've attached two fiberglass tubes running forward/rearward, side by side, in order to provide a scaffolding or "fuselage" that I have used to attach the vide transmitter and a forward viewing video camera.  I have the quad configured as an X platform, so it flys with two leading and two trailing props... if that makes any sense.

Comment by Mike Thorlin on August 20, 2012 at 9:23am

Dennis, 

Thanks for viewing the vid.  Yes, I'm using an APM 2.0, one of th early versions with the separate daughter board on top with the integrated GPS.  So far I like it.  I had previously mounted it to the quad with velcro and 4 zip ties through the corner mounting holes.  I then mounted a tupperware bowl for crash protection.  I just re-mounted it with a 3DR APM2 enclosure.  Looks much better and will offer protection, so I will leave off the tupperware...

Take care!

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