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Albany, NY
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Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Multirotors and flying wings
Hometown:
Albany NY
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"http://www.rc-flysoft.com/pages/switch00_e.htm
These work great. One is a source in Europe and one is in the USA."
These work great. One is a source in Europe and one is in the USA."
"I had no troubles at all. Hardly anyone noticed me flying it or carrying it around."
"I understand your concern in an arid climate, but what do you suggest that we use that has a similar weight to power ratio to lipo?
A fire extinguisher is part of my flying equipment. I have no delusions that it will put out a lipo fire. It won't.…"
A fire extinguisher is part of my flying equipment. I have no delusions that it will put out a lipo fire. It won't.…"
"The Canon ixus 100 needs 5v to trigger but the 5D needs dry contacts."
"I ordered my Sistema container and am going for your idea; Tupperware penthouse."
"Sweet! Dual batteries in the Tupperware Penthouse. Very cool idea. That solves the "I have to cram the batteries into the hull" problem."
"Oh, I see you are the Seattle Craigslist guy. It was on eBay for about 10 minutes too, yes?"
"The kits are over priced but the frames are a good price. I built mine for much less. This picture looks like one that was posted on a Craigslist add in Seattle for $1300 recently. They are fun little birds. A bit heavy, I call mine the Aqua Porcum…"
"$860? More like $119 for the frame.
http://www.aquacopters.com/quadcopters/project-x-frame-white.html"
http://www.aquacopters.com/quadcopters/project-x-frame-white.html"
Flying in MexicoI will be visiting Mexico in a few weeks. Can anyone tell me the rules for flying RC there? Can we use 2.4g? Any regs about flying with a camera?thanks
"A wire rope isolator is the best defense against jello.
This guy makes them for the GoPro and they work great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GoPro-wire-rope-anti-vibration-isolator-cut..."
This guy makes them for the GoPro and they work great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GoPro-wire-rope-anti-vibration-isolator-cut..."
"MikroKopter's electronics does have a follow me function. They are pricey but their stuff is the best.
http://mikrokopter.com/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter"
http://mikrokopter.com/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter"
"There may be latency issues to consider. It is nice to have a downlink showing what the Canon sees but I am not sure it will be fast enough to use for FPV. I have not tested that camera, but some if they are recording can have a half a second…"
"My insight would be to backup your contacts before throwing your phone into the air. ;)"
