"Guy, I will take your word for it. I have been searching for this in the FAR and I cannot find this. But searching the FARs is not an easy task. Next time I am around our local FAA examiner, I will inquire w/ him what this means for the pilot vs.…"
"Just to be a little more clear, as I talk too much and points get lost. Currently, the FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations) allow ALMOST ANYTHING in class E and G airspace, where 99% of us fly drones, hot air balloons, parasails, gliders, parachutes,…"
"Can you tell us more about your steering servo and motor controller. I have made a powerful servo using a Pololu controller and a $20 seat motor. Curious how you did yours.
"I would buy this.Some suggestions:RADIO PORT: 3DR radio compatible header (could put one footprint inside the other) in addition to an Xbee header, same RX/TX connections. This way you could use either.3.3V regulator + output: More and more 3.3V…"
"Love it, wingtip vortices are drag ;-) So are rotor strikes, especially when striking flesh. How did you form, or where did you acquire, the aluminum shrouds?"
"Yaw control is a simple matter of adding another axis to your rotor swash plates (like a helicopter). Chinook helicopters can yaw and they do it with 2 rotor blades, they tilt the rotors via cyclic pitch control, the same mechanical solution will…"