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Male
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Location
Toronto, Ontario
About Me:
engineer
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
building an octocopter
Hometown:
Toronto
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"ah - with a bunch more reading/watching youtube videos, I've determined just how the BEC supplies power to the PixHawk/receiver.
The question now is, should I run all 8 BECs into the PixHawk, or just buy ESCs without BECs, and buy a seperate UBEC…"
The question now is, should I run all 8 BECs into the PixHawk, or just buy ESCs without BECs, and buy a seperate UBEC…"
Hey guys, I'm rather new to octos; I've just been reading and designing on eCalc like madness. Thus far I've got a pretty good virtual setup with eight 320kv 720W max motors, 18x4 props, and I'll be using a PixHawk to run it all. With four 5000mAh…
I have heard here the usual internet motto "you get what you pay for" - but how true is that from one Chinese manufacturer to another? Specifically speaking, Turnigy motors/ESCs are so inexpensive they are tempting to purchase. Has anyone had some…
"hey Ted - I'm in Toronto as well, and am building an octocopter for a Canon 7D. I've got all the parts laid out for the chopper, but I too am trying to sort out the gimbal without having to rewind motors or potentially making my own rig. here's my…"
"the frame will be made of extruded square tube aluminum, and it will have an onboard parachute as well. "
Hey guys,First post here, but I'm a longtime DIYer (hovercrafts, stereos, LCD projector, gokarts, vintage cars with big engines in them, CNC machines etc etc). I'm a 27 year-old mechanical engineer, and a little rusty on electronics, but I get…
