Tommy Le's Discussions (4)

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How to measure prop against winds?

Hi, 

I'm a beginner. I've read and known what the pitch of a prop is.

My question: Is there a method (or rule of thumb) about how to select the props to guarantee against a certain wind speed? Like: 9x4.7 prop can only stand 29 km/h wind (I made up the

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How powerful is the autopilot

Hi,I'm a beginner. I'm wondering how powerful an autopilot can be? is it a processor that can process other stuff:For example, I want my drone to emit an infrared beam when it reaches a point in the air ( altitude and latitude, longitude). Can I prog

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Sydney meetup?

Hi guys,I'm Tommy, based in Sydney. I'm a beginner. Wondering whether there is a recent/active group of builders, flyers. Most of the 'fly day' proposals were in the past.Tommy.

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Can Iris+ fly by autopilot

Hi, 

I'm a beginner. By reading this forum, I found that I can teach myself flying manually using very cheap drone (<100$). However, my ultimate goal is to do code the software (I'm from Android dev background) for the drone to fly itself. So I'm cons

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