Gender
Male
About
Location
Snowmass, CO
About Me:
Live in Snowmass Colorado. Wife and two young boys. My wife and I run a small IT business in Aspen.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've always loved everything RC but haven't done much since I was a kid. Recently started hearing about these quadcopters and decide to buy one. Have had some great flying experiences with it but have also struggled. It is a Gaui330x-s and think that the technology just isn't there. Would like to eventually use the technology in the Aspen area for videography of Real Estate, Action Sports, and just the beautiful scenery around here.
Hometown:
Lawton, OK
Activity Feed
Using a new Fatshark 5.8 with my 2.4Ghz Futaba controller. I hear folks complaining about 150m outages but I can't get much more than 10m. If I setup the camera without my quad simply turning around goes to static. WTF? Is there a special channel…
I would like to get a turn key FPV solution for my quadrotor. I have an attached GoPro for high def video but would like to go FPV to enhance my field of video shooting. Looking into it there are a ton of options. I see that the GoPro can be used as…
"Thanks so much for the info. Paul. Makes sense."
"I'm looking at the ArduCopter 3DR quad setup and am interested in your GoPro setup, that will be my main, if not only video solution. I'm not going to purchase until I can be assured that mounting and minimizing the jello vibration effect can be…"
"This is what I was looking at, but don't know much about the telemetry or sonar options. Also would I need the more powerful motors for the GoPro payload and what are the camera attachment options? http://www.udrones.com/product_p/acrtf2.htm"
I purchased a Gaui330x-s a couple of months ago. It has been a constant struggle. I've replaced the frame with an Xproheli.com frame and that made a big improvement but the gyro is inconsistent and just isn't reliable enough. My goal is to have a…
