Quading Vacation (no wheels included)

I recently had a 5 day vacation in the foothills of Alberta Canada and took advantage of the great weather to fly my quad. I was able to make 20 flights in 4 different locations. All locations were very remote. The video includes a failsafe RTL when I try to go to far and loose my radio signal. With winter around the corner it was great to have such an opportunity.

I hope you enjoy

Equipment

jDrones X1 Frame

JDrones AC2830-358, 850Kv

jDrones 20 Amp ESCs

10"/45 propellers

Turnigy nano-tech 3300mah

ArduPilot Mega 2.25 ????(read)

Arducopter 2.7.3

Xbee 900 Telemetry

jDrones MiniOSD

5.8Ghz Video Transmitter with circularly polarized antenna 3 lobe

Gopro Hero2

Diversity Duo receiver with circularly polarized antenna 4 lobe and a 3 Turn Helical Antenna

Spectrum DX7s radio

APM 2.25

Since new I have had continuing problems with the data flash card not being recognized. I final remounted the daughter board and permanently soldered the interconnection, then I removed the SD card slot and permanently soldered the SD card in place. I kept the SD insertion switch and soldered it closed. Since this mod I have never had any problems with the card. I was forced to repair the USB connector that became intermittent a month ago. I did this by using an old Blackberry charging station to add the female pigtail USB cable that is permanently mounted to the CCT.

Thanks to the development team for their work on Arducopter project. My quad (with all its modifications) operated flawlessly during this trip.

Emile L.

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Emile L. September 25, 2012 at 8:34am

This is the mount I started with.

http://www.canadadrones.com/GoPro-Mount-2-axis-p/gopro-mount-1.htm

I reduced it to only use up/down.
Wiki Ninja

Stephen Roach September 25, 2012 at 8:28am

Emile, The camera mount looks simple & sturdy. Did you design & fabricate it or did you purchase it? Is it possible to see some close-up pictures of it?
Emile L. September 25, 2012 at 8:20am

My spotter was briefed on the procedures that we would follow in the event of a aircraft.
Sky Monkey September 24, 2012 at 8:27pm

Emile, thank you for taking the time to collect, edit and upload your video. I enjoyed it immensely!

I especially liked the long continual flight sequences - choppy vids to rawkous muzik does nothing for me.

Keep up the great work!!!!!
Wiki Ninja

Stephen Roach September 24, 2012 at 5:40pm

excellent video!

thanks for including the details
Emile L. September 24, 2012 at 4:56pm

i get about 6 to 7 min flight time. I always have 1/4 capacity in researve. The floats reduced flight time by about a min. They added 150gr. over the old gear.
Emile L. September 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

The blue foam is from a kids floater toy. I just sliced a hole and stuck in the landing gear strut. I have never tried to land on water with it. it will float but just. I like to think that it won't sink.
Hawhoo September 24, 2012 at 4:46pm

Nice :)

How long can you stay up?

Did you check how the floats impact you airtime?
Rob_Lefebvre September 24, 2012 at 4:32pm

Nice. Can you detail what you've done with those "floats"? Does it float?
Rafael September 24, 2012 at 3:01pm

Very Nice!

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