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Laserface posted:I can definitely see that there is potential for risks here with the lack of collision avoidance. as a Snowboarder the idea of the thing terrifies me. As a motorsport enthusiast I am excited as gently caress. That thing has a really low max speed for motorsport uses. Its only 30mph or so. The 3dr Solo should be a bit faster and also has a follow mode. At least in motorsport you are inside a metal drone proof bubble.
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Laserface posted:Theres an extended hands on with a prototype on youtube as well that shows it can take off from your hand/the ground. I was really hoping for it to just fall lifelessly into the river when they tossed it off of that bridge.
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Elendil004 posted:Can we just take a moment to appreciate just how loving idiotic the FAA is and join me in a resounding cry of "gently caress the FAA!" because that would be nice. As someone who also flies manned aircraft I don't have an issue with FAA asserting control of RC aircraft within reason since having a quadcopter that someone's FPVing up at 800 feet and can't see and avoid (nor easily be seen in time to react) smack into me and maybe my prop isn't something I'd like to experience. On the other hand, if they're kept at or below 400 feet and away from airports' approach paths (not just the big airports) I could care less.
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Just ran across info on the lily cam. https://www.lily.camera/ What's the likelyhood this actually works well? This is basically what I want in a quad.
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deong posted:Just ran across info on the lily cam. Probable reasons it will not work well: - Poor GPS lock on either craft or hockey puck will result in weird flight errors - "Lead in front of me" will almost certainly not work the way people want - The drone doesn't have a gimbal and it appears that all the footage was shot on a real quad with a decent camera/gimbal. It's unknown how well the "digital gimbaling" will work I have a feeling most people will trash these drones pretty quickly by having them hit stuff. In worst cases, people will be seriously injured by spinning props. The FTC would never authorize a company to release a surprise outdoor blender, but for some reason allows a company to market an autonomous drone that will do the same thing. Especially dumb is the 'come land on my hand' bit from the promo Edit: Also, don't pre-order. These kickstarter projects have a history of being vaporware, and the technology is only getting cheaper and better at a terrifying rate. I doubt the normal sale price will be $999 on the left fucked around with this message at 09:38 on May 15, 2015 |
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If Hobbyking only has the Mode1 Taranis in stock, it's really simple to switch it over to Mode2, right? My current transmitter is a DX6i, which gets poo poo on in a lot of the UHF forums I've been looking at because of its PPM out, so I'm seeing if I can stretch the budget out a bit to get a new TX. Having a second transmitter for new fliers would also be a nice bonus.
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Coxswain Balls posted:If Hobbyking only has the Mode1 Taranis in stock, it's really simple to switch it over to Mode2, right? My current transmitter is a DX6i, which gets poo poo on in a lot of the UHF forums I've been looking at because of its PPM out, so I'm seeing if I can stretch the budget out a bit to get a new TX. Having a second transmitter for new fliers would also be a nice bonus. Unless you are outside of the US don't go that route. Aloft Hobbies or Helibatics both have them in stock (at least just a few days ago they did) and have Excellent customer service if there are issues.
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Bought the Naza-M Lite FC from Amazon, and the packaging is hilarious:
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Coxswain Balls posted:If Hobbyking only has the Mode1 Taranis in stock, it's really simple to switch it over to Mode2, right? My current transmitter is a DX6i, which gets poo poo on in a lot of the UHF forums I've been looking at because of its PPM out, so I'm seeing if I can stretch the budget out a bit to get a new TX. Having a second transmitter for new fliers would also be a nice bonus. Switching modes is really easy. Pop off the back and change the settings of some screws. It takes maybe 15 minutes tops.
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a foolish pianist posted:Bought the Naza-M Lite FC from Amazon, and the packaging is hilarious: DJI has gotten a lot better with their English in recent years but yeah, it's really mind bending how on a high quality, expensive product like that they still don't give a gently caress about the actual words they use to sell it. T-motor is the same way; it's expensive, high quality stuff but their website still looks like this:    Like, that would be pretty standard for cheap garbage from eBay, but the first two descriptions are for a 350 dollar motor and a 370 dollar prop set.
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RC aerial vehicles - great dense texture and hard woodiness
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a foolish pianist posted:Bought the Naza-M Lite FC from Amazon, and the packaging is hilarious: Make sure you upgrade that to a full v2
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heres a kickstarter thats pretty wild https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ascentaerosystems/sprite-the-portable-rugged-totally-different-small
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on the left posted:Probable reasons it will not work well: Thank you for the feedback. I know to avoid these kind of kickstarters; I will wait till reviews from come out before making any serious considerations. Interesting that you don't think they filmed any of the shots from the actual craft. It's not something I would ever guess. I imagine a digital gimbal is the scan and crop type. Shoot 1080p, output a smoothed out 720p etc. But till its in hands of people on youtube etc, really won't know.
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If you are buying the product, their English is good enough. Do you all own prop balancers? One of my props flew away and I learned that'll happen if they're loose, so I bought self-tightening ones. But I learned that they'll get loose on their own if they're imbalanced. So now I've got these self-tightening props, and I suspect they probably aren't balanced. What's the cheapest way to do the measuring part of balancing them? Can I use a nail on a railing?
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The main problem that I see with the Lily is that the battery life is only 20 minutes, and is non-swappable. Even if it works perfectly, you'll have 2-3 flights, and then have deadweight for the rest of the day, unless you bring a generator along.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:heres a kickstarter thats pretty wild https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ascentaerosystems/sprite-the-portable-rugged-totally-different-small " Landing is simple, regardless of what's below it. At a safe altitude, a brake stops the rotors in less than 0.5 second. This allows the blades to fold into their retracted position as the Sprite topples harmlessly to the ground." Really though that's pretty neat if it works as intended.
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What a waste of a weekend. Got sick and tired of loving with Multiwii so I adapted a Super-X frame to hold a CC3d board with a 3d printed underbelly: components:  FC wired to Rx, powered and bound to the Tx:  Double sided tape to the CC3d board, signal wires connected:  Little power distribution thing cut out of a prototyping breadboard, as well as the 5v stepdown for FC and FPV stuff. Ugly but works:  Looking good, those little JST connectors got removed and soldered directly:  Then as soon as it lifted off the ground the tiny screws holding the motors in place sheared off of one motor, flying into another motor (tearing itself from it's wires inside the bell) destroying the 2nd motor too. I could replace a single motor, but not 2 ruined at the same time. gently caress my life. I should have just dipped the entire thing in epoxy. Mister Sinewave posted:Sucks, I feel your pain Haha thanks. It has taken me far beyond sunk cost fallacy and into ego territory. This stupid little thing WILL NOT beat me. bring back old gbs fucked around with this message at 22:25 on May 18, 2015 |
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At what point do you guys usually replace your props on your quads? After any damage at all, or only when they're completely bent/busted? Is there any reason to as long as it's still flying alright? I'm talking about dinged up tips and stress marks, but they're still straight/level.
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the nicker posted:At what point do you guys usually replace your props on your quads? After any damage at all, or only when they're completely bent/busted? Is there any reason to as long as it's still flying alright? I'm talking about dinged up tips and stress marks, but they're still straight/level. What are you trying to do? If you've got any footage, I would replace them early to avoid vibration. If you're doing acro stuff, it depends how much you value not having to do repairs. In other news: http://www.reddit.com/r/djiphantom/comments/36fz1x/bought_p3_flew_maybe_10_times_for_a_total_of_60/ My buddy bought a phantom 3 for aerial photography (he's built quite a few multirotors over the years). It lasted him ~10 flights or ~60 minutes over the course of 2 days.  I feel for the poor dude, he's by no means financially able to eat this one.
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I just amazon-ed a Blade Nano BNF since I have a cheap 4-channel controller from when I was trying to dork around with a Blade helicopter a couple years back. I want to start getting into something bigger but figured I ought to practice on something that costs less than $1k first. I really want to get a phantom 3 at some point because photography and flying stuff are two of my favorite things, although that video sucks; hopefully they replace that motor for him.
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Blue Loctite is your friend for keeping screws/nuts tight. That and balancing of course. I had to tighten up the ones on my flying wing motor almost every other flight. Bit of loctite, and it hasn't loosened yet over 10 flights. Auto or hardware stores should have it. Use Red if you never plan to loosen it.
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Cannon_Fodder posted:
I've noticed that one of my motors is a bit "stiff" like the one in the video. Nowhere near as bad as that (if you give the prop a spin whilst powered off it still rotates freely, just doesn't continue spinning as long as the other motors). It still flies/sounds fine too; should I be worried? I guess it could be time to look at replacing the bearings...
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Cunning Plan posted:I've noticed that one of my motors is a bit "stiff" like the one in the video. Nowhere near as bad as that (if you give the prop a spin whilst powered off it still rotates freely, just doesn't continue spinning as long as the other motors). It still flies/sounds fine too; should I be worried? I guess it could be time to look at replacing the bearings... That's the thing, this quad arrived at his doorstep on Friday. It's not like he's worn the drat thing down, it arrived hosed up.
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Cannon_Fodder posted:What are you trying to do? Oh I'm just starting to learn to fly, and crashing often. No cameras or anything yet but gopro+fpv eventually. Nice to know that i don't need to replace a prop for every little ding. I just wanted to make sure they don't have a tendency to do bad things, like sheer off in flight or cause a noticeable loss of efficiency.
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the nicker posted:Oh I'm just starting to learn to fly, and crashing often. No cameras or anything yet but gopro+fpv eventually. Nice to know that i don't need to replace a prop for every little ding. I just wanted to make sure they don't have a tendency to do bad things, like sheer off in flight or cause a noticeable loss of efficiency. You might notice differences in flight, or the quad sliding off in a direction. The real problem is that if you've got a damaged prop, you really don't know how well it'll hold together or what effect that'll have when it goes. Another thing, the more dinged up your props, the more vibration. It's really annoying missing hardware after a flight that just rattled loose or watching your quad eat poo poo when something important gives.
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overdesigned posted:I just amazon-ed a Blade Nano BNF since I have a cheap 4-channel controller from when I was trying to dork around with a Blade helicopter a couple years back. I want to start getting into something bigger but figured I ought to practice on something that costs less than $1k first. I really want to get a phantom 3 at some point because photography and flying stuff are two of my favorite things, although that video sucks; hopefully they replace that motor for him. Flying a Blade Nano and a $1k GPS-assisted quadcopter are really not in the same ballpark other than understanding what the control sticks do. The Phantom 3 is a very very easy quad to fly in GPS mode since it will hover roughly in place if you go hands off the controls regardless of (most) winds. If you put in the wrong control and it does something unexpected, take the input out and figure out what you did wrong (assuming you weren't trying to do a close up of an tree/building/object). Both are fun to fly and worthwhile, just I'm not sure waiting until you're "good" with the Blade Nano is a requirement before getting a Phantom.
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DreadLlama posted:I've noticed a change since 1.x I don't know what's doing it but my framerate turns to garbage whenever looking at the ground. Flying, landing, inside the VAB - anywhere. If ground is being rendered framerate drops like a stone. I haven't anything like EVE/planetshine installed, and active texture management makes the problem worse. There were no framerate issues in 0.9.x. KSP thread is here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3688393
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fordan posted:Flying a Blade Nano and a $1k GPS-assisted quadcopter are really not in the same ballpark other than understanding what the control sticks do. The Phantom 3 is a very very easy quad to fly in GPS mode since it will hover roughly in place if you go hands off the controls regardless of (most) winds. If you put in the wrong control and it does something unexpected, take the input out and figure out what you did wrong (assuming you weren't trying to do a close up of an tree/building/object). That's good to know. It's also way easier to justify a $70 quadcopter than a $1k+ one--the Phantom will have to wait a month or two for proper funding.
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I flew my Apprentice S 15e for the first time today (the first time flying fixed wing in real life as well). I have a lot of area to fly in, but not a lot of it is ideal (all hills). I just wanted to note for anyone who is using a third party dsmx module from oshpark, me or hobbyking on a bnf with SAFE; beginner mode is 100 on the channel you assign it to. I could find no documentation that stated this, just recommended settings for dx radios. I realized this five feet into take off but recovered fine. Also I've read to set your weights on your sticks to 80% (and lower for a full rate mode i guess). I killed the throttle a little too early and didn't make it back to the runway, but everything around it was tall grass anyway and I was going slow as hell by that point.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:I just wanted to note for anyone who is using a third party dsmx module from oshpark, me or hobbyking on a bnf with SAFE; beginner mode is 100 on the channel you assign it to. I could find no documentation that stated this, just recommended settings for dx radios. I realized this five feet into take off but recovered fine. What does this mean? I'm curious but have no idea what you're talking about.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:I just wanted to note for anyone who is using a third party dsmx module from oshpark, me or hobbyking A Yolo Wizard posted:on a bnf with SAFE; A Yolo Wizard posted:beginner mode is 100 on the channel you assign it to A Yolo Wizard posted:Also I've read to set your weights on your sticks to 80% (and lower for a full rate mode i guess).
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Looking for a quick diagnosis if anyone has seen this behavior before. I have a couple servos that are now dead and won't respond to signals. I had a channel 11 crystal (72mhz 4lyfe  ) but I was running the transmitter on 12, and all I got was "dead-bug" twitching. My best guess is something burned up while I was trying to diagnose that.I did get the T-IFO flying with some old as hell GWS servos, of which 2 out of 3 didn't catch fire!
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Arrest that rear end! posted:[timg]http://i.imgur.com/UAFUQ2B.jpg[/url][/timg] Woa, that's awesome! What frame is that?
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Scottw330 posted:Woa, that's awesome! What frame is that? http://www.armattanminis.ca/armattan-mini-cf-quad-tri-kit-morphling/
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Arrest that rear end! posted:[timg]http://i.imgur.com/UAFUQ2B.jpg[/url][/timg] Hah, Is that all the parts you get in a kit? I just bought a Morphite 155 from them yesterday.
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