Another Silly Quest – Dynamic Balancing
I really want to get the best results out of my Y-6 Multicopter camera platform and I know a big part of that is reducing motor/prop vibrations in the airframe. I’m looking into a dynamic balancer for the purpose because even with static balancing there are still vibes. The system is not running smoothly and […]
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Tags: brushless motor, DIY, drone, Electronics, multicopter, outrunner brushless motor, Radio Control, rc, Technology
Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter
I have wanted to get into multicopter building and flying for a few years now but this year I finally took the dive and got into it pretty quickly. I did a lot of reading and shopping for which flight controller to purchase and while I would like to experiment with the open source software […]
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Tags: brushless, brushless motor, DIY, drone, Electronics, FPV, heli, Helicopter, Light Art, model aircraft, Radio Control, rc, Technology, Video
GoPro Hero 2 Aerial R/C Videos
Hey I hope everyone has been having a good holiday season. I haven’t been posting much lately as I’ve been keeping pretty busy with work and playing Battlefield 3. I picked up a GoPro Hero 2 HD camera a couple of weeks ago and have been having some fun with it. I’ve been wanting one […]
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Tags: FPV, Helicopter, model aircraft, Photography, Plane, Radio Control, rc, Video
FPV Rig, Friend Flying FPV the First Time and Chasing Other Planes with FPV
This weekend has had beautiful weather so I pulled out the FPV rig for a couple of days to get some flying in. On Saturday I was down at our big field and set up the FPV and let quite a few other guys look through it while I flew. I let my friend Ollie […]
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Neat Fair 2011 Photographs
I just got back from NEAT Fair 2011 and took quite a few photographs to share. Just as last years there were lots of great aircraft and pilots to be seen. I was only able to be there on Saturday but there was a lot going on. There were several FPV rigs setup on octo-copters, […]
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Tags: event, Helicopter, NEAT Fair 2011, Plane, Radio Control