Got My Skookum SK720 Back!
I just received my repaired Skookum Robotics SK720 flybarless controller back from Canada yesterday. The flight controller is for my TREX 600 EFL Pro helicopter. The original controller was doing an auto reset in flight which caused temporary loss of control. After an exhaustive search for problems in the wiring of the heli I contacted […]
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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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Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter
Posted on March 11th, 2012 in Arduino, Custom Projects, DIY CNC, Electronics, GoPro, Helicopter, Lighting, Radio Control, Technology, Video
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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GoPro Hero 2 Aerial R/C Videos
Posted on December 30th, 2011 in FPV, Helicopter, Photography, Plane, Radio Control, Technology, Video
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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Fun with a FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
I’ve always wanted to play with a thermal imaging camera, they open up a whole different hidden world at the far end of the infra-red spectrum so last week I finally got a chance to do that and take some photos. With winter on the way I needed to find out where my house was […]
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