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 […]
Continue Reading Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter
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 […]
Continue Reading GoPro Hero 2 Aerial R/C Videos
Neat Fair 2011 Photographs
Posted on September 18th, 2011 in Photography, Radio Control
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, […]
Continue Reading Neat Fair 2011 Photographs
Making Night Blades for R/C Helicopter
I’ve been thinking of making night blades for my R/C helicopter. Back in 2003 I made a set of wooden night blades for my Raptor 60 using RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LEDs and an Atmel AVR micro-controller to make them change colors and shift patterns. The blades were pretty simple but they worked. I even slapped together […]
Continue Reading Making Night Blades for R/C Helicopter
NorthEast Rotary Flight Fest – NERFF 2011 – Photos from Saturday
Posted on July 31st, 2011 in Radio Control
I went to up the NERFF event with Ollie on Saturday, July 30 to check out the Northeast Rotary Flight Fest. We had a great time there were a lot of friendly folks to talk to and some great flying as well. I wished I had brought my own helis as the event wasn’t exclusive to just 3D smack-down type pilots and people with all levels of experience were flying.
Continue Reading NorthEast Rotary Flight Fest – NERFF 2011 – Photos from Saturday
