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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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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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.
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