Recent content by Shaun Stanton

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    For Sale ISO old motors for a cinestar

    Are you looking to build to the original MK 4s or the newer version 6S MK or 6S DJI FC like WKM,NAZA 2, N3, A2, or A3. Depending on the boom size will dictate what props you use. The original configuration used 4S with 770KV Quadrocopter branded motors. I believe the model number is the QC...
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    DJI Spark

    I said the same thing as well a lot of us big bad carbon fiber flying 8 rotor heads had said. I also did say while we were so fixated on building the ultimate flying machine for pro 4K, that a formidable 4k system would eventually come out to do acceptable results. Its a fact. I would say the...
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    US Drone federalization act, sets to allow local authorities to regulate drone use

    This can have drastic impact on the industry. They are proposing in addition to this to put a 200 foot barrier to private property unless you have permission. Read the proposed bill here...
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    Need Help! Testing motor direction question?

    No not at all. These motors use three phase pulse width modulation. They need a speed controller to work. Really its no big deal if the motors spin wrong at first. All you need to do is swap over any two of three motor leads. What you will need to do, is once its all put together, is do a...
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    Pixhawk Vs Mikrokopter

    What is that model you are using? Is that something you had fabbed yourself? The motor config looks real similar to the Shotover I see the shafts are a little different. Just curious.
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    Pixhawk Vs Mikrokopter

    You can implement other ESC's with MK if you get a I2C to PWM converter. The problem I have with it, is that it is not a perfect solution. It takes more time to tweak it and make it stable. Even when you that, you now have a huge single point of failure on your ESC's from a $40 dollar dongle...
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    Pixhawk Vs Mikrokopter

    I will give them that the mission planner for APM is pretty good, even back in the dark ages of APM 2.5's and 6's. will concede I have never tried the X2. I have never really liked the flight performance of the APM variants I have used in the past. I always felt like they flew dirty on my...
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    Pixhawk Vs Mikrokopter

    I am not sure what features you are looking for. I can say as an adopter of MK FC's in the past and using Pixhawk FC's. I can say one FC that puts them all to shame is the A3. I had nothing but headaches with mikrokopter. Pixhawk 2 still uses open source Arupilot which works then becomes an...
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    New Product New Phantom 4 Advanced Released with 2 different versions

    The P4 Pro has side IR and rear stereo vision. This will have one the bottom and front sensors using the front main camera in concert with the other sensors for obstacle avoidance and visual positioning just like the Phantom 4 Pro. It will not have the rear sensors and will not be able to...
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    Which drone to buy for automotive videos

    Couldn't have said it better myself. Plus the other thing, if I had a dime for every time I was considered too expensive and the production thought it would be cheaper to just buy their own system and crash it. Then two weeks later I am getting a forced call from the producer to rehire me for...
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    New Product New Phantom 4 Advanced Released with 2 different versions

    Its a P4 Pro lite. Same camera same FC, same everything except eyeballs in the rear and IR proximity sensors in the rear. It only uses 2.4 ISM vs 2.4 and 5.8 like the P4 Pro.
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    DJI Matrice

    I have been considering the N3 for it. I know at least my motor and pro combo will work on this rig as I have a friend who has it on another branded X8 with the same the same Tiger 4014's and XOAR beech woods. Another guy tried KDE motors and CF props and he couldn't seem to tune N3 when it...
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    DJI Matrice

    I been trying to figure out what to do with my one remaining CS8. I flew it a while back after sitting on a shelf for months. I forgot even with the Wookong it actually flies pretty smooth. I can actually fly it smoother for slow shots than the Inspire. I almost don't want to give it up as I...
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    DJI Matrice

    I think its interesting to see these companies finally graduating to industry specific platforms. When I got into this there was none of that. Hell these were barely ready for prime time and cost almost as much as this. I probably had close to 10,000 in the first gen Freefly Cinestar 8...
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    Which drone to buy for automotive videos

    That requires you to use a no kidding real rig like either a DJI S1000, M600 or a Freefly Alta 6. You will need an M600 at a minimum if your camera is a c500 or something. No obstacle avoidance and these you really do need to know how to fly these. It will be very stupid to fly one of these...
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