Recent content by smoothvirus

"Drones could pose serious risks to citizens" Oh boy, they sure love their fearmongering over at Fox. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well as a resident of Virginia I can tell you I'm worried! I may have been 100 miles away when everything happened but what happened may very well wind up affecting me. The Delegate who wrote up the drone moratorium legislation earlier this year commented on the story, he is looking into this...

Done! :)

Every system has its naysayers but you have to take what they say with a grain of salt. From my experience the Spektrum naysayers either had a Spektrum radio several years ago when it was still using DSM2, or they tried to fly long range on Spektrum with no RTH, or they tried flying long range...

I just got started flying FPV on a quad with Fatsharks on 5.8. Your plan makes sense to me so far. After many months of research I went with 2.4ghz for control (already had it for my planes) and 5.8ghz for video. I would recommend you stick with 5.8 for now. I would also recommend against the...

Yes, I'm in Franconia right around the corner from the Metro station.

I was there as well. You can see me in the report at about 1:30 in flying with my Fat Shark goggles on. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june13/drones_04-18.html

This will be my first FPV model as well. It took me about a week and a half to get the build done because as I went along I found out there were a few small pieces I needed to finish. I got everything finished up last Saturday night and managed to get it up for a short maiden flight on Easter...

Bit of a brown pants moment there at the end but you brought it back safely! Nice build, I just finished my F450 build last weekend. I have only had time for a short maiden flight and have not flown it FPV yet. Sadly it was WAY too windy today to even attempt another test flight. I am in...