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After a bit of inspiration from Ken and others, I thought I would rebuild the hexa from scratch. The main aim was to slim it down and reduce the weight a bit, giving me more flying time. I threw out the home made power distribution ring and replaced it with a Afropower distribution board. This...

Just wondering how peeps have orientated the lower board? I have built mine with the 2 tabs pointing backwards and forwards, but I have just seen DJI pointing the tabs left and right... What have you done? I'm trying to design a little landing gear for a camera mount...I suppose I should...

I was just wondering if anyone actually earns a proper living from our hobby. I know of a couple of folk who have made a success of it (eg Jeff at QC.us and a few others) but does anyone else manage to earn a living from aerial videos and photo's? I suspect a lot of us have a normal job and do...

Just wondering, I'm going to order some 11" props tonight but was wondering if my hexa would fly with smaller props, or if am wasting my time! (I can get my hands on some to test sooner rather than later) RFT weight is 3.9kg with 6 Torxpower motors, flying 4S Lipo. Cheers, Gunter.

A mate has asked me to build him a Flame Wheel with Naza controller. He wants it to do a bit of FPV flying...very brave as it will be his first heli! Good thing the Flame Wheel is so strong! I just need to make sure I think of everything before I give him a final price. This needs to be a...

I have just finished a brand new build (pics will be up soon!!) I have totally rebuilt the hexa on a new airframe, it looks the mutts nuts. So after a painstaking build, flashed up the new 4.22 firmware on the WKM, re-measured the X Y Z co-ords from scratch and took it in the garden to have a...

I have set up my flame wheel quad with a CC board. I have dialled everything in, all settings done and it flies. Problem is that there is always a drift, normally to the right...and it's quite bad. I have enabled it to always zero when armed, then after arming it i leave it for a full 10 seconds...

Got my frame today, so I thought I would start this evening. Using a copter control board thanks to OVDT. Arducopter motors and esc's and I just need to lay my hands on a 3S battery. Not sure if 4S will be okay, the esc's and motors can manage but not sure what it will do with such a light...

I want to mount the FC on the lower plate of the F450 but the slots are in the wrong place. Is it possible to drill this plate, bearing in mind the power distribution which is incorporated in it? I need to make holes either side of the middle slots. Thanks, Gunter.

Just wondering if anyone knew where I could get one in the UK? Ta, Gunter. Regards, Gunter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So I have enabled the gimbal in the assistant, set default settings. Connected the 2 servos to ports F1 and F2. (orange signal wire only) + and - go to a separate battery. When I plug the servos into the power, the main tilt servo just jitters like it's at the end of its tether, the roll servo...

I am trying to wire up my new Video TX but the instructions are all in either Chinese or Japanese or something like that! I know the RX is 12v but don't know what voltage the TX is. I assume it's either 5v or 6v, which makes sense, but don't want to blow it up! Any ideas? Ta. Regards...

I ordered a few power distribution boards from China last Wednesday evening and they arrived today! Talk about a quick service! Regards, Gunter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll bet you could make some brilliant components with a bit of thought... http://i.materialise.com/ I don't see why you couldn't print an entire airframe with a bit of time and money!

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but here goes! http://www.snotr.com/video/8317/The_Man_Who_Made_Things_Fly

I was just wondering, when you guys balance your props, do you take material off the heavy side or add weight to the light side? I don't really want to file the heavy side, because it will spoil the shape. Any ideas are welcome! Gunter.

I took the WK-M to the forest today to see what kind of video I got out of it with the new 12" props fitted. I was very impressed. There was a bit of jello towards the middle/end, but I think that could either be because I didn't balance the props, or the esc's were giving in. Right at the...

I'm not exactly sure if some of these shots were done with a heli or a boom, but nevertheless, worth watching for the sheer skill of this rider!

Testing GPS and RTH, I think I adjusted the settings 3 times, up to about 135%. I still need to tweek it further!

Hi guys, I'm just busy wiring up the camera gimbal. Can someone please confirm the colour of the servo wires, I have orange, red and brown. I just need to know what is positive, negative and signal! Thanks, Gunter.