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This AD-8 makes a lot more noise than the MK Octo and consequently the feeble buzzer is practically inaudible. Do you think there would be any harm in fitting more than one buzzer?

I know I can be pretty stupid at times but generally I ain't an idjit. However, I'm damned if I can work out how to hook up this EPI-OSD board. I had hoped this forum would cast some light on it but it is just more of the same as everywhere ... just geek stuff about flashing this and Xbee...

Answer: a capacitor ! I do not find any mention anywhere of whether the four capacitor spaces labelled C1-4 on the MK Octo power distribution board should be populated. Does anyone know if they should be, and if so what value caps? And whilst I am at it, what is the purpose of the four...

Cannot find any discussions on this. Has anyone actually experienced a fault in the i2c circuit on a single BL-ctrl that has resulted in the whole circuit going down and taking ALL the motors out? I have read about it and, in order to make this AD-8 as bullet-proof as possible, even bought the...

I have looked all over and cannot find any other threads on this subject. Maybe nobody else does it. The 'english translations' on the MK wiki have not shed much light on it all. I definitely want to implement pre-programmed waypoint flight function at some stage for its creative possibilities...

So, the little split-arm MK Octo is performing really nicely (see pic below from a pre-shoot test yesterday for the local Radisson Blu hotel - the shoot will be redone using my big gasser because that is the only platform I currently have capable of carrying the 5D). Right at the end of the...

Don't know where I found this, and it may have been posted here somewhere, but I loved the comment by the guy who posted it: "This thing must make an epic amount of noise" A chinese nutter/adventurer/suicide wannabe/pioneer who has built an octo he can sit in, powered by hand-started motorcycle...

After dealing with the errant blob of solder and the replacing the bits that fell of the BL-Ctrl board all seemed to be progressing quite comfortably. I happened upon a vid from good ole Holger that explained the Vario Altitude option and immediately adjusted one setting to include that as it...

Following on from comments in another thread (Camera Mount Recommendations) regarding use of OIS and difficulties with previewing .mts files (AVCHD) the pic below shows the clips being previewed in Final Cut which were later used to assemble the video illustrating the difference between OIS on...

Having got the Octo in the air finally, after addressing the circuit board issues (bits that fell off, errant blobs of solder), I now have to play the 'decipher MK english' game. I understand every single word that they use. It is only when they assemble those words into what is presumably a...

The first flight test attempt was rubbish with the MK Octo wanting to Pitch, Roll and Yaw all at the same time. The initial level test (Throttle high/Rudder right) and the Compass Calibration were both redone - several times. Yesterday the Roll and Yaw axes looked as if they were going to...

I am not exactly new to flying rotor'd aircraft - check out the monster I normally fly on the web link below - but I was surprised how tricky this MK Octo appears to be to fly. I had blithely imagined that it would just lift off and look after itself. Hmm! Following an initial and foolhardy...

How come no one here ever mentioned how absolutely fiddle-arse these MK drones are to assemble? In the interests of getting a working drone organised ASAP I ordered an MK Octo (the four 'Y' arm version). I have been soldering instrument and mic cables for years and fixing my amps etc. but this...

Ever since movie cameras were invented the three axes of movement have been known as Pan, Tilt and Roll. Just as a matter of interest, does anyone know why MikroKopter insist on referring to the Tilt axis as "Nick"? I find it aggravating to have to constantly translate the word.

I come from the single rotor AP world and am keen to explore multi-rotors. What started out as seemingly obvious has of course deteriorated into a confusing choice that puts me off getting involved with it at all ! First off there was MikroKopter. Easy! Either six or eight rotors - probably...