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Just a quick vid of running up the first motor, we were relieved that there seems to be enough power to lift it, we were starting to worry that the weight was getting too much for the motors.

Frame so far, pretty much all done except for soldering up the arducopter board, we ran up 1 motor with a prop and at half throttle it was lifting one side of the Hexa up, so I think it will have plenty of power.

Actually thinking about it, I may be better with 3 small solid state heading hold gyros, they weigh next to nothing and the ones for 400-450 size helis are pretty small.

Hi all, we are nearly there with our hexa build now and should be getting some test flights in a few days, our attention now is turning to the camera gimbal, again it is something we are going to make from scratch, it will have pan, tilt and roll and be controlled by a seperate radio system and...

That look awesome, Brecon Beacons would be nice for a bit of that.

Hi Macsgrafs, I contacted the BMFA today to get a copy of my heli A cert, I done it a while ago and lost the original. Anyhow I am about to embark on applying for my CAA permits and would appreciate any guidance/ advice you have with regards to what they require.

Hi, we are building our hexacopter using the ardupilot board, hope to have it flying by the end of the week, will let you know how it goes, have posted a thread in the newcomer section.

Hi droider nice to hear from you, we are in south wales, it was reading your thread on AP that gave us a bit of extra inspiration to take the plunge, how is workflow going. We all work in construction management and land surveying so hope to apply this to construction uses in the main, although...

Hi all, me and a couple of friends have started to build a hexacopter using the ardupilot board, weve built the frame from scratch and intend to use it for AP. I did my hel A cert a couple of years ago but can't find the certificate, anyone know if the BMFA keep records?, is it only an A cert...