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I finally put my DJI F550 converted Y6 on a scale. It weighs 6.5 pounds with a Sony Action camera and two 6000 mah lipo batteries. I use Avroto 2814/11s motors. The motors add a lot of weight to the craft, but it flies pretty good. I get about 6.23 minutes of flight time. I did achieve a 9...

Blood = DNA. I hope the investigators took samples of blood.

I like Sony's image stabilization, but the camera needs better mounting options. It's pretty light until you put the protective case on. Plus you'll have to work some magic if you want to mount it without the case.

I used Slowfly APC props on my Flat Hexa without issue. The props were noisy, but my craft flew like a charm. Solid position hold, nice climb outs. Descents were only shaky while flying through it's own rotor wash etc. I decided to "upgrade" my props to Genfan full carbon fiber proprs...

A flat Hexa is far more efficient than a Y6. NASA studied the design and said that the Y6 wasn't efficient. I built it hoping for redundancy in case of a prop failure. My flat Hexa did a spiral of death after a prop broke in flight. That was before DJI updated the fail safes for loss of a...

They look nice, but I'll stick with my APC and Graupner props. I did the carbon fiber bit and ruined a perfectly good Hexa. One of my new technology carbon fiber props snapped after less than five minutes of flight time sending a good craft to the ground. Price does not guarantee quality...

You'll have many different opinions on this. The quads like DJI F-450 are perfect for the Gopro cameras. They offer better flight times, because of using only four motors and can carry the Gopro without a problem. You'll have to match good motors, good props, esc, and a decent battery to...

I use a Futaba Super 8FG with the Futaba S-Bus receiver and have no control issue problems at all. I've flown my craft line of sight until it was a dot in the sky and brought it back without any twitches are control issues. It's a good feeling when you discover or fix the cause of crashes...

Those wires are everywhere. They are even in cities. I've seen almost transparent wires running across city streets. I have no idea what they are for. I can imagine the ??? feeling you get when you craft crashes like it hit an invisible wall.

The infrared trigger works off of one of your receiver channels. It's a wire with an infrared LED that plugs it into a free channel. Program your transmitter and attach the LED to the infrared sensor on your camera. I bought the Sony Nex 5n because of it's weight, quality of photos/features...

I have Avroto motors. The nut goes on top of the washer. You should replace the supplied nuts with "lock nuts" . They have a nylon disc in the metal thread that secures the nut. It's a combination of metal and plastic thread. The plastic will stop the vibration that causes nuts to come...

I thought about a full fledged DSLR like the Canon T3i when I first started conceptualizing what kind of camera I wanted to put in the air. I was thinking bigger is better since everyone hypes about DSLRs. The disadvantage of putting those cameras in the air is the weight...and the danger when...

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I'm so bad... I keep mine charged, but I use them often too. I like being able to fly on moments notice. Sometimes I'll get up in the morning and recharge my packs if I didn't do so the night before. I have 4 (used to have 5 until a crash...) 6000 mah lipo batteries that take 45-60 minutes to...

DJI uses pretty good screws and there are enough of the screws on the arms to prevent a total failure. I've used blue loctite before without problems. If you plan on converting your build/s you may want to consider whether it's worth it. You may end up stripping the heads of the screws if...

Yes. My first multicopter was named "Hexa Sentinel". I named it that because it was a flat hexacopter with FPV camera and gimbal for my Sony Nex 5n. I gave it a RED cylon-esq eyes. My new Y6 is called "Hexa Raven" or just "Raven". It also has Red cylon-esq eyes and the Y6 with the Graupners...

That's scary. Falling drones can cause a lot of damage. Not knowing what caused the blackout/brown out or electromagnetic pulse doesn't give any confidence in flying. Where were you flying? Could there be a lot of transmission towers or electrical fields that would interrupt your craft's...

lol. I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing because I know all too well what you are talking about. Nope, you are not alone. I built an Xaircraft DIY flat hexa with 6 Avroto motors, FPV gear and gimbal. It flew perfectly. It flew so well that I had the utmost confidence in flying it and had...

yep...Bluetooth doesn't transmit that far. Wifi is probably better for distance, but this is just to wirelessly change flight parameters. I would adjust gain settings for different wind conditions etc. It would be nice to actually receive flight data...... hmmm..... Maybe a blue tooth module...

I'm really excited about the iPhone blue tooth data assistant. Changing the setting will be faster than booting up my 8 year old laptop.