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What most airline pilots don't have, is enough trail dragger experience. When you have out of limits crosswind component you have procedures or when it's borderline to hell with rules and wheely it on with the upwind leg to see if you have enough yaw control to stay on the runway. Some can do it...

Lets not forget one of dihedrals sweeter functions. When you want to make a lateral movement then the high side of the craft is already directing force in the direction you want to go. The refinement of conventional fixed pitch craft will go on but other options do exist. I cant help but think...

That sounds like a lot of dead weight in batteries Bart. Don't hold your breath about anything big.....

I don't think he was nervous, cold maybe, but that throttle is in 3D mode so he is constantly moving from neg. to pos. pitch, the fixed power is set on idle-up switch usually after take off.. Electronic failures can be totally unpredictable but mechanical ones should never happen with proper prep.

I think where this design is so brilliant is in the way it has autorotation and so many tried and tested features that came from SR helis. I love his Tx. It makes total sense to have the rudder ail. and ele. on the same stick. I remember when he first started winning world championships many...

It may actually make it worse in some conditions. If for example a strong wind hits from the side then the effect of that would be first seen on the upward tilted side which would then have an upwards component added to the force which the controller has then to overcome. I have always come to...

With FCP-X you can selectively enlarge parts of the viewer screen to 600% which I find is more than enough for detail analysis. Once you have used FCP-X you don't go back to 7 etc. IMHO. I have a few 20" Macpro screens surplus to requirements if anyone is interested.

Chris I use a 60 " flat screen TV with surround sound as MBP has an HDMI port. I can also switch it to the other computers that I have on the network. Many of my developer clients use this same output in the showrooms so it is a good way to test the quality control. Another useful device that I...

I have workstations all over the place and I don't need them to do what is in the future. When I go to see a client I need a retina display laptop. I can make changes to the timeline and see it immediately the scrubber passes over it and show the client what he wants there and then. CGI I give...

You need male male (short) T 9X has only Tx and Rx. No battery. Get the back light as well.

I like the Spektrum DX8 as it is easy to start with, but if you are experienced with electronics you can save a lot of money and build a system based on a 50 bucks Turnigy 9X and flash it with ER9X firmware and a screen backlight. This will give you an awesome piece of kit that would cost a...

Thanks Ben.

I thought about that because I don't think Adobe are supporting any of the older stuff now. If you have to reinstall then you have basically had it, even to get it back to where you were. In five years time I expect that I wont care but when our machines become obsolete we will all need cloud...

This has been covered here many times before. The radial opposite tilting of the motors is to reduce the yaw dead band so that the yaw input is working immediately. This happens because the torque reaction is supplemented with side thrust as well. Use in moderation because you are introducing...

They will make motors to any spec. that you want in any color with your name on it. I doubt that DJI make em themselves or the ESC's. But they will have done exhaustive testing to create that spec. Give it a couple of weeks and they will all be selling (so called) matched components. The name...

I have come to think that Youtube generally has a better quality playback than Vimeo but the compression that you use to upload the footage seems to vary from one product to the next. Sorensen Squeeze-9 is generally regarded as the industry best and it's presets are a little different to most...

Having spent a lot of time creating optimum settings for my motors I know how much difference it can make. You can start getting into motor rewinding and learning how to use ESC32 Then you need an accurate test rig.....or you can buy something like this that is ready to use, or you can carry on...

My edit suits based on Mac pros are now obsolete, or are they. The latest MacBookPro 15"retina is the most powerful computer that I have ever owned. What I find the most useful is to be able to do a complex composite effect and then watch it straight away as you scrub the time line without all...

There are many alternative antennas for your system some Yagis like the ones Kopterworx sell can increase that range to 7-8 km. However you should always have more FPV range than RC because if you loose the video link you probably loose your model. If you set up RTH then you can take back...

So why does it have to be 140 deg. 72 and 60 works just fine for me. Seems I'm not the only one doing this!!! http://www.pimp-your-kopter.de/ Watch the vids. The only aspect that one should be wary of is that as you get into narrower angles you have more magnification and thus it will find any...