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    a newbie looking for a copter for professional gopro filming

    Chances are closer to 10 minutes but what ever...when you do crash, you'll find 450-550 legs more plentiful. Guys have rigged out their 330's to carry fpv and gp's, but it's tight and takes a some knowhow to squeeze it all on. The frame is secondary to the flight controller, you can move the...
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    a newbie looking for a copter for professional gopro filming

    Stick with the 550 imo, like was mentioned, the new slew of gimbals coming out will change a lot of things. Don't let anyone tell you gp3b footage isn't sellable (if that's your goal), every producer, director, dp, keygrip I know carries at least one in their kit. Besides, with the 550 you can...
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    a newbie looking for a copter for professional gopro filming

    that's a helluva deal right there, everything you end up buying anyway. By the time it was all said and done with my first 450 I was close to 1500 bucks not having any prior rc equipment on hand, plus prolly another 500 worth of crap I thought I needed but didn't. Full Disclosure: I have...
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    GoPro Hero3 Black

    Here's my 2 cents-If I was just starting out looking for camera/copter combo, I wouldn't even think of flying my main camera. Please realize with these copters, anything and everything you put on them is subject to swift and violent destruction. For 5 or 6 hundred bucks you can get a used...
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    Zephyr ZII build out...please advise...

    Kloner has a zephyr thread in the fpv section, maybe check that out before you ask in the dji section-
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    Zephyr ZII build out...please advise...

    Since we're asking random questions here goes... I'm repurposing a cheap gimbal that uses 6mm id bearings, what size tires should I use on my wife's suv?
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    Help with a new gimbal

    Yeah, I'm not gonna look for any more support than his rcg thread. Like I said, I got a pretty good deal on it used, so good that it sat at the back of my bench since August. But now spring has sprung here in the wasatch and I'm looking to put a gimbal on my home made hex to carry a little...
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    Help with a new gimbal

    Well here's the latest with my gimbal. It sucks. Plug the servo leads in, get the pitch dialed in, can't get roll to do anything but create a constant side to side bounce, like it's binding. But the biggest problem I'm having is the potentiometer is causing a break between naza and naza...
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    First Video Flight - Something Went Wrong

    +100 on the earplugs, cheapest vibe dampener you'll find (save for used kitchen products). I still think it was the pod coming loose and falling to the left, the sound you hear is it getting nicked by the back left prop. The base plate looked pretty clean and hot glue holds for crap on cold...
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    Pilot reports mystery black ‘drone’ at JFK

    alright, this aint good... https://twitter.com/NYCAviation Two airliners landed at JFK earlier reporting an RC plane or drone at 1,500ft on the approach to runway 31R. We are investigating...
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    F-550 Naza + GPS Rapid Uncontrolled Ascent

    I just tried it in atti on a hex and once it gets to about 55% there is no more ramping up of speed. It's a long shot but when you calibrated your sticks in naza assist, did you finish with your throttle arrow in the middle and green?
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    First Video Flight - Something Went Wrong

    I'm gonna guess the gps pod came loose.
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    Help with a new gimbal

    Kilby when you say the pot doesn't fit, what part? I bought one of these used 6 months ago and just this week I've been getting it rigged to a hex, I haven't even plugged it into the flight controller yet. I'm subscribed to the rcg thread from the manufacturer and have read the public...
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    Cannot get naza to arm motors please help

    The amber light means you're in atti mode (not failsafe) and you get no led when you're in manual. Did you do one of the fancy smancy csc's (control stick command or something like that)? You have to do that before the motors will arm, then you have a few seconds to raise the throttle over 10%...
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    Voltage fail or Something else..?

    sounds like a bad battery connection to your copter, like the power's going off then back on reinitiating the start up sequence. Take your props off, fire it up and wiggle your battery cable, check the solder connections of the battery lead on your frame and the connections on the other end. A...
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    Newbie question....

    Hi Nellon, welcome to the forum. A lot of people go with cedar or white pine, but for my money nothing says "homey" like 100 burned out boat motors lining the perimeter of your abode. Now some guys will say you can cover more ground by using old bike frames, or the south eastern style of using...
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    SteadiDrone QU4D - Foldable GoPro 3 Quadcopter!

    Is this a pump for apm or for the sweet lil quad? Roll only, no tilt? It looks cool and is the right size for sure, good luck with it steadidrone dude!
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    one Motor slow to fire up

    hi Alan, welcome to the forum. First thing I imagine you would've tried is swap the wicked motor of the south east with the good motor of the southwest and see if the problem followed. Next I would guess you checked a known good motor with the esc from the south east to see if your esc is...
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    Quad pole balancing

    amazing, but makes you wonder how accurate they can program to work in a real world environment. I guess if I was a Venice beach stick juggler, I'd be concerned...
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