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As far as flight is concerned, there is already "one law to rule them all" and that law is fairly inclusive under the Code of Federal Regulations named the Federal Aviation Regulations. All the specific of size, types, qualifications and categories occurs within that very wide band of...

FlyGirl, Thank you for your efforts in making your voice heard with the FAA, and here. You obviously understand that freedom to pursue an activity is not something that should be limited to people that do it for free and not people that do it for pay. A rather course description of activities...

The key to all this is not to wait for someone else to make the rules for you, especially someone that has no experience or interest in what you do. One makes something happen or they sit back and accept what happens through their apathy. Harsh words but proven accurate so many time in the...

Haven't seen that one yet but I just watched the Go Pro Hero4 4k show reel. The horizon still sucks and the closer the camera is to ground level the worse the condition is. Correct the fish eye and they'll have something to write home about. Until then it's just a hobby grade action cam. Good...

I hate it when reality sets in...

Meant to get back to this sooner but things got in the way. It does appear that APM/Pixhawk has some notes about H frame configuration and motor prop directions in their Wiki, You can find those here: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/initial-setup/configuring-hardware/ There is some more info...

Nicely done on both counts Chuck. The sounds of Camarrillo had to have been awesome. Who flew the Northrup wing proto?

Pete, Would you mind laying out how you installed that into your video system? I have a couple and when installed between the FPV camera and OSD all I get for video is an out of focus rolling picture. There's mention of converting the filter to a single line type by adding a jumper to the...

Military is all over the V2V thing right now. There's already one large manned "command" aircraft with capability to direct multiples of different unmanned systems simultaneously. That might trickle down eventually.

Thanks Pete.

MadMonkey I'm impressed, it only took telling you twice about the Movi for you to go that direction:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Personally, I've been wondering why a Tx like the Airtronics 10SG is never mentioned in MR circles. I haven't tried one for MR's yet but I have two in use for fixed wing RC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think I should be asking you about those things pretty soon...

Depends on the targeted market. From a professional level the criteria might be portability, maximum flight time, maximum lift capability, maximum reliability, medium to long range, simplicity of use and versatility when combined with video accessories. Of course what have become known as...

Interested to see how this comes together for lift and flight time. Might want to allow for a video noise filter if running the Vtx and MinimOSD off the flight battery. The MinimOSD is pretty sensitive to EMI feed from the motors and ESC's I've found. Adds about $15.00 to the build out...

A little oblique, but what the heck. http://www.nbc40.net/story/26665603/mans-drone-shot-down-in-lower-township BTW, many states have laws about using aircraft to hunt or search out game or other wild life. Using rotors for the purpose and it's not hunting anymore.

I wish I was in Oz right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was just pleased to see the stock price jump $8.00/share.

Probably, if the ESC's and motors are rated for 14.8v. That set up is almost (880kV) the same arrangement the 3dR X-8 uses, and their upgraded quad. The quad will do about 15-20 minutes on 4s without a gimbal or camera. It's pretty light The X-8 about 9.5 minutes with gimbal and camera...

A civil Pilot's license is an international certificate. It will be interesting to see if the same extension will be granted to sUAS certified people.