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Ever gone out to fly and had one of those curious bystanders appear that just won't stop asking questions? I took the CineStar 6 out to a nearby lake yesterday, the first time I've had an opportunity to fly it someplace other than my yard, being mid-November in the northeast I knew it would...

The WKM Y6 is getting an upgrade, the WKM and other electronics are moving to a CineStar 6 frame along with the AV 130. Here's a side by side of the Y6 and the bare CS frame before starting the swap... Even though the Y6 has a 700mm motor to motor spacing the bare CS 6 makes it look...

On the minisite at... http://www.dji-innovations.com/minisite/index_en.html For view you need either the 2.4 gHz or 900 mHz data link ($400 and $550) and the activation for view is included. For single waypoint capability you need the items above PLUS the waypoint activation for an...

This time with the little multis, representing Mikrokopter a box stock MK Hexa V1 with nav and a Hisight II camera mount (my original MK) and the WKM on an MK quad frame with Coptersky landing gear and 2 axis GoPro mount. Flights within a couple minutes of each other to about 300 feet using GPS...

Just before sunset, the WKM Y6 was getting really small in the sky above me by the time I got this shot... ... yes that is the moon in the sky, not a UFO... :) Ken

This afternoon I did back to back flights with my MK/Droidworx AD6 plus AV130 camera mount and GoPro and then my WKM Y6 also with an AV130 mount and the same GoPro Hero HD. The video is completely raw MP4 only edited for length then uploaded directly to Youtube. I haven't flown the Mk for a...

Having pretty much worked out all the gain issues on the flat hex configuration this past weekend I converted the WKM hex back into a Y6. The parameter settings I had for the flat hex were fairly close for the Y6 though I did have to make some changes. I haven't had a lot of time to do much...

Yesterday morning turned out to be a perfect for flying, I headed over to the RC heli field early to get some air time before any wind started up. Took WKM #2 along to give it its first flight time someplace other than my front or backyard, this one is a lot of fun to fly in any amount of space...

Just posted on the DJI site, includes the following updates... 1:A new throttle starting mode – Arm mode has been added in order to provide more flexible control of motor,details pls refer to Manual. 2:A new parameter “disturbed gain” has been added in Autopilot page to optimize throttle...

I've just spent the last three days tweaking, tuning, and rebuilding on WKM #2, a 580mm quad using an MK Frame, Flycam motors, Graupner 10 x 5 props, and the RC Carbon landing gear and 2 axis GoPro mount, a flying box of mismatched parts if there ever was one! Much of the time spent was on...

WKM controller #2 arrived today and this evening it replaced the MK stack on a small quad that now has tall landing gear and a two axis GoPro only mount under it. The quad frame is/was my testbed for trying out different flight control boards, the Mk stack that was on it was connected through an...

It's taken a while to get things dialed in but I finally have the WKM hex pretty close to as good as it can be in windy conditions. I did the first one late yesterday and the other this morning in variable wind, getting much better overall though I probably wouldn't fly in winds too much heavier...

Late this afternoon the weather cleared up enough to get a quick test flight of the Sony Nex 5N on my Wookong-M hex. This is the first time I've put the camera in the air and only the second time I've actually used it after it being delivered around 6:30 PM yesterday. The 1080P 60FPS looks...

Yesterday I took the AD6 off the shelf where its been parked while I've been playing around witrh the WKM hex, wanted to give it a test flight and make sure everything is good to go before putting the Nex 5N on it. Got off the ground and first thing I noticed was a strong tendency to yaw back...

Some interesting stuff and one long overdue feature... Support for new Graupner MX20 TX with built in telemetry and speech Teachable Carefree mode - you don't have to stand statue like in the same position anymore! Dynamic position hold - move the stick and the MK will move slowly in...

Just had the first flight of the WKM on my quad test bed frame, WOW! I have two MK Hexa and a Hoverfly Pro as well as a Quadrino and CC board all with auto leveling capability and the WKM is at or near the top of the heap in that category for sure. The WKM is as good if not better than the MK...

Hurricane Irene has come and gone leaving in her wake a lot of homes without electricity, mine being of the half million plus in Massachusetts with no power for close to 24 hours now. Some of my RC gear has been key to getting through all this sanely, I charged most of my high capacity 3S lipos...

I've got the platform built and currently flying with MK electronics temporarily stolen out of my standard Hexa and running the Avroto motors through an I2C converter and PWM ESCs. USPS tracking says the DJI unit will be here Monday, fingers crossed that hurricane Irene doesn't mess things up to...

Found this link, wish I could speak Mandarin I'm sure the narrative would be interesting! :) Ken

Part 1 Had some time to kill today so I decided to assemble a new mini quad with a Copter Control board. The build is based on Rustys mini quad frame, this one using 1/2 inch square aluminum tubing for arms. Here's the pile of parts I started with ... Start by assembling the arm...