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The thing that confused me at first was I didn't know i only needed to plug it into the FC through the USB. In other words, you dont hook up a battery to the unit at all when doing your software stuff. Yes, everything calibration wise is done in the software.

Make sure your Tx sticks are all centered with no adjustments and calibrate the radio with teh FC. Then calibrate the AHRS by very accurately leveling the unit. DONE! make sure all the sticks do the right thing in the monitor page. I would suggest trying out first in auto leveling mode. It...

Yeah seriously, thanks Jess. I would probably have hooked up 6 BEC's to my FC if it wasnt for you.

those have to be towel bars. The chinese garbage we all buy is actually good sometimes! Who would have guessed a cheap thin-walled pre-chromed tube would make the perfect arm?

I am confused by the flags. The front one doesnt move at all and the back one is flapping around. I guess the boat was moving at different rates for different shots?

yes it does. I modified my balancer right before selling my XA v8. I was a little worried it would not work for my "normal" props. But indeed it still touches the actual cone and not the filed down portion.

Someone else on here said they just drilled the hole in the prop hub a little bigger. He was using the Graupners, which are 8mm. I know APC might not be the best choice as the hub is thinner and has the recessed area in the hub. This would mean very little surface area touching the motor...

Fortunately most of us don't want audio on our AV cameras nor do we need a view finder. So it works out pretty well for our needs. Otherwise unacceptable!

Man Jeff, I think your eye for moire and other defects is un human. I can barely see any moire except for one of the higher altitude shots. I would take a little moire over the GH2's gradient banding anyday. that drove me up the wall that such a reputable camera could have that bad color...

The only problem with those is that they stick in areas like grass. If you are not confident landing perfectly then you probably aren't going to land straight down either at times. This will make the copter tip over and screw up your props. The best thing i have seen is the Xaircraft gear...

Welcome to the Xaircraft specific prop club. What I did was to take a file and carefully make 2 parallel flats on the cone such that the oblong slot will hit the cone but NOT your flats. This is obviously much easier with plastic cones like the ones that come with the top flite magnetic balancer.

does it replace the GH2 in your opinion? I returned mine to buy the 5n so hopefully it will be a nice tool. The light weight is great too as my homebuilt is adding weight quickly.

i just thought it was interesting that your "jobsite" had burned down and yet you still had the owner call you to assess the damage for insurance reasons.

I have not applied power to my Avrotos yet but i can say this... They look and feel great. Compared to my previous 8 motors, these ALL feel exactly the same. You can just tell they are well made. Also, Jim at MontoRC has been incredibly helpful. Having customer service like this is very...

Chris, you should tell them the whole story. it's kinda funny. well other than the fire part.

there is a nice video if you type in rage cams installation. I remember there being a hard to reach screw on the side of the board. other than that it was pretty simple. I used a hair dryer to break the glue on the lens. I am sure this applies to the sunex as well.

dude, you better tighten something up or your going to end up with parts flying all over the place.

The Molex connectors i bought are 12 amps, but I dont know if that is per lead or collectively. I may just end up soldering everything as I dont see a convenient way to detach the arms anyways. Great tips on the BEC's! thanks. I just need to decide if i can wait to get a separate BEC or...

This has me concerned using my BEC ESC. When you have multiple ESC's with a BEC how does that effect the voltage to the FC/Receiver? I am assuming it ends up in parallel and not series. that would be really bad! but the better question, is how do you NOT use the BEC? Cut the wire on the...

I would just assume you would always want the Y forward and not an arm direct in front. So i bought a bag of Molex connectors that are 3 circuit. I was planning on not using the typical bullet connectors as when you detach an arm there are 3 wires to get right. I never understood why we...