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It depends on what camera mount you plan on hanging under there, the variation in mounting methods is huge and it can be a major headache to come up with a way to mate the two pieces sometimes. Ken

The only organized group that is actively working with the FAA and representing the RC/hobby side of the issue is to the best of my knowledge the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). Their perspective is they don't want any burdensome regulations that will affect the current state of affairs for...

According to the manual it takes 6 to 10 cycles of the mode switch to enter calibration mode and it has usually taken 10 every time I've done it. Keep an eye on the LED and stop moving the switch as soon as you see blue, one more cycle will kick it back out of calibrate and you have to start all...

The first part I can easily believe, wouldn't be the first time they did it, I guess we'll find out for sure within a few days. The second part is not within the power of the FAA to do without everyone knowing about it. It would have to be proposed and published for public comment ( see...

On the quad I use a pair of 2s 5000 in series. I think I have first level set to trigger around 14.4 volts and second level at 13.8, if I stop flying right around the time first level kicks in I'm a bit above 20% capacity left in the packs, if I let it go until it autolands there's about 5 to 8%...

I know on my quad once the LED starts blinking RED if I don't land soon it will land itself, I would not attempt to make it keep flying at that point unless maybe it was over water or some other undesirable landing spot. Then again once the LED is blinking first level voltage warning you should...

I've cleaned up the Germanglish text version of how to do the calibration, hope this makes things a little clearer... 1.Pull back (down) on the Elevator (nick) stick and at the same time Full Throttle (up) with Rudder left (There will be One long Beep). 2.Move the Elevator/Nick stick to...

The easiest way to do it is get the Droidworx landing gear setup, it will bolt right on to the MK centerplates and the AV will mount on the gear rails of the landing gear setup. Downside is it will cost another $200 or so for the landing gear, when I put the AV130 under either my standard MK Hex...

I like it! Anyone want a good deal on a slightly used original version? I need one of these new ones... ;) Ken

Yes it was! I had wanted to get out and video the foliage plus get some still shots, unfortunately by the time the weather cooperated enough to do that most of the color has come and gone. Still it was about as good a day as you could ask for to fly, the wind didn't start to blow until I was...

I have the new firmware loaded on both the hex and quad, on the hex I have motor arming enabled, and on the quad I have power monitoring enabled. One of these days I'll get both of them setup the same, have to do some wiring harness mods on the hex to install the power module and I might convert...

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...

No, those motors should have a 30amp ESC, the 12amp DJI ESC is useless for just about any heavy lift requirement as the motors used will typically need a 30 amp or higher ESC. Even my lightweight quad needs a minimum 18amp ESC for the 925kv Flycam motors it uses. I don't see many areas a DJI...

Yeah, that was another bit of "craftmanship" that got tossed in the rebuild. Easy fix, I put two longer nylon screws leftover from an MK project into the C/F piece on the tilt axis shaft and then used a small round wheel on the servo. The spacing of the bolts in the C/F was really close to the...

It wasn't done messing with me yet, I've just spent another hour fixing the last bits of poor build quality (I hope!). Had just finished the final setup of the dampers on both axis and powered it all up to check operation. Heard this strange clicking noise, tracked it to its source and I noticed...

That's what happens when you download the Wookong-S software instead of the Wookong-M software... Ken

There's no way to do that in the WKM software, it's built for standard PWM ESCs with no ability to change it to anything else. Ken

I still am flying the hex without the power module, the ESCs are powering the system with the exception of the AV 130 that has its own CC BEC Pro running the servos. I set the timer on the TX and land when it goes off, same thing I do with the rest of the fleet including the WKM quad that does...

A quick rundown of the mods, all mounting points have been modified and better anti-vibration materials used in the rebuild, all servo drive linkages have been modified, servos are now running on separate power feed of 6 volts with only signal wire connected to the WKM, alignment of the tilt...

Well, not being entirely satisfied with the results I was getting from the RC Carbon mount after the last video I posted I've kept at it for the past two days and I can now say with certainly it's as good as it's ever going to get. There's still a minor bit of fine tuning I need to take care of...