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I did try higher voltage on the older AV130 that I have under the standard Hexa, seemed like it would overshoot at 6.5 V and higher so I backed it down to 6 volt and left it there. I haven't tried it with the newer one and there is a difference in servos, the older unit having the Hyperion...

Part 2 Programming the new ESCs, everything is installed just a matter of taking care of the last few details... Everything connected, time to hookup a battery and see which way the motors spin then make necessary adjustments... Ready for its maiden flight. From start to this...

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...

The secret is two things, first and most importantly, proper setup, and second, proper power source, that's it! Here's what I was flying when I recorded the video... The camera mount is brand new Photohigher AV130 from the latest production run, they really do have the bugs worked out...

This is a clip from video I recorded yesterday, done with all off the shelf hardware and no special "tweaks" to any of it. I'm not making any attempt to fly smoothly here, just flying around more for practice and to see just how much I can get away with and still get useable video. Here's the...

For those of you that don't already know... http://www.shop.aglhobbiesllc.com/OpenPilot/OpenPilot-CopterControl-Board.html Rusty is great to do business with, I have three of his frames, and I think he is an excellent choice for distributiing the CC boards. Ken

Add loops to the list, probably the easiest way to work up to flips since the control inputs are very similar, you just need to to do them a lot faster for a flip. Rather than call it a tic toc I prefer bowtie, back and forth in a fairly small distance with a very quick 180 degree rotation at...

Went out to the field eraly this morning with the two MK, two of the little quads, and for the first time in a long time one of the RC helis. The MK flew as they always do, although today I was focusing on completely manual flight with both of them, not something I've done a lot of with either...

I've had Gaui and EPP props throw a blade in flight either from fatigue or maybe having been previously stressed in an "unintended landing event". Last one I had that happen to was in a fast high G turn, guess it was just a little too much stress on the blade, it made a weird popping sound and...

Fixed! Ken

Denny, check your PMs. Ken

I've been using lipo packs in my Tx's for about two years now, I'll never use nicad or nimh again. Normal just on the weekend usage I find I have to charge the lipo in the TX about once a month, if I do a lot of flying in the yard weekdays between weekends at the field I have to charge it every...

Could easily be wrong, I just threw some props on for perspective, it's not even anywhere close to ready to fly or for final motor installation for that matter. Ken

With the out of box flight controller settings and all the proper calibrations done it should just lift into the air and sit there with little to no control input, if yours isn't doing that there's something else wrong. Did you do the accelerometer calibration with the MK perfectly level...

Here's the Y6 with new landing gear and GoPro 2 axis mount... A little closer look at the GoPro mount... It's a tall one and wide too with close to 25 inches motor to motor. Not the ultimate in portability, the Y6 is actually a bit larger than my Droidworx AD-6 Heavy Lifter...

It was Christmas in August here today with packages of goodies arriving from literally all over the world! The Avroto motors and ESCs for the Y6 are here as well as the set of the larger motor mounts from Rusty for the frame. A quick eyeball of the motor set on the mount and then held up against...

I have the updated mounts, it's really nothing more than a stub of material the mount is made of that goes into a hole in the outer end of the arm. Problem is with continual use and over time the vibration tends to wear away at the edges of the stub and it will move a few degrees to either side...

A decent size heli is always going to be more stable in the wind from my experience with RC helis and living in place where it's nearly always windy (roughly 15 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean). If I were going to make a living out of APV I'd probably have both a large electric heli...

No brainer for me, I'd take a 90 size gasser heli over any of my multirotors on a windy day, but that's the only time I'd prefer the heli over the multi. My XCell Spectra G with 26cc engine was amazingly stable in conditons that would ground either of my MK Hexa but I can fly the Hexa in places...

Got any 2.1 flight controllers you want to part with? Ken