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Here's an interesting tidbit on Picloc vs. MK flight controller... http://www.aplanding.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5239 Ken

I'll have a eval unit done as soon as you finish writing the code for it, I'm just the hardware guy... Ken

This an instance where you might want to have 360 degree pan capability on the mount, you could continue to fly straight ahead and simply turn the camera to the direction you want. I agree there are limitations to what the Mk flight controller board can do for mount compensation, after all...

Did this little video yesterday with the modded GoPro strapped to my noggin, turns out getting decent video that way is harder than it seems, the Sunex lens doesn't have quite as much field of view as the stock fisheye lens and I seem to have lost view of the quad anywhere it went above 8 feet...

The quick answer is with the relatively recent introduction of big motors on heavy lifters the limitations of the MK BL boards is starting to be a lot more noticeable. The quick and easy answer is to glue some heatsinks to the FETS to try and keep them from dying due to overheating, the harder...

I was just looking in Mission Cockpit to see if this is one of the stats it can report using the speech module, unfortunately its not in the list in the version I have. Would be a nice upgrade to M/C to have it be able to call out the BL temps as you're flying. I have it setup on my netbook to...

Nothing wrong with a little Bling here and there, I've got these or similar ones on every multi I own...;)

Changing the RX will not have any effect on the previous calibrations, so assuming they were done correctly to begin with, all you need to do is connect and bind the new RX and then make sure the settings are right in the TX. Make sure to connect to the flight controller board with MKtool and...

I haven't yet had this problem as usually the prop adaptors I buy come with the washer and I've been fortunate that the motors I've bought also came with washers for the prop adpators. In the few instances where I don't have a washer or would prefer something that looks a bit nicer than a nut...

I believe the GPS D limit setting in Navi control will change the speed that Mk moves between GPS points, make SMALL changes and test fly each time you make a change as you never quite know what else will be affected by changing any one parameter. Ken

So far it appears to be a good platform but I haven't flown it enough to really be able to get a feel for what it can do. The big issue at the moment is trying to get the right gain settings on the Hoverfly board to really lock it in, but so far it's been at least as stable as a quad and...

Its amazing the difference a couple weeks can make. Since I first started this thread I've been spending a lot of time out in the backyard working on nose in on both the 350mm quad and, of all things, the Gaui 330X. The little 350 has a KK controller board and it tends to be very "slippery", it...

Made a lot of progress in the last 24 hours, the ESC's I needed arrived in yesterday's mail so I spent last evening getting the necessary connectors soldered on, setting the programming options, then installing on the frame and connecting the motors. Around 9:00 AM this morning I caught a break...

I assume you mean carefree mode? No, it will work at any range, just don't move once you take off so you know the proper orientation from the starting point. The GPS on the other hand will go catatonic if you set a waypoint beyond the 250 meter range, it will fly to the edge of the limit and...

Bart, Just did the first proper test flight of the X8 about an hour ago, I think you'd be surprised at how smooth the configuration is. Because the top and bottom motors are spinning in opposite directions there is zero torque on each arm and any vibration tends to be cancelled out by the...

Very quickly, a few thoughts before I head out to the shop to machine a few pieces to attach the Avertical mount to my octo X8. If you want a reliable professional grade multi with proven capabilites, I cannot recommend the Hoverfly Pro at this time. I own one of the first H/F Pro boards sold...

The problem is there aren't many cams that are 60 fps Progressive scanning, most of them are 60 fps Interlaced which effectively becomes 30 fps when you deinterlace it in an editor. The GoPro is one of the few true 60 fps Progressive cams that I've found. In short the interlaced looks great as...

It's shaking its head telling you you're doing it wrong ;) Up and to the left until you hear the beep then let go, never had mine do anything strange doing it that way. Ken

Good point, doesn't hurt to shoot a set of images in RAW format and then reduce it down to whatever size the website wants in post processing, you never know when they might say they want a poster size print of a particular shot. Ken

I've found 1024 x 768 to be about the biggest you want to make an image for website viewing, anything larger usually requires scrolling to see the entire image. The only way to really know for sure is to try a couple different sizes on the website and see which works the best, they all tend to...