Search results

Without wishing to provoke a scuffle here, I just don't "get" the popularity of the GoPro as an AP camera. It's a sports/action cam! Why start with a cheapo 170 degree fisheye lens (that's set to focus close-in!) on a tiny sensor in a minuscule body and then worry about "the distortion", "the...

Agreed - possibly the tolerance problem on bullet-type connectors that I was referring to in the other thread. Some will be tight, some will be loose - even from the same factory :( This also speaks to one of the issues I have with most of the RC connectors - you can't tell which ones are...

Suggest reading through this thread: http://www.multirotorforums.com/showthread.php?14333-Large-spark-from-XT90-connectors - it started on a different tack but covers what you're asking about.

Well, from his Vimeo feed - he's flying a multi now (an S800 by the look of it) - so no surprises there, then ;)

From the Motion to Dismiss: Their logic is that since it was a "paid for" flight then this FAR applies. The Federal Air Regulation is drafted entirely for full-size aircraft, with no mention at all of unmanned operation - it's the FAR you would be charged with violating if you flew a full-size...

That doesn't sound valid - the heat sink (usually a plate of plain aluminium, about 2mm thick) is glued to the (non-conducting) tops of the FETs (similar to the heat sink on top of a PC processor). The pressure from a "small cable tie" couldn't cause a short. What is the condition of the...

Well said, sir! I think it's fairly obvious that the FAA singled him out as a high-profile "offender". His non-US citizenship may also have been a factor in their selection - who knows? Fact is he didn't choose to do battle with the FAA, even if he did make himself an easy target. Luckily two...

Sorry :) - didn't realise it was your own video - I wouldn't have been quite so abrupt :) Not sure I agree with you, though - parts will die if you are over-stressing them, over-heating them or vibrating the nuts off them - otherwise they should survive just fine. The capacitors on an ESC are...

I find it very frustrating when this kind of "equipment failure" event is posted without any investigation/statement/diagnosis of what actually caused it - no useful information from which the rest of us might benefit :(

Any government is aware that passing unenforceable laws is worse than passing none. When Trappy wins his case (and I believe he will, based on having read the Motion to Dismiss) you will be free to operate commercially until the FAA can regroup. They've already delayed and dragged their feet and...

I have yet to charge my first client for aerial photography - maybe next year. I've been an architecture/interiors photographer for twelve years - mostly high-end real estate and hotels. Being a "professional" anything is no walk in the park - producing the goods whatever the weather, your mood...

The FAA are not charging him for "operating commercially" - they are charging him with "reckless flying" which they say is applicable to him because it was a commercial flight. The defence is arguing that the FAA failed to follow proper procedure to establish binding laws. There is no...

Another way to do it is with an "arming plug" - commonly implemented with Deans or Powerpole connectors. Last but one item on this page. Last item on that page (anti-spark version) is also interesting - never seen that combination before :) - might try that.

Damn - I'm agreeing with bart again! ;) The science supports using higher pitch props on the bottom - the top prop is (effectively) acting on static air, the bottom prop is having to accelerate air that's already moving at speed (and spiraling). Fixed wing flyers have been using coaxial motors...

Blimey! We agree twice in the space of a few posts :) Making everything black also increases solar heat gain. When I was photographing outdoors in the south of Portugal (think California levels of sunshine) I had to make a bracket for my tripod to attach one of those little baby-stroller...

If most of your work will be stills then the Zenmuse is possibly not ideal for you - it is so sensitive to balance that you can't even use a zoom lens because of the shift in CG. The performance requirements for stills would seem to be easier than video, until you try zooming. A hyper-wide and a...

I'm prompted by another thread to add another "calculation" to this one. Before doing any Cost of Business spreadsheet there's a more fundamental assessment that one should do: namely, do I have all the necessary skills/knowledge for this business? Loosely speaking there are three key elements -...

Why are you asking?

:dejection:

Sorry to have riled you but there was a specific purpose in my swipe. You've obviously got the flying thing sorted and I don't doubt your business acumen. But you're talking about charging clients for photography whilst appearing, from your question, to know little about the subject. If that's...