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Hey Bart... I think I've fount a pretty good solution for the hub. I bought from HD a little 5 minute epoxy. It's the little two tube thing and I drop a dab or so and mix it up. With a tooth pick for fine adjustment or the end of a clipped zip tie for heavier adjustment I'll apply it and check...

Well I said I'd report back... After making a new aluminum bracket and mounting the antenna 5" above the board, I had a solid blue lock-on in about 8 seconds. Very nice. Unfortunately I also decided to put in a little vibration dampening which brought to light another problem. Bad vibration from...

Thanks Guys.... the aluminum bracket will be installed in the morning. I may just put the external magnetometer up there as well. I shall report back.

Actually Bart, the back on the deck could be blocked a little more and it acquires the fastest. Good sky coverage front and back and underground utilities. I just thought of something though and it may or may not be an issue. In the front, I armed in the driveway and there probably is rebar...

Here ya go Bart. Maybe you see something I don't. I haven't flown again so I should be able to upload the log. I think I may have to take the wife-unit fishing so it may be a little later before I could upload the log. Thanks for taking a look.

This morning, I went out for a fly and had an odd anomaly with the GPS PH. First some background... Yesterday, I had several flights without issue and I normally arm and allow the GPS to acquire on my back deck. The HEX faces approximately 020 magnetic. On those flights, the GPS acquired a...

The Hex is flying beautifully. I have a question though that some of y'all with a little more experience may have some insight. The AH is nearly flawless. The AL is perfect. The PH is, well, lets put it this way... This is the first time I could use the PH and AH and completely rotate the hex...

Yeah.. I suppose those other builds, there's so much weight in the camera equipment, that the battery weight is insignificant. My battery was 577g which weighed nearly as much as the RusticWave gimbal and GoPro underneath. I got up and flew today. I have AL trimmed so good that it's almost like...

Update. I was right. The CG was way too high. I suppose I've seen other multi's with the battery on top and thought it would be easier access. It was. It also sucked as far as flying. So, off came the gear and the camera mount and a thorough rethink on the CG. I moved the battery underneath the...

I have the foam over the sensor. I think the CG is a little high. I've always put the battery low on the frame. Now, it's above the frame. In fact, it's probably 3" above the main body where the arms connect. The HFP is mounted to The body with the GPS above that. I may try lowering the CG and...

I am really having a hard time flying this xHex. I have it stable as far as twitching but any slight breeze blows it off level. I am constantly fighting to keep it level and on station even with AL. It's very sensitive in the roll and pitch axis when flying. I have dual rate in and it helps but...

First Flight Hmmmm was this a lesson.... I have to learn all over again. First of all it's now a hex with shorter arms. It's 31" MTM now. I can carry it by one arm if I have to. I've moved the 5000mha battery to a plate above the HFP & GPS for easier access and for an additional batter in...

I haven't tried saving anything to an SD card yet. Probably should... But... The newer fast SD cards only work in devices designed to take them. I know one of my cameras won't recognize the 32g SD card I use in my GoPro. That may be the issue there. Try a slow plain 1g SD card and see if that...

You know... This is how new I am to RC. I've been calling them curves... It's Dual Rate. Here are some pictures of my setup you can use.... The first three are the dual rate for the aileron, the next three are for the elevator, and the next two are for the rudder. Notice on the rudder, it...

Yeah... I may be calling it the wrong thing but basically out of the box, the sticks are linear, with full up being +100 and full down being -100 (or whatever your endpoints are). By putting in a curve, you flatten or desensitize the center on the right stick pitch and roll. This way, for me at...

Looks like a good first flight! Yes. I land, disarm, double click on the linkage button on the radio, go to endpoint and adjust the gain. Re-arm and lift off. Keep bumping it 5 points at a time until it starts to shudder with your inputs. Land and back down 5 points or just until it stops...

Thanks Stacky. I've found that in gusty wind, my X8 would climb a little. I really liked how it handled manually, I just couldn't get it right with the GPS and I'm sure it was my wiring and my arms. This Hex is WAY more stiff. I'll keep my fingers crossed. I know the wife-unit laughs at me...

Well... Maybe it's a build thing. I just like building. After some disappointing performance with the big X8 I made some observations and I'm making a change. While watching my x8 fly, she flew beautifully on manual but I could never get the GPS to hold worth a darn on PH. So I watched it...

... another thought... Do I have to unplug and restart after I rotate the external magnetometer or simply disarm, rotate, rearm and test fly?

Thanks Al. I just got off the Zendesk and read that very thing. I'll recheck the gain, but I thought it was pretty good. I'll then try the rotation thing. I'm thinking the bamboo spit has a little variance in it. I just eyeballed the alignment when I put it in place. That's probably it. Thanks...