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I've been flying and consulting for over three years now and was head first into growing this industry. Designed my own machines and flew two WKM's for some awesome clients and venues and even turned more down due to their unsafe flying requests. In the past few weeks I have watched numerous...

Looks like a racer amenity is to add a gimbal to the front. Automatic seems like it wouldn't be fitting for the use. BUT, does the three way position on a three way switch make sense?

A chance at some redundancy would be key if you chipped a prop on another racer or clipped a tree, but what else can you gain with a hex? Seems like a hex with angled motors is the 'best' configuration right now?

While there are definitely some issues that concern aerial media platforms that don't sit well, ie: defender of privacy... This dude is freaking awesome because he ONLY blows phantoms out of the sky with a shotgun! Worth watching just to see them smash to smithereens. Bart, maybe you could...

Please do not do this or anything similar with your newly found hobby. Thank you - Management. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/06/27/man-flies-drone-over-pnc-park-during-game/

Hey guys, need some ideas. I have something coming up where 360 degree pans are required at 15', 25', 35' & 45'. I was thinking about using a distance laser pointing it at the craft and then using that distance as the hypotenuse depending on my standing distance away from the takeoff point...

Hey guys....little story for ya...no ending yet :-) Long story short.... Agency calls me in for a meeting to build them a top of the line dual operator copter because they like my work and want me to pilot, but I fly a Nex5n and not 5d - so my equipment isn't good enough... Give them a full...

Puzzled by this.... Powered up and got no red flashes with consistent purple GPS and consistent yellow attitude modes verifying full GPS lock. After about a minute in GPS mode, it goes to three very fast red flashes, but only in GPS mode... If I switch back to attitude, all yellow and no...

Please make red negative and green positive for your orientation values.

Looks like DJI's App is now live in the App Store:

There are a million threads out there about how to find your COG....this isn't one. I couldn't find much on the benefits of building your copter with the intent of aligning the vertical COG so it aligns with the propeller plane naturally. I think horizontal COG is easier to understand - you...

For sale is my Xaircraft X650 V4 V8 frame with extra parts included. This frame has never suffered any type of crash because it was never even flown, only one tip-over so it is in like new condition. One tab on the cover is missing as in the closeup pic below but does not affect the...

3D Printer Project: T8FG LS & RS Extension I have found the best way to work the tilt on my gimbal while flying, is to use the RS (I'm right handed) lever/switch on my Futaba T8FG. This way, I do not need to take my thumbs off the sticks to turn any knobs (LD or RD) and I can tilt the gimbal...

I'm currently redesigning my hex from the ground up. Part of my redesign is changing my orientation to a Hex-I from a Hex-V to allow (3) tube legs as landing gear. I'm weighing out the pros and cons of installing the legs at different positions, angles and type of feet to allow maximum...

Changed out a motor on my hex and took about 3 weeks off of flying due to my job. Stored all my lipos on storage charge at 3.8 per cell.Typically i get 5 1/2 minutes of flight before my first warning and another 30 seconds before my second warning. Today I charged up and took a quick flight...

Having an issue with one of my motors/ESC. When I power up the motors, my M5 acts sporadically. Sometimes it powers up full, sometimes it starts weak and then powers up full, other times it struggles the whole time and never reaches full power. I made a quick video below - you'll see the weak...

Just saw they started up a Facebook page at the end of June. They have some cool vids posted already: http://www.facebook.com/DjiInnovations Also, for full disclosure. NO...I do not work for them or I would be flying better equipment :shame:

Hopefully there isn't a thread like this already out there, but in celebration of my first video, I thought I'd start a thread that was not only a showcase for what you filmed, but allowed room for critiquing, advice and feedback on the videos as well. I'll stick my neck out and post my first...

As soon as I power my gimbal up it jerks way off tilt and stresses the servo on the roll axis, plus the pitch is way off. So, I tlted the copter to make it not stress the servos, and both channels were responding. However, the copter was basically sideways and leaning drastically forward. Any...

I am officially airborne today!! An exciting step, however, when I got her up, I couldn't get her back down... Even with the throttle all the way down it would just hover, so I had to dump it into the grass (only a couple feet). Better to hover than to keep going up :shame:!! Didn't touch...