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If anyone's contemplating a BNUC-S then its worth noting the lack of any clear facilitated path from buying your first WL Toys V929, equipping it with a suitable broadcast level payload, photographing the Chinese manual, running that thru OCR and Google Translate and then handing it in to the...

In order to undertake aerial photogrammetric data processing (orthorectification/image mosaicing) its necessary (preferred) for the 3D position of the camera, its attitude and the time the picture is taken to be recorded as part of the data capture mission. Companies such as Sensefly, Pteryx...

When I fly like this a few things have to come together, like knowing the battery, being sure you have a solid RTH and Video link. The iOSD is the best way of determining Ascent/Descent rates given the latency in all 2.4Ghz telemetry systems. Since there was no gimbal mounting for my GoPro and...

RTH test using Wookong-M V5.14 (PWM) Jeti DC-16 and iOSD... 68 seconds from 37m away. One Question: why does the 'GHome' iOSD indicator disappear before it has landed and shut down?

I started out with Graupner HoTT and ended up here. This all amounts to one very important thing: Peace of Mind. Tired of all the take-offs fraught with unknowns I think I'm pretty close to having it nailed except for ESC internals and power loom solder joints. The co-pilot gets to see all...

Sorry about the main vid quality, can't seem to output it any better than this from FinalCut X. Confirms its all working with a GoPro's AV out. Now to try with the Horyzon V2 whilst DJI fix the Pixim SeaWolf issue.

(PART REPEAT RANT) Not sure I understand why it is folk like DJI and ZeroUAV adhere to pricing models that hinge on the number of Waypoints you can pre-program and fly to. Are there really any photographers out there that are that sophisticated and who's batteries can justify it? In a 12...

Seems the OSD doesn't display 'GPS' mode unless it has a GPS fix? Would be nice if it could show that its selected otherwise it could lead to confusion/pilot error? One can always refer to the SAT count indicator after all...

Tested this with both my Pixim's as best I can and have come to the conclusion the DJI OSD won't work with them. Could it be the resolution is too high? (750 lines) or could it be a GND issue? (I've run separate 12V power to the camera; and GND plus signal to the OSD) OSD is working fine with...

Prior to wiring this unit in I decided to check the voltage on the video output ribbon which has twin POS and NEG wires (for twin TXs?). I connected the OSD up to a charged 4S LiPo and read 16.65V ... This is too high to feed my 5.8Ghz 200mW Tx which like many others uses 12 to 15V Anyone got...

Basic and still in development but About time, that's all I can say. So much more can be done with this principle (gravity, counterbalancing and damping). Theoretically this could be placed on an independent panning platform too. I'm just stunned nothing like this hasn't emerged from USA or...

Forum seems to have gone quiet on new builds so here goes. Pic of my now stable XAircraft X650 which has the following: Quadcopters' 4 x Torxpower 2212 Pro motors 12 X 4.5 CF props HobbyWing 1 piece Quattro ESC unit Wookong-M (PPM) - from Quadcopters Jeti DC-16 Tx (way better than a...

Since I am using Jeti Duplex EX I have programmed my R10 Rx Channel (7) that handles Wookong 'Atti Mode' to deliver a 1350uS signal on Failsafe. (I worked out the 1350 value by assigning a trim pot to CH7 and twiddling it to get 'Blue Failsafe' on the the Tx page in Wookong Assistant). When I...

Just bought one of these, primarily because I got fed up with trying to aim/align my Silva anemometer which had an impeller. The Eole has a sensor that measures wind from any direction as soon as it's cap is removed. The other nice thing is it has configurable averaging... AND has a camera...

My Octo pre-flight checklist is exhaustive, but still there are things that my moderately comprehensive setup cannot tell me: ESC temp ESC PWM in Attitude Vibration Rotor RPM Power Loom status Maybe DJI's planned OSD will address one or two of these, but I can't help thinking that if the frames...

You do wonder what DJI are up to. OK so they have worked out how best to handle a loss of one motor on a Hex and so they upload a video purporting to show how to use IOC to effect a safe landing. They then get a few comments and questions, some of which presumably prompt them to then remove...

Took some doing (no ENG manual yet) Got shot of the MC-32 HoTT system because Graupner aren't ever going to match JETI for telemetry or build quality. I got the following working: - Wookong-M V5.12 compatible PPM out from the SAT2 pin of the R10 Rx (8 Channels) - a satellite Rx (RSAT)...

Was up in the UK Lakes a couple of weeks ago and managed to apply a couple of examples of rank stupidity having had a good run since maiden flight up 'til then. Given the ongoing uncertainties around multi rotor AP flying I decided to make telemetry a top priority.... no flying without a black...

Whilst I'm waiting for a Gimbal controller that needs to be told something about its relation to the COG etc. I'm messing about (like others) with the FY-30A. After upgrading the firmware and doing a re-init I found I was still struggling with the gain settings, I don't really know what the...

Flew my first aerial photog stills mission a few days ago. Video here Gimbal was jittering so no smooth HD just yet. I was chuffed that the Graupner telemetry worked so well, I found Vario really useful. Wookong-M help position within 10 metres. Independent Graupner HoTT info here