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    Complete wiring

    I did post this diagram some time ago, but the minim OSD wiring was not clear, and the power for the camera gimbal was not indicated. Just check your modules, and the colours of the wires dont seem to be a standard, so one has to look at the individual connections. Also I mentioned that the...
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    Wiring Diagram

    I dont know if this will help anybody, but here is all information added to one page. It would be pertinent to check your connections for any other modules that you might have, not shown here. It is a wise thing to have such a diagram in front of you when building up anything, and mark each...
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    FPV ...perspective?

    It all looks so simple, add a camera and get a pair of goggles and off you go! Now when you look at the screen, everything is seen in another perspective, distances are exaggerated and nearness too! So to get a better feel for this thing, I used as carboard box and a lens, put the receiver...
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    Allocation od the switches on the Transmitter

    The hardware discussed here is the Flysky FS-i6s and the APM flight controller. There are two modes mentioned in all the specifications, the MODE on the transmitter and the flying mode controlled by the flight controller. The mode on the transmitter has to do with the joystick allocations...
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    Missing Drone

    Anybody in the Boksburg area, some one found a drone in their back yard! It is on facebook "Boksburg community" something or other. If you lost your drone, try go through the various Boksburg community groups. I myself dont belong to any of them, I just heard it from a friend. Good luck there!
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    Crash!

    I have been reading the tips left behind by some experienced flyers, the one thing I omitted to do is do a pre-flight check. What I did do was put "prestick" over the holes where the screws go. As I went up I heard a strange noise, and before I could land one motor came off and the quad...
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    Mission Planner and programming

    I dont like Windows most of the time, but I had to use it for mission planner. APM planner works on Ubuntu but apparently some features are missing. So I had to make a shortcut to mission planner on the desktop, to do that one has to go to the place where it is on the hard drive, look through...
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    Another flying machine

    I was involved with a comms board for a gyrocopter. As part of the reward I was taken on a flight. It was like riding a Harley Davidson but a bit noisier! The top rotor was turned by an electric motor then the propulsion propeller lifted us up after about ten meters, then the power was removed...
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    The South African law.

    You will get those that will try stop you from flying your craft, so it will pay you to know what your rights are. Your Radio controlled flying machines have been classified according to weight, and under 1.5Kg the various rules do not apply. Here is the link...
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    Learning to fly

    I was very nervous when first taking to the air, resulting in some real bad crashes. I cracked two arms, but I found a plastic glue which restored the strength. These repairs survived subsequent crashes. Then some one mentioned it would be pertinent to practice with a flight simulator first. I...
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    Building up a quad

    Having got a mini quadcopter, flying around and crashing, I wanted to build my own system up. The cheapest was to buy a kit, but they dont supply a controller and a receiver. I chose "DIY 3 QC F450 kit", using APM 2.6 FC and the bigger motors 2212/920kv, with a GPS unit. They provided a nylon...
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