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Hi folks, Hope someone sees this since this forum has been dead for some time. I am trying to install the latest versions of the Hoverfly Gimbal, Setup Client, and firmware upgrade. However, I no longer have an Internet connection on the old PC that want to use for this purpose. The...

I just received my preflashed ESCs with SimonK firmware. My understanding is that I don't need to program those other than to calibrate the throttle. For instance, I just wanted to ensure that I don't need to set that up for NiCAD batteries rather than Lipo so that I don't have the ship fall...

Anyone tried these ESCs? http://www.castlecreations.com/products/quadpack.html How would those work with WKM?

I have a WKM on a Droidworx octo HL frame. I have never been able to get the ship stable - been trying for two years. Crashed the ship almost everytime after the rebuild (not from pilot error but ship instability). Very frustrating. I have totally redone the wiring on the last rebuild. Took...

I happened upon this - quite interesting.

We have a 3 axis gimbal and wondered about the need for an external potentiometer. We will be using Savox 1258 modified for 360 degrees. We plan to use the Hover-fly gimbal controller. Do we need to use a potentiometer if we are using the gimbal controller to stabilize the camera? Confused.

A while back I registered unstable flight from my Hoverfly Pro octo. I tracked down that problem. That was due to a slightly bent motor shaft (probably from a previous crash). Because it was slightly bent it wasn't noticeable unless you were looking directly from the top then the wobble was...

Here is a bit of footage we took over the last year. Thanks Hoverfly.

Over the last month, whenever I test my Hoverfly setup, I get the following behaviour: I plug my batteries in and the esc initialize and I hear the motors beep - all is good. However, when I disconnect and try again, I get this: - I get dull beep from the Hoverfly Pro board, the light on the...

I was asked to provide a tutorial on my Spektrum setup for the Hoverfly Pro. Here it is - it doesn't cover everything but if folks have further questions I could extend the tutorial. It shows how I mapped the switches to various channels as well as the mixing and expo settings.

I took my Hoverfly Pro setup out for a bit of test with my Canon Vixia G10 on a MKTR Pro Gimbal and the footage was really jerky. It was not the jello you get from motor vibrations - I have two levels of vibration dampening between the frame and the gimbal (one level of sorbothane). I have...

I just got my WK-M ship in the air and am trying to get it fine tuned - a bit tough when it is -20 C out. However my question is this: In order for failsafe Go Home to work (for Come Home to work when the transmitter loses connection), does GPS have to be set when you bind? I guess the...

A while back I reported that I had given up on the WKM - it had crashed for the 3rd time. It had flown fine for the first 10 seconds after it was built the first time but then it went out of control on each rebuild. Not cheap replacing motor mounts and arms on our Droidworx ADH8. Well, I...

I just took my Droidworx Octo HL for another test flight and crashed for the 3rd time in as many test flights - broke two arms and misc components. I can't afford to repair it again. I have spent months rebuilding from the ground up after the last crash, recalibrated and programmed the Maytech...

<tbody> I was initially attracted to the DX 10t because it was a tray style platform since I use fingers to adjust the sticks and because it had some unique features that looked promising for doing aerial video. Plus I thought it looked cool (there is no accounting for taste). This review...

Okay I modified the mkTR Pro camera gimbal. I think the default setup is flawed. The vibration dampening system it comes with has too much free play and results in problems when there is small ship movements that shouldn't translate into camera movement because of the amount of play in the...

Any Thoughts on this? http://blog.flying-hobby.com/rc-news/release-of-new-products-by-gaui

I just wondered if folks could give me a good starting settings for the gains with the latest firmware. I have redone all the wiring on my octo and want to test it but am a bit gun shy because the last two attempts ended up with two broken arms. Once it was up in the air it was oscillating...

In a a scenario with two batteries in parallel or series, don't use Bullet connectors like this: Tell me how I know. On my HoverflyPro octo I have 4 ESCs powered by one battery and the other 4 ESCs powered by another battery (the theory is redundancy). I had two connectors using the stand...

I am having trouble setting up my camera gimbal with my HFP. I get it all set level on the workbench and sometimes that works for a flight or so but then eventually on one of the next flights it will tilt on the roll axis so the horizon is no longer level. I have gone and reset horizontal...