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  1. Av8Chuck

    Commercial Operations of sAUS in the US now Legal

    This thread is for the recent announcement from the FAA for Part 107 Small Unmanned Aircraft Rule. If your interested in discussing how this rule pertains to the hobbyist (it doesn't) please post in the other thread. There are 624 pages to the ruling so there will undoubtedly be some debate...
  2. Av8Chuck

    Should I stay or Should I go?

    I don't pretend that anyone cares whether I stay or go, more of a rhetorical question. I didn't always agree with Bart but you have to give him a lot of credit for starting Multirotor.com when he did. At that time multirotors where beginning to have a profound effect on the RC hobby and there...
  3. Av8Chuck

    Drone Shot Down

    http://okcfox.com/news/local/legal-drone-shot-down-in-edmond-neighborhood During the debate over drone registration a lot of people said that there's no expectation to privacy so what difference does it make if the FAA makes the registration public. The reason the FAA claimed they needed to...
  4. Av8Chuck

    Video Out of a Hero4

    Does anyone know if this works with a Hero4? http://www.getfpv.com/gopro-video-board-straight-live-video-out-charge.html How do you get video out of a GoPro for FPV?
  5. Av8Chuck

    What Would Make a Better FPV Experience?

    How popular is FPV racing, in the US and around the World? Is there room for improvement with the flight controller to make FPV more competitive? Same question regarding motors and ESC's? Is there anyone using HD for FPV? If so what kind of Tx/Rx? Would HD FPV improve the overall racing...
  6. Av8Chuck

    Retracts

    Are there any good quality retracts available?
  7. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft Upgrading Basic to Standard

    I want to upgrade my basic (4) to a standard (6), how do you do that? I didn't see anywhere on XAircraft's website to pay for the upgrade? Thanks
  8. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft Interpreting Black Box Data

    I just built a Y6 and made some changes between these two flights, I don't know how to interpret this information to determine what, if any adjustments I should make to improve it. Flight 1: with 2-axis gimbal and GH4 http://log.xaircraft.com/report.htm#2014_10_16_182651.000_16.1.01.00...
  9. Av8Chuck

    Folding Prop Adapters

    Here come the knock offs... Anyone tried these? http://rctimer.com/product-1175.html
  10. Av8Chuck

    Promoting Commercial sUAS.

    Anyone interested in this please bare with me as I try to explain what I'm thinking. As some of you may be aware I've been vocal about wanting to organize people interested in building and growing small sUAS businesses. Also over the past couple of months I have received permission, along with...
  11. Av8Chuck

    Batteries

    I'm moving up the food chain from 4S to 6S and would like your opinions on which batteries you like and why. Currently I have Turnigy nano-tach 6.0 4S 50c batteries on a medium sized quad with 13" props and 77oKV motors. I've had them less than a year but have had no problems with them. I was...
  12. Av8Chuck

    Coaxial Vs Flat

    On RCGroups there's a bit of a debate about the efficiency of and X8 verses a Hex. The claim is that with the same motors, props, and payload the Hex is 5.61Kg and the X8 is 5.77Kg. The Hex hovers at 45A and the X8 at 62A plus the motors are 10 degrees hotter. So the claim is that the Hex has...
  13. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft SuperX with Y6

    I'm considering building either a Y6 or Hex, does anyone have any experiences and/or video you could share with either configuration. I'm planning for an AUW of about 15lbs. Thanks
  14. Av8Chuck

    GoPro Hero3+

    I have a Hero2 that I use as a crashcam on cars, its been great but generally I have not thought the quality of footage from the GoPro's in general is good enough to charge money for AP so I've been using a Sony NEX5n. With the proliferation of camera gimbals for the GoPro Hero3 and the...
  15. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft Building a Super-X Quad Need Advice.

    I'm building a moderate lift quad with Super-X with an AUW of ~7 to 10LBS [4.5Kg]. I have built the frame and I have: 4 Avroto 2814-11S 6 5800 4S batteries 4 APC 11 X 4.7 Props I'm considering: 4 RCTimer HVSK-40A OPTO ESC's http://www.rctimer.com/product_850.html 4 TM 1255 Carbon Fiber 12 X...
  16. Av8Chuck

    Hoverfly Pro [Black] $250 OBO

    I have a new, never been plugged in, HFPro [Black] $245 OBO
  17. Av8Chuck

    3.2Kg Hex, Prop and Motor Advice

    I have a 7lb (3.2Kg) Hex with 30amp ESC's, Turnigy D3536 (1000Kv) and 10" Graupner E-Props. I'm using a NAZA Vs 1 so the throttle has always felt kind of strange to me but it lifts off at about 75% throttle and hovers a little less than that. I've only flown it with the larger camera and...
  18. Av8Chuck

    Hoverfly Building an X8 with HFPro

    I posted this on RCGroups in the Hoverfly forum but got no response. Not sure if its just a slow day or if the activity has migrated to this forum so I thought I would post it here. Anyway, I've had a HFPro controller for more than six months and have not installed it on anything but since the...
  19. Av8Chuck

    Motors and Batteries

    I've been using Avroto 2814's for the past three years on a Quad and Y6, I've been using these on a Hex -- http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=18228 -- They aren't very efficient, I get about five minutes with 10" props and a 4S 5800 so I'm going to take the...
  20. Av8Chuck

    Hoverfly HFPro S-Bus

    Does the HFPro support S-Bus receivers? Also I watched the video tutorial about wiring up the controller and they left all the power wires connected on the ESC's but in the manual it says to leave one and disconnect the rest. Does everyone disconnect the power wire on the ESC signal connector?
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