Bart, please leave me out of the FAQ's if I have a say
. I know my decisions are erratic at times, although I would still sell everything I have if someone wanted to give me an honest offer. I have a lead with Comcast that could potentially be regular.
Drew, that's very kind of you to offer. I have a few questions/issues first. I am addicted to the XY8 format and really dont want to go X8 since it shows props on forward flight. The fact that I plan to go brushless with a much smaller gimbal as to try and reduce the amount of wind sail area on the gimbal/landing gear will inevitably bring the camera even closer to the frame, really making it necessary to have the 120 deg arm spacing. I have considered the Y6 but I like having 8 motors for a few obvious reasons. My other big concern is having GPS. I really dont need it for the most part and I have grown to feel more comfortable having less. When there are 15-100 people staring at the back of your neck and you can hear the client saying things like "man, he better know what he's doing." to the producer, I want every last bit of possible security i can have. I dont do long flights and always do very short and controlled movements. We land, talk about it, watch it sometimes, rinse and repeat. At the same time there have been a few times flying further out has been needed and knowing the RTH works is a blessing. But I dont think this would be on my dual operator heli. Another example of why GPS makes me nervous....I have an upcoming project inside of a massive factory. Obviously GPS would never get a signal. Not knowing anything about what triggers these erratic fly-aways or odd behaviors, I tend to just want to eliminate the possibility all together. I know you mentioned that when flying in Atti mode it ignores the gps all together, which I believe, just want to have a better track record before jumping in head first. maybe kloner can be my guinea pig. I'll jump in after he does.