Recent content by Gyro Doctor

That's one fine looking catfish right there Renov8r :) Reminds me of a time I caught one about that size with a couple of friends using a small johnboat. After deciding on a swim, we put our legs through the arm holes of our vests and were bobbing around in the water drinking some beers...

This is a literal example of the expression "fight fire with fire" ... lol ... the most obvious use being in Forestry, where they set smaller fires to control larger ones ... it's called backburning.

Antenna frequencies must match and ideally be of the same type too. 2.4 GHz is typically used for control while 5.8 is for video. A "mushroom" antenna (the white dome shaped one you show) can be RHP or LHP (right or left hand polarization) and these must also be the same. If you mount the 3dB...

[text removed by moderator] Both an inductor (coil of wire) and a capacitor (two plates separated by insulation) store energy and resist abrupt changes in a circuit by "smoothing things out". An inductor does so by magnetic field strength, while a capacitor does so by electrical differential...

PRO V3....................................F405 no PDB....................................PDB 4-Cell Max..............................Rated for 6-Cells lousy copper (lifts easy).......HD copper no hardware...........................Comes with soft mounts & adapter plate (36x36) Good...

Just resolder the connections for that light and see if that helps. ;) Even if it doesn't keep the board for parts, and if it does then get another one anyway so you've got replacements. :)

:) ... I like it ! Cage The Elephant was a nice touch too ... lol ... :p

So why not throw a digital temp display, showing a thermocouple (built as a PCB probe) on that, then maybe feedback to a simple controller (or better yet an MCU) and automate the whole thing :p

:rolleyes: ... That works ... lol ... What's that a transmitter for ? The daughter board reminds me of those multi protocol circuits you use to control "toy" quads with using a "real" radio o_O

When your really into SMD you don't even use a solder iron any longer ;) I used to have an air pencil that was "Da Bomb" !! :cool: I gave a newb employee a BGA chip and soldering iron then told him to replace the one on a PCB ... The look on his face as he puzzled about it was priceless :p

Beautiful spot to fly :) Wasn't that Budgie playing? Haven't heard them in years :D Bondolier is one of my favorite albums of theirs ;)

I'm sure you will ;) They're not that hard with some practice (at height, without targets), but THEN you hafta do it through gates :eek: Having preset spots for entry and/or exit of the maneuver adds not only snap roll control, but also inverted decent and ascent precision too. :cool:

Never tried flying in formation, but I used to love dogfighting with RC planes ... we'd drag streamers and you tried to chew their's off with your prop :p

... After you get those down pat try immelmans and split-S maneuvers, they're fun :D

:rolleyes: ... Rocky Horror Picture Show That was one really weird movie ... lol ... It has a quite a cult following though, there's fan clubs where people get dressed up like the characters and go to parties, I actually talked to a guy who did that.