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Very nice! Beautiful shots and I liked the music too!I wish I lived someplace scenic like that!

I solved my laptop computer problem! I had to do some thinking about what I had tried and zeroed in on the problem. I had determined that the telemetry radios I'm using work, the Dell laptop is working and Mission Planner is also working. That left only one thing: the driver I was using. The...

When you live amongst old farts, sometimes you have to take the extra steps! Check out this video:

When I lived in a retirement community, I contacted all my neighbors before attempting any flights with the idea that if even one objected I would not fly. Everyone was interested, especially when I posted videos of my overflights of the woods behind our houses. I live in Colorado now and I...

My antennas (antennae??) arrived and can't wait to try them out. But I'm loathe to takeoff without insuring that there are no GPS or other issues. I bought a cheap laptop from someone in the neighborhood to use in the field so I could monitor telemetry from the aircraft prior to takeoff and...

The Pillsbury Doughboy would be proud

The hex is great for lifting heavier payloads, but don't expect much in the way of endurance as those extra motors draw more current.

A Tarot 680 Pro I built a couple of years ago - flew great, but suffered a devastating crash when loss of radio signal caused the motors to shut down as I did not have the failsafe enabled.

Welcome to the world of quadcopter problem solving. From my experience, your best bet is to troubleshoot down to the LRU (line replaceable unit) and then replace. Start with replacing the F.C. and work from there. Hold onto the item you're replacing in case that you guessed wrong and the thing...

I searched and from what I found, I suspect that public access is available only via tours: https://www.nnss.gov/pages/PublicAffairsOutreach/NNSStours.html I could not find anything else about Yucca Flats in particular other than it is one of four test regions within the Nevada Test Site...

When I did my test flight of my homemade Faraday cage surrounding my vtx, I didn't mention that I had control issues. I had intended to fly a short mission, letting the autopilot fly the aircraft while I watched the video on my monitor. But as soon as I switched on the autopilot, the copter took...

Just a comment or two: I used to live in Az. (Fountain Hills), though that was before I got into this hobby. Be extremely careful about flying in any parks as most do not allow drones as they are a noise nuisance as well as a disturbance to wildlife. Watch out in particular for Maricopa County...

If you are having lots of noise coming from ESC's try wrapping your transmitter in lint trap mesh.

I had the same thought! But then I ws wondering how would he retrieve the video? For awhile, it is inverted as it descends, then later, when close to the ground he hovers awhile before landing - amazing endurance, especially considering the temperature!

In the last two days, I've read about an amazing altitude achieved by a DJI Mavic: Then, today, I read that a Russian guy topped that - 33,000 ft! https://www.diyphotography.net/this-guy-flies-a-small-hobby-drone-up-to-33000-feet/

Uh, guess that was lost on me.... :cool:

What's with drone pilots in the UK? http://www.thedrive.com/tech/19417/airplane-drone-near-misses-in-the-u-k-have-more-than-tripled-in-two-years

I really need you guys to keep working in order to help subsidize my retirement! ;-)

The color is, um, special...

the last couple of times I've flown my elev-8, I've had problems with two flight modes that require GPS/compass: Loiter and RTL I recalibrated the compass twice now - the latest time, I compared the compass heading as shown in Mission Planner with the compasy on my iPhone and there was only a...