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One thing you should consider if you're going to use a multicopter for this purpose is that the FAA would regard this as a commercial endeavor and the pilot would need to be UAS certified.

Yup, you're right. Made no difference. I did a video flight earlier this morning to shoot video of the creek behind our house to assess it's condition after the rain we had. Later, after charging up the battery again, I did another flight - optimistically increased the length of the mission...

I think I may have solved my problem. I posted my issue on another forum and some questions directed to me made me think I was not properly using my Tenergy battery charger. The manual is kinda thin and I had to resort to my friend, YouTube; there, I discovered that when programming it for a...

Thank you Jackson - I always appreciate your comments! I suspect that perhaps my battery is weak - I've used it on both this aircraft as well as on a Tarot 680 Pro hexcopter. I'm thinking I might go ahead and replace it. Thanks again foro your comments!

It's kind of hard to make any recommendation without any information. What kind of flying do you intend to do? Indoors? Outdoors? Do you just want a quad that has a single flight mode, or do you want more than one, such as "Return To Launch" (which requires GPS, etc). Do you want to simply fly...

I measured the battery voltage with my multimeter (old analog type), and it indicated over 15 V. I then plugged it into my charger and it started indicated 15.68 V as it began charging. Here's a screen shot of the log file showing voltage during the flight: Notice how it dropped immediately...

I have an Elev-8 (V2) quad that I had modified - replaced the stock motors with Tarot 4006 620 KV motors, driving carbon 1355 props. I'm using an APM 2.6 flight controller with external GPS, telemetry, Tarot 2D gimbal and a TS832 600 mW video transmitter. The full up weight is 3.0 lbs: I...

Latest update. Details, details! I realized that I didn't have a USB plug for the GoPro to the video transmitter so I had to order one. And then I agonized over how to power the gimbal and video transmitter. Before, I spliced the power and ground leads of the two devices together then then...

I have two small 450 mAh 3S lipos - $10 for the pair, and a GPS module I bought from Amazon but couldn't use because the leads are too short. Will sell the GPS separately for $10:

Good luck with your research and build - we're all here to help!

you should be fine with those motors and ESC's.

It is not hard at all to do that much damage to the nose of a commercial jet, which is typically made of composite material (the weather radar antenna is located there). A quad such as a Phantom could easily cause that much damage. Birds have been known to do as much damage...

When I started out, I bought an Elev-8 kit from a company called Parallax. (See my avatar). The kit was expensive, but it contained everything I needed except the radio and battery. The online instructions were very helpful. But at the time, the only flight controller was a Hoverfly board that...

So, I have a question and of course, I'm not sure of your background, so I'll offer what I can at the risk of telling you stuff your already know. Is this an RTF copter or did you build it yourself? If you built it yourself, then I can assume that you know how to make the motor/ESC connections...

I've built an Elev-8 before and modified it to fly using an APM 2.6 flightr controller instead of the stock Hoverfly board. Since the APM is sensitive to vibrations, I had to get a vibration dampening mount that comes in two pieces separated by rubber ball vibration dampeners. Right away, I...

I have a GPS module that I bought but when I received it I found that the leads are too short for my project. I will sell it to you for $10 if you're interested. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017BAYNYA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Probably around 3 lbs. It's a Parallax Elev-8 quadcopter (see pic at left), but with Tarot 4006 620 kv motors and a Tarot 2 axis gimbal with a GoPro camera. Also a small video transmitter. I don't think the load will be a problem.

My take is that it's like Microsoft Windows - Microsoft no longer supports XP, but you can still use it. I just downloaded firmware on a new APM 2.6 clone that I bought on Amazon. I used the latest revision of Misson Planner - the download was successful. As long as you're happy with V3.2.1...

So, I ordered some T-Motor prop washers from HeliDirect and they arrived a couplel of days ago. They are slightly smaller in diameter than the Tarot washers, but I used one to secure a prop onto my Tarot motor - seemed to fit just fine. But I sent an email to HeliDirect, asking if these would be...