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For those of you who create way point missions for your multi copter, I just learned a lesson that I thought I'd share. I have three aircraft that all use the APM 2.6 flight controller/autopilot and I use Mission Planner for creating missions, mainly for shooting videos. Recently, I planned and...

Golly, I don't see a way to avoid the interference without swapping out the receiver for another one. I'm glad that you found the problem but wish I could offer a better solution!

You can try an experiment - fly the aircraft with the GoPro attached but not in WIFI Mode and see how well the aircraft responds. WIFI is at 2.4 GHZ, which may be the same as the transmitter for your aircraft. I use a 2.4 GHZ transmitter but it utilizes spread spectrum so that it skips to a...

A series of aerial shots taken from my highly modified Parallax Elev-8 (V2) quadcopter using an APM 2.6 Flight Controller/Autopilot, a GoPro Hero4 camera mounted on a Tarot 2 axis gimbal.

For my purposes, I'm more interested in the following: A clearly marked launch pad area so potential bystanders know to keep away from it. A surface that prevents dust/debris from flying about damaging the aircraft/motors A means of leveling on a surface that is uneven

Good luck! There are lots of resources to help you!

Well, that could be pretty tough to accomplish without taking a chance or two. For example, you might try buying something on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Syma-X8W-Wifi-Headless-FPV-2-4Ghz-RC-Quadcopter-Drone-2MP-Camera-RTF-Gift-/291599259851?hash=item43e4ab98cb:g:65gAAOSwvUlWqIpQ And...

When you say "as small as possible", it isn't much help. Can you quantify the maximum dimensions?

Most of the newer aircraft have flight controllers that offer flight modes that make them easy to fly. Or you can build one as well. For example,I built a Parallax Elev-8 (see my avatar) and put an APM 2.6 flight controller/autopilot on it. It is easy to fly - with Loiter, Stabilize, Alt Hold...

you might consider a 3DR Iris - you can get one on Ebay for under $400. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3DR-IRIS-DRONE-QUADCOPTER-/252560810643?hash=item3acdcc2293%3Ag%3AgekAAOSwPCVX68tr It supposedly has a avg. flight time of 20 min. and can carry a Tarot 2D gimbal (195 gm) with GoPro camera (85 gm)...

The new gimbal arrived yesterday and I could not get it to work either. It came with a JST connector installed on the power leads, and so I bought a 2S lipo with a JST plug and powered up the unit - the gimbal vibrated. The manual said that either the camera was not screwed in completely or the...

Here is the latest on my gimbal problem. I've encountered another problem - a strange noise coming from the gimbal when I power it up. I crimped JST leads to the power/ground wires to the main control module so I can draw power from my 4S lipo battery's balance plug. I created a YouTube video...

Don't think so. If there is one, I haven't heard of it!

Very nice! I had to hold my breath once or twice as you came really close to some obstructions. I liked the scene where you looked down the smoke stack. Very pretty day! I lived in Allentown once and took a couple of classes at Lehigh U. Brought back some memories!

Check out the new DJI Mavic quadcopter:

Here is the latest update in my quest to control tilt and pan from my new gimbal. I've sent a description of my problem to the Tarot folks and I'm waiting for a response from them. In the meantime, I did a short flight test of the new gimbal yesterday when it was fairly windy and compared the...

I'm beginning to think that the Tarot gimbal is not compatible with PWM radios, even though the configuration app, ZYX-assistant has a pull down that lets you choose between "Coventional" (sic) or SBUS. I'm wondering if "Conventional" means PPM and if you're using PWM, well, you're S.O.L... One...

Well, it turns out that my efforts to configure the gimbal so far have been fruitless. This is going to be a long post as I want to provide as much detail as I can and hopefully RENOV8R or somebody else may shed some light as to what I'm doing wrong. My first challenge was getting the...

I completed the installation of the gimbal: I powered on the aircraft and the gimbal initialized itself and I was able to get limited tilt movement. I will need to download/install the Tarot configuration S/W, check for any firmware updates and go threough the configuration. My new GoPro...

Thank you for your comment! I realized that I didn't fully understand the connections. With my 2 axis gimbal, I simply had the tilt control wire going to a receiver channel which was mapped to a rotating control on my transmitter. I planned to do the same with my new gimbal. But when you...