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I will have to agree with you in that there are very few place that helium blimps are mentioned. I think they sound great if your shooting arial video. I think the main reason could be that they are slower than most options and aren’t nimble.

If someone wants to capture your video feed then there is currently very little to stop them. You could get a 5ghz Wifi router for video, and a wifi module for Pi or Arduino, with little modification you could make a secure video link. IF someone were to want to "jam" your signal, then you...

What is the reason you should not use aluminium shielding? Cat6 cable uses aluminium to reduce EMI, is there much difference to RFI?

Perhaps it makes the quad more areo-dynamic, as it is more level as apposed to tilted more vertical?

I noticed that the rotors were tilted foward, would this increase speed or does it just tilt the hexa-copter?

Ok, thanks, I think I will buy one of these. I have never messed with LiPo, although I have used Li-ion. From what I can gather discharging cells equally is extremely important. Why would this be such an issue with LiPo where I have never had this problem with Li-ion?

Can't believe how much of a difference self levelling gimbals make. I synced the two videos together, played them and was supprised.

Yeah, it would make it look a little cooler and more professional. I mean really would it have killed em to move it 10' further away?

The turkey will taste much better now, knowing that it was cooked by a drone.

^ Thai was one of the videos that first got me really interested in quads. It is really amazing, there is a company that does things like this for behind the scenes work on movies (swarms).

Ok, thank you, I have heard a lot of good about the Arduino based Muti-Wii.

Here is a link and here is another in the case that you don't know what I am talking about (I would not have yesterday). A light bullet-proof material that could possibly be used in quad-opters soon. It is called graphene. According to a few articles that I have read it is pure carbon...

^ Thanks, are there any similarly priced alternatives that have return to home or other essential features? -----EDIT----- I found this ZnDiy-BRY CC3D Openpilot Open Source Flight Controller/32 Bits Processor Board for RC Models , does this have return to home and more importantly will it...

I still believe that the solar world be a better option. Or even thermal, there are small thin plates that look kind of like a CPU. When one side is warm and the other is relatively cooler it produces electricity. Put them by parts that heat up or are in the sun and you get back a little...

I think your right, I could not find anything close commercially. After I build this I plan to post a diagram and build tutorial, It will probably be a over month before that happens though :/ . I think I have covered most everything for a cheap FPV system but cannot be sure until I try to...

Yes, a brush-less motor can be made to produce electricity just as a brushed motor would, though it will be less efficient than a mini generator if you could find such a thing. Though the hardest part is to make sure it polarizes every time before you can start producing electricity. For...

I was wondering if that would be the case, like adding too big of a battery. Mabe if they got more efficient.

The versatility of quad-copters really interest me. I think one of the things that make them so great is that you can program them do do most anything.

Really nice work, how would you price a quad copter?

CC3D Openpilot Open Source Flight Controller 32 Bit vs Hobby King KK2.1.5. Would the CC3d be better, or is missing some of the features that the KK2.1.5 has?