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Why am I getting a double image for my avatar? Got me baffled...

Are the larger drones easier to fly? I've started with an Hubsan Q4 H107. Quite frankly it flies like the proverbial bat out of hell. The controls are very sensitive, and the wee quadcopter is FAST. Now I find myself "lusting" for something "bigger & better" such as a DJI Phantom 4 or...

...or buyer beware! Having bought quadcopters and parts online, or to be more accurate, having attempted to buy quadcopters and parts online I am finding that this is an entirely different buying experience from what I have experienced in the past. I have found "crooks" on eBay here in the...

As an "0lde gopher" who cut his first teeth on free flight, control line and RC sets with tubes I object to the use of "controller" in place of "transmitter". When & where in Haedes did this word "controller" creep into our hobby??? Is it a poor Chinese translation into English? I find it...

Finally got all of the parts in that I needed to get my second-hand, crashed, rejected, and abandoned Hubsan 107L into the air. lol...I must admit that it did not go smoothly, but after getting it trimmed properly I managed to get it into the air, do some touch-and-goes and finally manage a...

No, we're not going to take apart our motors and balance them internally, but we can still balance them to reduce vibration. Those of you who fly the "big quadCs" and take videos it is very important and helps to eliminate "jello". For those of us who fly the pea shooters it can add to our...

I am a believer in balancing propellers. F1 autos have had internally balanced engines for decades, long before the guys at the brickyard in Indianapolis figured it out that it helps. Granted we don't have too much left to balance on small quadcopters, but we can balance our propellers. 2...

I gather that this is where everyone introduces him/herself to the "group". I'm at the other end of the age spectrum from most that I've seen here. I started out with control line airplanes in the late 1950s. OMG, can't believe that it's been that long. I suffered through the early RC units...

I need to buy some new AAA, 700 mAh, rechargeable batteries. I've pretty much narrowed down the choice to NI MH or LiFePo4. Both have better life spans than my old batteries which have given up the ghost. I am leaning toward the LiFePo4 batteries. They are to be used in the transmitter of an...