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I seem to be able to get everything done with this: http://www.harborfreight.com/16-piece-precision-screwdriver-set-4143.html I only use one or two pieces from the set for frame and motor screws, but I use the other ones for other stuff. I also have a lot of random bit sets that I will...

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-faa-revoked-an-airplane-pilots-license-for-flying-a-drone

Yep - if you look at it as R&D, then it doesn't seem so bad. If you really just want to be flying for the least amount of money possible and don't enjoy building and fixing, then it's definitely better to buy something that's been researched and developed and engineered and tested thoroughly by...

The good thing is that now you have really memorable lessons that will make you not forget to make sure all of those things are in order before flying. I was in the same boat in the beginning and now I inspect everything before every flight and if in doubt, I replace stuff (especially props)...

Update - email should be working again. A false positive in their monitoring software caused our domain to get disabled. If anyone notices any issues, let me know. Mike

No problem! Most of us have gone through the same type of frustration when we started (and even sometimes now). Do you balance your props? I definitely wouldn't fly with a bent prop. You will probably fly fine, but being bent and then bent back likely means it won't be balanced anymore and...

What happened? I hope the second part isn't serious and it's just your frustration talking. This is a crazy, frustrating hobby and everyone in it spends a lot of time crashing and repairing their quads - even the guys who make it look really easy in their videos. Obviously as you put in the...

Some of you may have noticed that you weren't receiving email updates on threads you were subscribed to and/or emails letting you know you had private messages, etc.. We switched email providers recently and after working just fine for a month, they decided to deactivate our domain until we...

I think the article is probably referring to this: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/6/feinstein-introduces-bill-to-improve-safety-of-consumer-drones https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1608

Got this email from Ready Made RC the other day. A lot of people are confused by this law because it says "passenger aircraft". RMRC sells their own branded batteries and are concerned with shipping them though. My understanding of a "passenger aircraft" is an aircraft designed to transport...

I was hesitant to post it because it doesn't give too many specifics, but I figured Forbes is a bit more credible than a lot of news sites. I will try to research more to find more info as well. Having hard to find info could mean it's a BS article... or that the law will sneak up on us.

I think this is it: http://quadcopterforum.com/threads/first-quadcopter-build-started-video-diary.3284/

Sorry for your loss! You were flying line of sight and still couldn't find it where you saw it go down? Sounds like some rough terrain. Good thing it was $50 in the air and not $500 =) The dubstep in the background with all the crashing is pretty funny. Not too bad though as far as flying...

This is what happens when government gets way too big and there are a bunch of career politicians sitting around with nothing to do. They just take whatever is trending at the time and try to put their stamp on it by writing BS laws when they don't clearly understand the subjects they're...

Clearing things up: Some members reported this thread as irrelevant/inappropriate. The OP is offering totally free music to anyone to use in their flight videos. Whether or not you like the music or even edit music into your videos, this is a relevant resource to a good portion of those who...

We used to have a section for other multirotors and it didn't get used, so adding planes, helis, etc. separately might break things up too much. So I think Off-Topic is a good idea. Or maybe just something in general for other RC stuff. I'll think about it and add something this week.

I think they will tackle it from two angles: 1. Most likely their original intent is to be able to track down who owns a UAV if it crashes into a building, aircraft, below restricted airspace, etc. etc. and the pilot bails without collecting it. There was that one in NYC a couple of years ago...

Haha - no, I hadn't seen that one specificially. I love how the drama in this scene applies to every situation though. I'm glad someone captioned it regarding the registration situation. But on the other hand, it does also just piss me off more because as LoneRCRanger said, it just calls out...

Kind of a stupid name, but I saw this today while finally registering... http://www.faa.gov/uas/b4ufly/ The registration process made me feel like I was being bent over by the FAA since they're using loopholes to make laws about things that there is a law that says they can't make laws...

I'm in the same boat. I believe there are others aside from the AMA trying to appeal this. We'll see what happens. It's only $5 if we wait. This hobby is already so expensive, what is another $5!