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Been awhile since I posted anything. Got a new build going on. Alien 7 inch frame(not ImpulseRC) Matek combo........F405-OSD/FCHUB-6S FC/PDB Favorite Blheli Littlebee - Spring 30a, 2 - 6S ESCs Racerstar BR2507s/2700kv FireEdition motors Runcam Swift 2 - Rotor Riot Edition VTX........Haven't...

.............there are things that could be worse................

Hey all............been awhile. Not much flying this past winter.........weather and work. But finally got sometime to try out my 250mm. Did some LOS when I could get a few minutes. Finally went FPV and this thing is CRAZY! Couple of hard landings, but no crashes. Gonna take some major...

Was given(for the cost of shipping) a ton of older quad parts and pieces. One is a 250mm QAV clone looking thing. The electrics are all state of the art..............two and a half/3 years ago. I fiddled with the Afro Naze 32(F1) with a no name pdb. Couldn't get it to fly, did all kinds of...

Damn......found some good areas where I could safely(as far as open ground) get up and get some good shots of NOLA. But I just can't bring myself to break basic rules and I do use the app from the FAA to check flight spaces. OH well..........wanted to spend time with kids and grandkids...

Hope to get something a little more tomorrow. Finally got some weather I can fly in..............

Happy New Year!! In Gulfport, MS. 2 blocks from the beach. Got my X8HG. But guess what????

As part of the batch of free stuff I got is a complete 250mm quad. But everything on it is 2 years old. So piece by piece I'm gonna update and upgrade it. My first piece was a new Matek Systems PDB-XPW w/Current Sensor 140A & Dual BEC XT60PW 5V & 12V Outputs. I have a new JMT(Chinese...

Little background..........my wife(Bev) and I each have a cat. Rescues spayed and neutered. Her's is Fionah..........scared of just about everything, doesn't run she scurries. Mine is Jr. He's ..........well he's not scared of a damn thing. This is Jr........................and no, I...

Hey y'all.................... Looks like Google is no longer gonna be supporting apps for Chrome. That's the bad news. The good news is that Betaflight has been ported to a stand alone program with ports to Windows, MacOS and Linux...

Got a 250mm in my free parts load of stuff and have been playing with it and just practicing assembly/disassembly to get a better eye for what works and what doesn't. One of the new pieces I have purchased is a Matek PDB-XPW power board. So far this thing seems to be pretty bullet-proof. I...

No not that!!! Anyway, got one of these.......... https://www.ebay.com/itm/QAV250-Quadcopter-NAZE32-Rev5-10DOF-Flight-Control-Board-Onboard-Barometer-Com/122756601193?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 to build my 250mm quad. What a nightmare trying to figure out why it...

I wonder............do you think it will do a flip????

Well, my son has tried from my beginning with drones to build a "racer". Wasn't really my "thing" at the time. Then with FPV on Frankendrone and also on one of my X8s I found I kinda like the idea of going faster. Then in one of my all nighters, I came across a guy on FB forum that was...

Well hell's bells and shotgun shells!! Getting last of the bushhogging done and the last of the sugarcane will be harvested by this weekend. Looks like in the next few will have time to play with drones again. Yesterday, got my new Pixhawk to replace the APM that is currently installed on...

So, I get to work at the farm, usual time(oh dark 30) and making my first round to check stuff out. Stop to light a smoke and I hear what sounds like a drone. Sure enough pinpoint the sound and there's running lights. Altitude is about 350 - 400 ft. From the sound and the running lights, I...

Hey y'all............. Well, finally getting some slack time on the farm. Decided to add FPV to my second X8HG. It's an Eachine T03 and using Eachine VR D2 Pro(but ain't quite got the DVR function yet). Not using the quad's power, but a complete standalone using a 1s 800mah battery. This...

Time has been in short supply and since Frankendrone is really time intense, I've put further work on hold until after fall. In the mean time I've been given FPV a try with a mini-brushed motor QX90c by Eachine. My first one the first FPV flight I "backed" it into a tree. Found it about 2...

After some changes(nothing dramatic) Frankendrone was flying again this morning if only for a few minutes..

One of the drawbacks for flying is that I do most at the farm where I work. So when I'm home I'm not flying. Talked with my wife.........she has no problem with me flying a little drone around the house as long as it has full blade protection..........re: full enclosed blades. So I took a...