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  1. DuaneM

    Just an FYI, I have been flying for a year now ...

    and I finally broke down and bought my first real RTF drone. Some of you thought I would do this a little sooner, but the building bug was still in me and I just can't let it go. Eight (8) built and flying drones later, I jumped in to the RTF market and bought a hell of a drone! I am now the...
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    Prop adapters spinning off

    I have 6 Scorpion GAUI motors that have a 17mm x 3mm shiny chromed? shaft and every prop adapter I have just spins off after a few minutes in flight. I tighten these damned things until I break the allen head wrenches I have to use to tighten them (actually broke 3 of them). I have two types I...
  3. DuaneM

    PixHawk GPS lock help

    I can't get a GPS lock with my new PixHawk (old version, not PixHawk 2). I'm heading to a field near me that has lots of room around to try and get a lock on ANY satellites. I have it set to 3 now, if I get a lock I'll put it back up to 6-8. I'm wondering if the GPS unit itself is toast. The...
  4. DuaneM

    Needed .... Crash proof camera gimbal

    Is there such a thing? I crash a lot during my testing of my drone builds. When I think I have the drone just right, I add the camera gimbal and somehow do something (crash, battery life estimation, ESC cut offs, thinking I know what I'm doing, general mayhem) that ends the life of yet another...
  5. DuaneM

    The Hubsan 3S 11.1v 7000mAh super cheap battery is BACK!

    The guy is on eBay under the name "HobbyStuff630" He sells the batteries for only $22.99 or BEST OFFER! + Free Shipping! I'm going to put the eBay link here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/222480541794 Go get one fast, I don't know how many he has!
  6. DuaneM

    Even though it's no longer a law ...

    Oops wrong thread! How do I delete this?
  7. DuaneM

    Can ESC's be mismatched?

    Can I have 30 amp ESC's mixed with a couple of 25/20 amp spread around unevenly? I have to replace two 30 amps, but they are becoming very hard to find. I'm hoping I can just stick two 25 or 20 amp ESC's on two of the arms that have the exact same motors on all 6 arms of my hexacopter. They are...
  8. DuaneM

    Hubsan X4 Pro High Edition Parachute ...

    ... works on an F450 if you have any fabrication skills or an "L" bracket and a hose clamp. I'm going to be using it on the landing gear for my F550 hex. I bought it from a guy on eBay that is selling out all of his eBay hobby shop and getting out of the business. I also got a couple of factory...
  9. DuaneM

    My F450 is now a F550!

    When I first came to this website/forum with my little toy WLtoys V686G, I was told something along the lines of "you'll go bigger". Well it was very true! I built my very first brushless quadcopter (the F450) from all the information that is already in here and from my own questions. I learned...
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    WNEP-16 in Scranton, Pennsylvania new "SkyCam"

    This is one of our local TV news station in Northeast Pennsylvania. They had a regular helicopter for the news/traffic/stuff years ago. They sold it back at the beginning of the housing crash in 2008. They have never had one again, until now. This time they got with the times and bought a drone...
  11. DuaneM

    How High Am I?

    No it's not about drugs, sorry. Watch the video in full size.
  12. DuaneM

    Flying with multiple cameras!

    Hello All, I have been trying different cameras with different mounts and this video is one of my tests on a nice bright shiny day!
  13. DuaneM

    DJI Naza Lite upgrade help?

    Hello all, I have been trying to do that old update for Naza Lite to Naza V2 and I keep coming up with this error message (see below). I have tried about 23 different fixes to get rid of that problem inside the Windows program. I think I came into the game too late and the fix was put in by...
  14. DuaneM

    I finally did it! (450mm Quad build)

    I finally got all the parts from China and around the USA to put the little hot rod together! I started out using a Naze32 Full REV6 but that turned out to be a big hassle trying to upgrade it with GPS and an autopilot. So I got a NAZA-M Lite on ebay for dirt cheap. It has everything I needed...
  15. DuaneM

    Thermoelectric Cooler/Heater

    Has anyone tried using one of these to keep the batteries warm while flying? Here's the link to some on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/162313971707
  16. DuaneM

    Found a great way to fund my Quad!

    And my wife doesn't mind. I'm selling all kinds of crap around this house including good 'ole Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal! Mostly stuff up in the attic we both forgot about. Yes, I had a bunch of coal in my attic. Ebay is helping me buy all the stuff I need to do my first quadcopter build! I...
  17. DuaneM

    This probably won't impress anyone, but ...

    .... I bought a complete two piece body shell kit for my WLtoys V686G. It took a week and a half to get here from the next state over, I should have just drove over a picked it up. Anyway, this was the first time I ever stripped my toy quad all the way down to it's individual parts. I had to go...
  18. DuaneM

    I got to fly ....

    .... a Mavic Pro and an X380 over the weekend! My neighbor has both of them and he has the same one I do now as his learner drone! He did the smart thing, as had been told to me many times by very smart drone pilots, get a cheap toy to learn on! We both have the WLtoys V686G for our learners...
  19. DuaneM

    Cell phone control question

    I was wondering if it's possible for someone to take control of your drone by using a cell phone while your flying it with your cell phone? I don't use a cell phone on my drone, but I know people do. I know there are a ton of apps for this, so can it be done? Have you ever heard of it happening?
  20. DuaneM

    What do you think of this deal?

    I found these on eBay while looking at everything quadcopter related since I now know how to turn corners on my toy quadcopter ;) For $170.00 it has everything, but the AA batteries for the transmitter...
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