Anyone into R/C?

ah, i see. that's similar to how my truggy works. i'm just more used to seeing the servo in the orientation of your 4wd buggy on the buggies ive seen, as well as the one i own. that's some good looking billet you've got there too.

 

Good. My buddy got the other one. Luckily Amazon's customer service is top notch and exchanged it immediately for him.

Yeah - I got just the quad for now. Want to master it by itself before I add another $700 to it that could get trashed if I get too antsy.

Sounds like he had an FPV setup - First Person Video. That is down the road for me also.

Might mention to him that running the WiFi on the GoPro alongside the radio of the Phantom has been known to cause major glitches. Lots of "fly aways" and other mishaps have happened, supposedly, because the signals get crossed, both being 2.4GHz.

Just got done upgrading the firmware on both the Phantom 2 Master Controller and the transmitter - the software for this thing is pretty damn awesome.

Now, as long as I can get out to the park before the rain hits, after eating dinner with the girlfriend, I'll be able to get this thing off the ground for the first time. Been flying tri/quad/hex copters for years and I'm still nervous - never had one with as much logic as this one has...really freaks me out.

Fink

 

Thanks! I like to use aluminum for some durability and bling lol

 

Bastard.

I'm going through a certification course to become a "certified commercial UAV pilot" and once the FAA comes out with their guidelines in 2015, I'll get trained on whatever they send out.

Does this guy have a website? His own company?

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Now that is one cool job

 

Last year I was at the Southeast Electric Flying Festival (SEFF) and witnessed this amazing flight over the pond by Joe Smith flying his 103" Extra....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnYI78_0LFk
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Turns out I'm not the only one impressed by Joe's flying skills....

http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/prince-dubai-thinks-joe-smiths-awesome
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You know this is the last thing I need from tw making me want to fly lol I'm guessing those quadropters arethe easiest to fly right? I tried a helicopter once iit didn't work out to well lol

 

Get in line! And at this rate it'll be beyond '15 before they figure out what they're going to do.

 

Colin, what is this? Looks like the links and frame of my AX-10 with twice the flex...!!!!

 

Would anyone possibly be interested in a Maxamps 16000mah 7.4 lipo? Has 6mm gold plated bullet connectors on it.

 

it's an Exceed "Mad Crawler". dual motors (on axles). that picture was actually in stock form, with some slight shock mount adjustment.

Exceed makes other crawlers, but this one has been "out of stock" for about a year, leading me to believe that they have discontinued it. though they still sell all of the replacement parts, which is good.

since that picture, I've converted it to 4 wheel steer, along with a number of other things.

bring me some boulders and you can drive them all

 

good gawd! if that isn't a typo with an extra zero, that thing mush be the size of a brick!

 

well yeah....

 

Not a typo. Had them custom build it for a Mamba Max system. Only ran a few runs then I got tired of rebuilding transmissions every time I run it.

It is about the size of 2 of the old 6 cell Nicd 7.2v batteries stacked on each other. Length and width is the same. So not too terribly bad. It could deliver of to 800 amps instantly.

 

Custom battery woah I didn't know you could do that lol

 

i'll see what I can find on the wheeling trip this weekend