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That's superb , I love the smell of burning caps in the morning
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That's superb , I love the smell of burning caps in the morning
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Get us agps track witha gopro. You may want to get the external compass. Mine shifted 20 to 30 degrees from the correct headibg with full current to the motors. My compass now sits up next to my gps antenna.
Get us agps track witha gopro. You may want to get the external compass. Mine shifted 20 to 30 degrees from the correct headibg with full current to the motors. My compass now sits up next to my gps antenna.
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Thats just your gps unless they have changed it the 3 axis magnetic compasd located on the arduino board is what shows your heading on your HUD. At least thats how mine works.
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Oh sweet! Its nice that its in that little plasric cover. Mine is just open. I have a PT-54 Red at 6 Amps on mine. Its a sweet red beam at altitude.
First shot from a crappy 720p gopro ripoff:
Gonna pick up a cheap but decent point and shoot that supports CHDK, then I can set up a remote control for the shutter on my transmitter and get nice pics.
And the camera mount:
Better pic of the quad:
Gonna pick up a cheap but decent point and shoot that supports CHDK, then I can set up a remote control for the shutter on my transmitter and get nice pics.
And the camera mount:
Better pic of the quad:
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I was looking into building one of these a while back but then realized how hard it would be How much was the Jaycar one? It looks similar to the AR Drone by Parrot...
EDIT: seen the price
How much was the Jaycar one? It looks similar to the AR Drone by Parrot...EDIT: seen the price
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Haha but behind a money pit is alot of hard work (for me at least) Would be an interesting project but I have so many others I simply have no time oh and I course... $$MONEY$$
Would be an interesting project but I have so many others I simply have no time oh and I course... $$MONEY$$
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I was looking into building one of these a while back but then realized how hard it would be
EDIT: seen the price
Building multirotors is pretty easy after you do some reading. I built this for about $200. No telemetry, GPS or other sensors though.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23460884&postcount=527
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Got myself a camera!
I need to purchase a right angle USB connector so it's not so close to the props, I can't face it directly downwards without the cable hitting.
It's a Canon A4000IS which I've loaded CHDK onto, so I can trigger it remotely from my TX, it works awesome and doesn't even need any extra electronics!
Quite windy outside today so haven't had many chances to fly, camera was facing down in this shot and the focus wasn't locked, so it's a bit blurry. I've locked the focus to infinity with CHDK and now just waiting for the wind to die down. It can fly in this wind (30km/h) but it's definitely not stable
Dan
I need to purchase a right angle USB connector so it's not so close to the props, I can't face it directly downwards without the cable hitting.
It's a Canon A4000IS which I've loaded CHDK onto, so I can trigger it remotely from my TX, it works awesome and doesn't even need any extra electronics!
Quite windy outside today so haven't had many chances to fly, camera was facing down in this shot and the focus wasn't locked, so it's a bit blurry. I've locked the focus to infinity with CHDK and now just waiting for the wind to die down. It can fly in this wind (30km/h) but it's definitely not stable
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Man ill have to get mine out tomorrow and show you the red beam. Are you using 8000mAhs?
