Minor crash yesterday into the wetlands. Only broke one landing gear, so a quick fix and back into the air. Set the GoPro on the one-photo-every-two-seconds mode – this is maybe the best of the bunch: A little windy today, … Continue reading
When the GoPro Hero 2 cameras arrived, this little plastic mounting plate was glued to the top of the each box, presumably for display purposes? In any case, the plate makes a really solid camera mount, albeit a shaky one. … Continue reading
After the bad crash – the bitter outcome of this otherwise successful flight – I rebuilt the ELEV-8, and finally had the chance to fly it this afternoon. One of the props is acting a little janky, so I need … Continue reading
One of the crucial tasks in getting the quadcopter flying is programming the ESCs, or Electronic Speed Controllers. They store a variety of parameters, not all of which I entirely understand, but all of which need to be set for … Continue reading
Got a bunch of flight time in today, and I’m starting to just barely get the hang of it. Things were going well until the quad went over my head, and I got disoriented and flew it into a tree. … Continue reading
Burning through landing gear at a mean rate, so I decided to build up some little cushions… … Continue reading
Taking Nick’s advice, I mostly just hopped around the field, but I had something of a yaw problem, and then ended up crashing in order to try and prevent a crash. Go figure. Broke 2 props and 2 landing gear … Continue reading
Can you guess what the problem was? I feel a bit foolish, but realized after much fussing and tweaking of settings that the kit contains two kinds of props: clockwise ones, and counterclockwise ones. I had three out of four … Continue reading
See that 26% setting? I think that’s what’s going to make this work. Taking a step back, I’ve been struggling all day with takeoff, one a surprise, the other a genuine break-the-prop failure. The craft seems to want to roll … Continue reading
After buttoning up the wiring and top plate, took the quad outside to a flat spot and gave it a go. The props seem very uneven, with the right front one having more pepper than the others, and at full … Continue reading