Recent content by rbm109

Thanks "hotneil". The alarm has been going off under load; typically just after I set it onto auto and it's gaining altitude. I might have to run some tests with the gimbal connected and not. See if there's any difference.

This is a little bit of video that I took yesterday. I was trying out my new gimbal (Walkera) and it's made a huge difference to the quality. I was also trying out the autopilot functions of MissionPlanner but was scuppered by seemingly minute battery durations. Hey ho. I've still a bit of...

ESCs are 30A SimonKs

I've been flying in "loiter" as a precursor to some autopilot testing so I've no idea how much throttle it's using to hover. I guess I could find out. The battery monitor settings are to trigger below 10.5v. The capacity threshold is zero. Having just measured the batteries with a volt meter...

Hello! I'm Robert and I'm lucky enough to live in the English Lakes. Having had a life long penchant for building flying toys, I now find myself immersed in the world of drones. In my particular case a self assembled and rapidly evolving F450 which I have affectionately dubbed: "ToyOne"...