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I was in the Army from 1972 - 1975. At the time, the Viet Nam was was going on and there was a draft lottery system in place. I can't win a money lottery but my birthday (7 Feb.) gave me a really low lottery number. Fortunately though, I was going to a local community college and had a student...

Notice how Boeing stock (BA) has been tanking the last three days? It's due to the threat of trade wars - this could be bad news all around. Meanwhile, I'm thinking I'm going to go ahead and buy the Mavic Platinum Pro now.

I did a comparison of FPV video quality by using the quadcopter's main power versus using a separate power source: Also, I flew the Tarot today - camera gimbal works, but not the landing gear retract. I neglected to test it before going to the field - I later discovered that the servo pins for...

It is stupid to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum on China as the main exporters to the U.S. are Canada, Mexico and other countries (who by the way are getting exempt), but my fear is that tariffs will be imposed on manufactured goods from China...

I would not paint the props out of fear of affecting weight and their balance - I would put something on the arms instead. I use red mylar on mine, but my quads are larger...

Give our current moronic POTUS' desire to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, should we expect a price increase on DJI products? I am planning on buying a Mavic Platinum Pro but was going to wait for the new product announcements coming soon... now I'm thinking I should pull the trigger now...

"The colder it gets, the more the electrons slow down, the more they slow down, the less current / voltage you're going to get which again slows down the motors." Uh, maybe you can get some tiny scarves to keep them warm! Actually, the colder temperature increases the battery's internal...

Golly, I appreciate it! But I live out here in the wild west - sort of.... Northern Colorado. I have a plethora of pins of the other gender, and those that I ordered should arrive today. I have a theory that the video problems might be due to my drawing power for the vtx and camera from the main...

Took the Tarot outside and fired it up - was able to arm and run the motors. Didn't take off - just wanted to make sure that I can arm okay. I'm waiting on servo pins that should arrive sometime today to fix the gimbal leads and hope to have it fully functional. Elev-8 is a crap shoot... May...

It is the same but mine does not have the pin indications that you show. Maybe I have a knock off or an earlier one??

Solved the Flight Mode problem! I'm using a Spektrum AR8010T 8 ch receiver. It has two rows of ports and it does not indicate which pin is the signal lead. I figured out by trial and error that the ground pins are on the top of row one. The flight mode plug goes into row 2 and I mistakenly...

I like having the ability to switch to RTL in case I get carried away and lose orientation - I can always take over manually once it is close enough. Yeah, I know how to figor how which way it's pointing when you lose orientation, but this makes it so much easier. Also, I like flying waypoint...

I seriously don't know what I did to perturb the cosmos, but it must have been something serious... I took my two quads out for test flights - my Tarot Sport, to do a video shoot to test out everything - landing gear retract, adjustment to the gimbal (to get the horizon level), and endurance...

Was in the Army from 1972 - 1975; was a radar repair guy.... Always wanted to get a Heathkit but never did... One of my many regrets...

Practice evasive maneuvers - is there a Top Gun school for drone pilots?

You didn't mention what kind of flight controller you are using. I am only familiar with the APM F.C./autopilot and can't offer advise on others, but I suspect that all must go through a similar set of calibrations. For mine, I have to the the following: Accel/IMU - which side is up, down...

I have built several multicopters and there is something about building your own that is great. But you have to be very careful about the building process, especially soldering - I've crashed a couple of times due to losing power from a bad solder connection. A recent devastating crash is still...

A footnote: I just returned from a trip to Singapore to visit my son, his wife and their brand new baby. Anyway, while there, I ordered an FPV camera and video transmitter from Amazon - want to try out the FPV experience using the Elev-8. The components arrived before I did, and this morning...

Success! I bought an unused APM 2.6 from a neighbor, installed the firmware and went though the configurations - it works! I can arm and disarm at will.

I remember watching this video back when I first started using APMs. Unfortunately, it is no help - I'm in Stabilize mode, I've successfully completed the radio calibration as stated previously, and the APM has to be communicating with the radio, otherwise it would not know that I'm trying to...