Recent content by djp4059

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    550 Pilot's lounge

    I see what your saying now, I had to open NAZA Assistant to find out, Its set up as Hexa-rotor V. I never noticed the Hexa-rotor I. I have the motors spinning in opposite directions (if the top one spins CW the bottom one spins CCW as you look at it mounted on the arm, if you took them off and...
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    Back to Phantom Modding - Neopixel LEDs

    I made these neo-pixel ring holders for my F550 with Aimdroix arms. The holes are counter-sunk so the screws don't touch the back of the rings.
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    550 Pilot's lounge

    Thanks for the compliments guys. Havasuphoto, I'm using the E300 motors and ESC's and the 9443 props (I'll be putting the self-locking gray ones back on the top motors and save the white non-self-tightening ones for the bottom motors, I just want to see how much the LED's reflect off the white...
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    550 Pilot's lounge

    I just finished building a 12 motor F550. Here are some pics and a link to a video I just shot indoors, because its windy and looks like its going to rain, which I weighted down so it couldn't take off. The pics where taken yesterday before I was finished...
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    550 Pilot's lounge

    I think he may have meant a UBEC. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1385
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    550 Pilot's lounge

    Don't be so humble ELGuano, I think your awesome. You not only post these mods, you also help anyone interested in doing these mods. I'm always searching these posts to see what you come up with next (even though it keeps costing me more money LOL). I had never used Arduino IDE until your...
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    I did my part to help the hobby last night

    Thumbs up to you. And I'll have to remember that line you used about the internet.
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    Back to Phantom Modding - Neopixel LEDs

    I like that flame effect you have in the video above. Did you 3D print those Neo-pixel holders, I've been thinking about printing some up myself. I was also thinking the same thing about using the white props, I think they'll reflect the light a lot more, I have some on order.
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    Back to Phantom Modding - Neopixel LEDs

    I put the Neo-pixels on my F550 FlameWheel. I mounted the sticks on the landing gear that reflect what the NAZA LED puts out, And I have 6 rings on the motors (2 are green so I know where the front of the craft is, and the other 4 are just for show). Here's a short video of it in flight at...
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    550 Pilot's lounge

    I have a question about compass calibration on a F550? The first part where you spin it around horizontally I get, but the second part where you spin it around vertically, which way does the GPS puck have to be pointing, up, down or sideways? I have seen two videos, one the guy did it sideways...
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    Build your own tracking device

    I found this website - http://www.cooking-hacks.com/blog/tutor ... eluxe-pack - on how to build a GPS tracking device. Its in the UK. I ordered everything that it lists to use ( except I bought the 900MHz Xbee module as not to interfere with the 2.4GHz DJI controller ) from this website in the...
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    Back to Phantom Modding - Neopixel LEDs

    I saw this on Adafruits website today. https://learn.adafruit.com/iris-leds-prop-guards
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    Back to Phantom Modding - Neopixel LEDs

    Looks good ElGuano, I'm like you, I like to put everything in the shell too, that way the Phantom looks nice and clean, but I really hate taking that shell off every time I have to work on something.
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    Question about F450 flame wheel

    Nevermind. Compass is in the GPS.
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    Question about F450 flame wheel

    I've been thinking about getting a F450 flame wheel and as I was looking over the kits I noticed that the F450 doesn't have a compass on it and doesn't list it in the parts list. Why is it that? It uses the same NAZA controller.