Recent content by Sarguy

Your last thought is what I am going to attempt to do. I am wanting to run one camera for the pilot and one for an observer. The pilot camera will look mostly straight ahead and probably be a 5.8 GHz system and will be for flying the beast. The observer's camera will be the gimbal mounted one...

@ Ladykate Regarding your RC switch. I am using several of the ones I got from Robot Market Place to turn on LEDs on my F550. They actuate by pulling an open lead (LED ground) to ground. Good for switching up to 2.5 amps per switch. I found out the hard way that if you try to turn a camera...

I'm in the Reno area. Fly a F330 and upgraded F550, but I don't have a Phantom.

Look at the M1D system. Good system for "fairly inexpensive", though you might want to be a bit careful with the company that sells them out of NV. I used to work for a thermal imaging company designing and developing long-wave, hand-held thermal imagers, though I also worked with some cooled...

@ OI Photography. I will definitely check out that site, thank you for the link. I have been with SAR for over 9 years. Here in NV, the Sheriff's department has been tasked with looking at UAVs for different missions including SAR, SWAT, and other operations. As I was kind of in the hobby...

@Ladykate Thank you. I will do that. You are correct that I would like to get it right the first time. It would be embarrassing to hit a tree or power-line while trying to find a lost child because, with my luck, it would be at a time when the Sheriff's command staff was watching. :?

Ladykate - I use the mini iOSD on both my F550 and F330. I like the idea of being able to switch between 2 cameras with the Mark II, but I have a somewhat unique issue. I built and am gearing up to use my F550 for search and rescue where I live. The team I'm with does large area searches as...

I use Velcro on both the battery and the frame as well. That and the tie-down straps, and nothing has moved.... yet. BTW, I saw the mention of flying higher than 400ft (130m) in altitude. I thought that the FAA restricted us to below 400ft AGL over the entire US? I have my upper altitude...

The Graupners I use come pretty well balanced, but if I have to take off any material, then I sand it from the trailing edge near the prop tip. Also, I've found it's important to balance the hubs. I've heard the Gemfan copies of the e-props are fairly well balanced. I've had major headaches...

@ladykate From what I've been able to gather, the larger the prop, the greater the effective "wing area", so the greater the effect of wind gusts. This coupled with a slower RPM for a larger prop and bigger inertia cause a slower reaction time of the motor system. The smaller props can spool...

I used the Pulse 6600 initially before I upgraded from the stock DJI motors. It's a 4S2P pack. The RCMR is a 4S1P pack and only weighs 25 grams more for almost 20% more capacity. Here is my F550 with upgrades.

I actually went with the T-Motor. However, I did like the look of the Avroto motors and someone mentioned that they are actually made by Tiger Motor, though I don't know if that's true or not. I started with the Graupner 12x6 e-props and found that it flew nice, though wobbled quite a bit in...

Hi all. Just signed up for this great forum. Will post pictures of my rig(s) shortly. My F550 has the Aimdroix extended arms, MT2814-11 motors, Graupner 11x5 e-props, custom Sony black camera, and other assorted goodies. AUW 3.5 kg and I get flight times in the 11-12 minute range flying a...