A few announcements: I’m happy to announce that this is my 50th post on umFlight, and the total number of page views crossed 10,000 earlier this month (just 3-6-ish days ago)! I’m planning forums and maybe a store soon… Now for Reader’s Opinion 7: Here’s how it will work: Read more…
Blade just announced a new quadcopter with a preinstalled FPV camera, self tightening props, and lights. $425 BNF Basic, and it runs on 3S. I want, I want, I want… http://www.bladehelis.com/Mach25/ Thanks for reading, and RO 7 will be published this Sunday. Stay tuned!
Well… My first quadcopter build that I’ve, for some reason, named the Gecko, isn’t coming along well. But it will come as soon as it actually works right. A list of problems: 1. It doesn’t fly for more than 3 minutes. 2. Something happened (a sudden increase in current draw from Read more…
Two days late, but I *definitely* had a good reason. (Full disclosure: I kept pushing the posting of this post back.) As I opened the box of the new Blade Nano QX 3D, I wondered how it would compare to the original NQX. If flying upside down when the Read more…
When my new Nano QX came in a few weeks ago, there were no instructions for programming it with the DX6. If I just made a new model (airplane), the NQX worked, but there was no agility mode. Read on to find out how I set it up. After Read more…
Firstly, I’m going to be adding a brief description about Reader’s Opinion to the top of this RO and future Reader’s Opinions. The description is copied and pasted from my original introduction to Reader’s Opinion. Here’s how it will work: The second Sunday of every month, I will post a Read more…
Warning: you should be VERY proficient at flying RC planes normally before attempting to fly an RC plane via FPV. If you are going to fly FPV quadcopters, you should be proficient at flying quads normally before attempting to fly a quad copter via FPV. Recommendations: I’m going to go Read more…
In mid-January, I moved my blog from WordPress.com, a free service, to a host that costs me $60 a year. And the domain name (umflight.com) costs $10 a year. Sadly, I am adding ads to umFlight to pay for hosting, the domain name and other costs related to running umFlight. Read more…
You may be wondering why I never posted yesterday. And why part 2 of last week’s post hasn’t been published. I’ll give those answers. Firstly, I remembered that I would have a few new aircraft come in today. This gave me the idea to, instead of a part 2, give Read more…
Warning: you should be VERY proficient at flying RC planes normally before attempting to fly an RC plane via FPV. If you are going to fly FPV quadcopters, you should be proficient at flying quads normally before attempting to fly a quad copter via FPV. Now that the warning/disclaimer for Read more…