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Eric Cheng

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I get asked a lot how I mount my FPV monitors to my radios. My favorite mount for the Phantom radio is the 3D-printed Rave Aerial Video mount, which snaps into place using the radio’s antenna and rear metal handle. It locks in solidly, and is perfect for the Black Pearl 5.8Ghz Diversity Receiver / ...

Micro FPV quadcopter: LaTrax Alias

I’ve been looking for a fun, small, quadcopter suitable for FPV and inexpensive / durable enough to hand the radio over to friends for test flights. My buddy Steve Doll over at Hovership recommended giving the LaTrax Alias a try (~$150). When the LaTrax Alias came out, it was accompanied with a video that showed just ...

One of the biggest improvements to the way I pilot came from switching from using only thumbs on the radio sticks to using a two-finger pinch on each one. I found that I was able to fly competently using thumbs if I was calm, but that I was often unable to tell where I was ...

Another Bayfront morning

I spent the first few hours of my birthday morning flying at Bayfront with Dave Merrill (and Amy and their son), Jimmie Fulton, Steve Doll, Samaruddin Stewart, and others. It was a lovely morning—perfect for hanging out in the rolling hills near the bay. The ADS 400-Q running OpenPilot Revolution is flying well now, but I realize ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKLfeHbIlrA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Pablo Lema and Steve Doll launch and fly a plane running APM. Bonus: carbon fiber props can shatter! 🙂 (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I’m going to order a HiTec 44167 X4 AC Plus 4-Port AC/DC Multi-Charger. I’ve already got a Turnigy 4x6S 400W charger, but it requires a DC power supply and doesn’t remember programming. It’s around half the price, so it’s a great value, but its fans also turn on and off in a strange way that makes ...

Here’s a video of an RC helicopter being controlled by a SpaceMouse. The interface seems to be much more natural than the 2-stick “Mode 2” control that we RC pilots typically use. It looks like they are using a computer as the interface to the SpaceMouse, but older controllers have serial ports, and per the ...