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Eric Cheng

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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=_gDh98pQh14?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] The best way to practice your piloting skills is by flying figure 8s. You need control of all 4 channels and a good sense of orientation to do a smooth figure 8. The goal, of course, is to be able to fly smoothly for your video compositions, and to comfortable flying in any ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDC_JbT1zSA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I know I always say that no one wants to see your local park flying video… but here’s a video of me in the local park, doing a test flight with my re-built ADS 400Q frame running OpenPilot Revolution. Jimmie Fulton helped me to tune the quadcopter, which was fairly easily done by ...

ADS 400Q FPV quadcopter build

​ADS 400Q quadcopter with GoPro and FPV transmitter My first quadcopter build from scratch was a build around the Aerial Design Services 400-Q frame (ADS 400Q). The 400Q is similar to other H-frames in that it: has plenty of space to mount batteries, cameras, transmitters, and more ​allows easy center of gravity tweaking by sliding the battery ...

Aerial Design Services 400-Q (ADS 400Q) build gallery 2 of 2.

Aerial Design Services 400-Q (ADS 400Q) build gallery 1 of 2.