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

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

Lytro light field pictures taken from a quadcopter

Earlier, I posted pictures of a Lytro light field camera mounted on an ADS 400Q quadcopter. Here are the light field pictures…

ADS 400Q quadcopter with Lytro camera mounted on it, because… why not? 🙂

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKps0feNZjQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Here is raw footage from a flight yesterday in San Diego. DJI Phantom with Rotorpixel Gimbal Lite and wire-isolation mount, GoPro HERO3 Black camera set to 2.7K/30p, Graupner carbon-fiber props, and landing gear extensions. It was a really windy day—you’ll see the props in the frame as the quad angles itself to stay ...

Connectors and plugs for quadcopter newbies

​Turnigy 460mAH battery with male JST BEC / RCY connector, and female JST BEC / RCY to female XT60 adapter cable The first time I looked at a DIY quadcopter, I was fascinated… but also quite intimidated. Look at all those exposed wires and connectors! I quickly realized that there aren’t actually very many parts to ...

Anyone who is in the hobby long enough eventually ends up ordering something from HobbyKing, an online hobby store based in Hong Kong. Assuming you are willing to wait a few weeks for a shipment (they are in Asia), HobbyKing is by far the cheapest source for batteries, chargers, connectors, and even feature-laden radios and other ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktWYNULX3N0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] DJI Phantom Quadcopter with Rotorpixel Gimbal Lite and GoPro HERO3 camera set to 2.7K / Wide / 24p, with bonus crash footage, at end. 🙂 (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

DJI Phantom Quadcopter FPV Deconstruction

Jan 28, 2014: Updated post is here (but if you’re a newbie, the content in this post is still very relevant). Multi-rotor aircraft like the DJI Phantom quadcopter are finally being sold, ready-to-fly, in a way that is accessible to mass-market consumers. However, the first modification a multi-rotor owner makes immediately pushes them into the hobbyist realm, which ...