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So the rebuild is nearly complete. All broken bits have been changed, modes to wiring made, about ready for some final checks and a test fly.

New landing gear arrives, well the parts at least.  You are probably thinking “why do you need new landing gear?” I use to have lifting legs from Tarot (like pictured below), but the servos seem to be a weak point if you are landing a little to hard, I know…. “don’t land so hard”, but as I have managed to get through 3 servos so […]

Now most parts have arrive I can start the strip down and rebuild. Damaged list so far, I’ll update as i go. Motor – wires ripped right out of motor casing. Arm – Snapped off Lift legs – servo ripped apart. Skid – Carbon rob snapped Camera Gimbal – 2x vibration bush gone Camera Gimbal – Pan motor pulled appart. GPS mast – Snapped Video […]

Finally parts arrive from Tarot China so i can start to rebuild following my fly away. Some may wonder about the time gap, just life and work keeping me away from my drone.   Ordered all parts direct, adds time to the delivery but its so much cheaper and the savings mean I can buy more spares and bits for future upgrades. You have to […]

So been toying with getting something a little smaller. Did some research and valve for money the Eachine Wizard X220 FPV looked like a good shout. Order the kit from Banggood. It came complete with Eachine Wizard X220 FPV Racer , Blheli_S F3 6DOF 5.8G 48CH 200MW Radion Transmitter, 700TVL Camera, FlySky I6 RTF Remote control and Charsoon 11.1V 1500mAh 25C 3S Lipo Battery XT60 […]

The results of a fly away. I had turned on Return To Launch, all looked good to start with, drone gained high as it would normally but it rolled hard to the right and headed straight for the ground.  

Finally after some serious playing, making a custom lead, reprogramming both the storm32 and the pix hawk i have managed to get the Pan, Tilt and Roll working using the MAVLink protocol                           Useful Links http://www.olliw.eu/storm32bgc-wiki/Getting_Started http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-storm32-gimbal.html    

Add video monitor, forward facing camera and a video switcher to the drone allowing me to now see where I’m going and what I’m recording.       

Video from first flight using my Yi camera mounted on Storm32 3 Axis Brushless Gimbal. Some serious Jello can been seen on the video and you can see the props. I guess up rated gimbal vibration dampers might help the jello. Surprised i can see the props, guess the Yi Camera has a wider angle lens than I thought. I’ll have to see what it’s like […]

Now time for the brains, Pixk Hawk in place, I am using the external GPS / Compass on a mast rather than the internal Pixc Hawk GPS as i figure it will get less interference and give a cleaner more stable position.