Mini Vapor Indoor Flight w/Cat Crash

Posted by resistgravity | Feb 21, 2013 @ 04:24 PM | 6,439 Views

I was skeptical, but I picked up the Mini Vapor the other day. I blame the very cold and windy weather for this impulse buy.

Happy to say that I have no buyer's remorse on this one! This thing flies great. I can almost bring it to a hover. Check out the video below for a flight inside my house.

The cat gets taken down just after the 1 minute mark...

Mini Vapor Indoor w/Cat Crash (2 min 43 sec)

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January Footage

Posted by resistgravity | Feb 01, 2013 @ 11:35 PM | 5,546 Views

I made a short montage of my onboard footage from January. The cuts are fairly quick, so you shouldn't get bored.

Utilizing:
- ParkZone Radian
- Gaui 330X
- Blade 4503D

Watauga Lake / Lemon Tree [January 2013] (4 min 19 sec)

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Weekend at the Lake

Posted by resistgravity | Jan 14, 2013 @ 05:34 PM | 4,612 Views

Spent the weekend up on Watauga Lake (Butler, TN) and had great weather for flying! Shot some video with the Radian (coming soon), and flew the 450X and the Icon A5.

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Folly Beach Sunset Flight

Posted by resistgravity | Dec 30, 2012 @ 07:12 PM | 4,607 Views

Did a quick flight this evening at Folly Beach. Conditions were near perfect for the Radian!

Folly Beach Sunset Flight - Dec 30, 2012 (0 min 0 sec)

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FBL Fleet

Posted by resistgravity | Dec 19, 2012 @ 02:49 AM | 5,173 Views

My FBL fleet:

T-Rex 700 DFC
T-Rex 500 DFC
Blade 450X
Blade 130X
Blade nCPX

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60 Miles on I-26 E

Posted by resistgravity | Dec 03, 2012 @ 10:22 AM | 4,588 Views

Take a ride on I-26 E, and enjoy some flying along the way.

60 Miles on I-26 E with the GoPro (14 min 26 sec)

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East TN - This Is Where We Live [Part 2]

Posted by resistgravity | Nov 14, 2012 @ 06:11 PM | 4,528 Views

Finished Part 2 of my Radian w/GoPro video series.

Enjoy the soaring. Enjoy the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

East TN - This Is Where We Live [Part 2] (4 min 3 sec)

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FPV Videos

Posted by resistgravity | Nov 11, 2012 @ 12:47 AM | 5,222 Views

So I finally found a platform perfect for my FPV purposes. The Gaui 330X-S.

Flight Setup:
Gaui 330X-S Quadcopter
AR6115/DX8
3S 2200mAh

FPV Setup:
GoPro HD Hero2
900MHz 500mW Tx/Rx
3dBi "Rubber Duck" Antennas
3S 500mAh

My first setup had the camera mounted on the top, but after a few flights I decided to move it to the front so you wouldn't see the propellers as much. Here are the before and afters:

Before:

After:

And now for the videos!

The first video is a compilation of the first few normal flights, not flying FPV. I still had the camera mounted on top for these, and was still using the lovely orange ball.

Quadcopter Practice w/GoPro (2 min 59 sec)

The second video is the first time I flew entirely from FPV. I was so glad to find that the video feed stayed clear while flying around the buildings.

Quadcopter FPV Practice w/GoPro (6 min 8 sec)

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