Recent content by jlummel

Finally got the Typhoon in the air! It was a wonderful maiden flight, very happy with hex, flew both batteries and got great footage!

The magazines on the AR-15/M-16/M-4 have a similar problem where they might not seat when inserted (a bad thing when in active combat). Solution is to give the butt of the magazine a light smack with the heel of your hand to ensure it's seated, and a tug to double check it if needed. It becomes...

"One" doesn't, that's buried deep inside the flight controller! You typically only get to see that information after it's been processed. It may get logged, I don't know. Actually for pretty much any drone using GPS for navigation, the GPS is added onto a inertial guidance system. How primitive...

There's also Hitfilm Express which is fairly full featured for being free. Of course they have a Pro version as well with a lot more features. There's a short movie that was done with an older version of Hitfilm Express on YouTube call "Portal Combat" that shows off what the software can really...

Waiting for Typhoon H Pro package to arrive...

Because of the nature of GPS (it's a triangulation system using 3 or 4 or more satellites), it can only tell direction if you are moving, and then only the direction of travel. Even so, there is some latency baked in since it has to move far enough before you can calculate a direction. The...

Hi, my name is James and I live in the northwestern part of Arizona. I've been building and flying multi-rotors for a few years now and have been somewhat active on the Phantom Pilots forum as well (not so much recently though). I really like hexacopters and prefer building my own and...