A nice evening in June. I decided to go out for an FPV flight and I flew over the calm water in Kalmar. Music is A.R Rahman. The Skywalker did a great job, no speed modifications is done to this film – it is 100% genuine besides slight stabilization. The GoPro camera could handle the …
Monthly Archive: August 2011
Aug 29
Quadcopter order
I got a new order of a completed Quadcopter. This will be built just like my current one as it is easier to make more parts the same time – besides I have lots of notes of measurements already planned. I will have to order a few parts missing but this build should be just …
Aug 28
Quadcopter III maiden test
I got a motor I could use temporarily (still waiting for order from HK) The motor lets me test the latest Quadcopter equipped with WM+, ADXL345 and BMP085 I had to disconnect the BMP085 as I could not start the motors to idle with this chip connected. Now in this video I have to adjust …
Aug 26
Meeting with a friend
My good friend from kesmi.se is coming over to my location early tomorrow morning so we can go out and fly some FPV together. He flies an Oktokopter2 from Microcopter and usually takes aerial pictures of various objects. We will team up and create some videos that we hope can please many viewers. Expect: FPV …
Aug 25
Skywalker FPV at Dämmet again
Sometimes you just have to go and do things again. This was the case here – I felt I had to go back to this nice location and try to capture some mist whilst flying FPV. To bad there were thousands of mosquitoes who also had the same idea. ▶ ▶ Some Mist FPV [HD] …
Aug 25
Another day soldering
I have been soldering sensors and shields for a few good hours and I must say it feels good. The Flyduino MWC is tricked out with a Wm+, a Paris board is equipped with a Wm+, 345 and a BMP 085. Yet another Paris board is waiting for Wm+ and NK transplant.
Aug 24
Skywalker FPV at Guldfågeln Arena
I went out for some FPV at Dämmet that I visited earlier, but I had to abandon the site as there was lots of mosquitoes. I relocated to the arena in Kalmar, Guldfågeln Arena – the home of Kalmar FF. It turned out to be kind of late – but that is of no problem …
Aug 24
Quadcopter progress
Here are a few hours of soldering. I have been removing old bullet connectors and choose to solder everything instead. 1 motor is missing – I have to order a new one as 1 motor got destroyed earlier. I simply forgot to order enough motors. Now they are BK stocked at hobbyking Tape is used …
Aug 23
Tricopter and Quadcopter progress
I managed to get some work done on a Tricopter and a Quadcopter. I put a few pieces together for test/verification of drillings and all fits really nice See for yourself. [ad#Google Adsense]
Aug 21
NIR FPV
I started to plan for the NIR FPV that is going to be mounted on my MS Composit Swift II and other devices. The camera is powered by 5V so I will use an UBEC to supply a steady voltage. Here is my current plans – I hope they are correct. note: Green wires are …
Youtube Playlist
Above is one of my playlists on Youtube with some selected highlights. I think I included most of my FPV flights with the Skywalker.