FAA Declares Super Bowl XLIX A 'No Drone Zone'

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankbi/2015/01/28/faa-declares-super-bowl-xlix-a-no-drone-zone/

Drone maker DJI bans Washington flights after White House crash

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31023750

Syma controller mod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvE2Thf4MGU

DJI Inspire 1 - Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv8hzWaZ0eY#t=503

Heavy Lift 50lbs 22.7kg 685mm X8 Multi Rotor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F0Q0v7H_9Q

Windy day flying

Flew today after work, it was a little windy.

The Drone Defender

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/brendan-schulman-drone-lawyer-114648.html#.VMjMSmjF_po

How Unmanned Drones Could Affect the Food Industry

http://www.inc.com/associated-press/5-ways-unmanned-drones-could-affect-the-american-food-supply.html

State police float Michigan-wide drone use

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/26/michigan-state-police-drone/22386343/

Foxtech HoryzonHD V4 1080P FPV camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRjl_IrnytA

Drones for Good offers a cool million to lifesaving, forest-replanting, landmine-hunting UAVs

http://www.cnet.com/news/drones-for-good-offers-a-cool-million-to-lifesaving-forest-replanting-landmine-hunting-uavs/

Too Windy Outside

It was to windy outside today to fly, co I flew it in the garage. Practiced keeping it in the air and tried hovering and a certain height.

Regulation, legality and safety of drones

http://globalnews.ca/video/1785412/extended-differences-between-canada-and-us-drone-regulations

Pentagon agency wants drones to hunt in packs, like wolves

Here is an article about how the US government want to use drones:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/01/23/pentagon-agency-wants-drones-to-hunt-in-packs-like-wolves/

FAA Tells Police How to Handle Illegal Drone Encounters

Interesting reading:

http://www.photographybay.com/2015/01/22/faa-tells-police-how-to-handle-illegal-drone-encounters

Calgary Filmed From A Quadcopter Is Quite Enchanting

This is an awesome use of a high end Quad:

I need to get into this as a business and do propaganda like this for cities, states, and business's.

3d Eversion Flips

So I practiced 3d Eversion flips....It seemed to handle really good.
I think I am going to try the 500mAh batteries and see if I can get more
flight time.

Here is the video ...Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/5YICUtGnuuQ

The IRIS+ Personal Drone

This might be a Drone I buy sometime in the future, the things it can do are unbelievable. Check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yOCTgVqmeQ

Training wheels Mod.

I have now installed my training wheels on my quad. This will help me keep from hitting the walls and items inside when flying. It seems to help stabilize a little also which helps in maneuvering.

Here is a video of the flight with the Mod (training wheels on) enjoy;


http://youtu.be/QqG-w6egoVw

Flew outside after the wind died, and it flew for the whole extent of the battery. Also tried one of those 3d Eversion flips and almost did a complete recovery.

Racing Quad Frame has arrived.

Well my racing Quad 250 frame has arrived so we will put it together to see what it will look like.

So when assembling the quad frame, you need to put the red standoffs on before the bottom and the wing arms.

Next the rubber vibration grommets go in for the camera mount.

Now comes the completed top screwed down to each of the red standoffs.

Some good Information on building a Drone.

Here is a sight to help understand the mechanics of building a drone.

http://myfirstdrone.com/

1st good flight.

So got home tonight and flew my Quad and did fairly good, here is the video.

http://youtu.be/KTYixG10_4E

Wall Outlet charging

Seems to be a faster charging using the outlet rather than the computer USB.

Its Mod time.

So I did the same Mod that Mark did, it seems to get of ground easier. The controls are a bit touchy, figure if we can master these, when I get the good controller it will be a lot easier.

Here are some videos of me flying after the Mod.

Syma X1 Quadcopter Review

Here is a link that might help flying this thing indoors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1HqjA8pI4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYEDRwi98Vk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iKVa-8snMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVImhhdjRA

I will probably get some 500mAh batteries for this unit.

Motor Mod

Here is a Mod that Mark found to protect and raise the motors using a zip tie. The loose end is fastened with a small piece of tape or a smaller zip tie will do.

Weighted Flight

Took the center cover off, added a little weight to each of the x arms for stability just until I get the hang of the controls and the weather permits flying outside.

Extra Batteries and a 110 volt charger.

Here is a link to Amazon for batteries and a 110 volt charger.....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJUERRC/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2GY8PEJGW1TC2


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AWL5N3G/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1TL90X2K3L8U6

Also don't leave your batteries plugged in overnight guess it shortens the battery life from what I am reading.

One other thing number your batteries when using multiple ones.

Maiden Flight

January 12, 2015 I unboxed the quadcopter my Brother Marks sent me.....here is my maiden flight.