AMA Reacts to DOT UAS Registration Rule

AMA Reacts to DOT UAS Registration Rule

PVC Air Gates for Multi-Rotor Racing

Recently (as you can probably tell by some of my latest videos) I have gotten involved in multi-rotor racing. I noticed however, that air-gates were sometimes very expensive and other homemade types were not durable. Many places on the Internet you can find instructions for air gates made out of pool noodles. These designs work fine for a while, but after a couple of crashes, they tend to fall over and get droopy. After seeing this, I decided to create my own air gates out of PVC Pipe from my local hardware store. Here are a couple of pictures of my first design. If this works out well for racing, I will post some plans.

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dys 250- First Flight of the Day

Here is a short video of my first time flying through air gates. Unfortunately, as you can see in this video, the Go-pro I was using fell off in a crash and I was unable to capture the rest of the day's footage.

Frame: DYS 250- stock from HobbyKing-find it here
Camera: Go Pro Hero3 White edition
Battery: 2200mah 3c
Receiver: FrSky X8R 8/16ch S-BUS ACCST telemetry receiver-find it here
Transmitter: FrSky Taranis- find it here

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Sport Wing V1

I just got back from doing a test flight with a wing design I am calling the sport wing for now. Needless to say, it didn't go so well! The plane (I used the Gamma 370 made by Ares) unfortunately ended up in a tree but was quickly recovered with a pole. Although the plane crashed, I won't blame the wing design just yet as I might have messed up the center of gravity. Typically on any non swept wing, the center of gravity (CG) is about 1/3 of the wing from the front and this is where I started. the plane reacted like it was very tail heavy though, so I will continue to experiment!

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Update: 1/6/16: I tried out both wing designs last weekend and neither was very successful. They both made the plane seem sluggish in the air and tail-heavy. I will try designing anti-stall wingtips to see if this improves performance. Plans will be posted when a good formula is found!

DYS 250 flight montage

Just finished editing a video about my second 250 quad session. Enjoy!

Frame: DYS 250- stock from HobbyKing-find it here
Camera: Go Pro Hero3 White edition
Battery: 2200mah 3c
Receiver: FrSky X8R 8/16ch S-BUS ACCST telemetry receiver-find it here
Transmitter: FrSky Taranis- find it here

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What is FPV?

Many people get easily confused when I talk about FPV. It essentially is this: seeing from the cockpit of the plane. FPV  means that you are seeing what the plane is seeing through a live video link. Sound simple? It is, but many people are easily confused by it. FPV (first person view) uses video signals (we will be going over these in a couple of weeks) to allow the pilot to possibly get further range than typical line of sight pilots. Also, in my opinion, FPV flying is more fun! This will be a once a week series talking about what FPV is and how it works. Stay tuned for next Wednesday, because that is when it really starts!