S500 V2

By JosephKing on Sep 09, 2015

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Hello everyone!!!

Back at it with my s500.

Picked up a gimbal and some batteries the other day now I'm just waiting on the transmitter to get up and going.

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Whiffles   Oct 05, 2015  

Looking pretty good. Using APM?

Whiffles   Sep 22, 2015  

How's the build coming together?

JosephKing   Oct 02, 2015 

So far so good. Will keep updating took a break for a bit.

Whiffles   Oct 03, 2015 

I know how it is. I've taken a little break from mine as well. I had a chance to work on it a bit last night and I'm feeling more motivated to continue.

Whiffles   Sep 11, 2015  

Sounds like a plan. Can't go wrong with the S500. BTW, if you post your updates in the discussion your followers will get those updates on their homepage. If you're looking to do mixed 15-20 what's your hover goal? 30 min? Do you have an eCalc export? I'm considering adding a feature to upload your eCalc spec sheet.

JosephKing   Sep 12, 2015 

I have ecalc, but idk what a export is..

Whiffles   Sep 12, 2015 

There's a CSV download button to the lower right of your eCalc report. It should contain all of the information about your build that you input into eCalc.

Silverlogic55   Sep 15, 2015 

Omg, do it, that would be epic. screenshoting all my eCalc's to do a comparison is a pain in the ass.

Lobuch32   Sep 10, 2015  

Excellent choice. This frame is almost indestructible and a little bit heavy though.

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