Helix

By sindjinn on May 27, 2017

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Fantastic KrazyFPV build video - you can almost put it together while watching the video.

Great flier, holds up like a tank (and since I am a new flier I beat it up a lot)

update 1: I had my video stomped on by a family with a toy-grade quad (grr) and it fell from several hundred feet, smashing the top half (everything above the rx). The bottom half was unscathed. Ordered replacement parts from impulserc and it is back in the air.

update 2: The latest image shows my in-progress design for mounting plates for a Foxeer Monster V2 camera. I am fitting in acrylic before having them made from something more substantial.

update 3: The Foxeer plates are on v2. I fixed an issue with the original plate design that placed a small radius (crack initiation site) in a critical position and improved the holding of the smaller part to the side plate. I am really liking the Monster camera, clear colorful image that fits well with my widescreen goggles. I printed the new version on my new 3D printer.

update 4: I'm running HQ 5043 props now - it is like a whole new machine. Very enjoyable to fly. I'll have to think of what to do with all those other props I have tried.

update 5: My electrical engineer friend was looking strangely at the electrolytic cap I picked up at Fry's. He suggested I try a set of low-ESR caps instead.

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triki   May 30, 2017  

Love the bed mount !

sindjinn   Jun 08, 2017 

Hanging out to dry after getting a Waterpik bath.

Roto_RunnerFPV   Jun 10, 2017 

what are the specs on that bed?

sindjinn   Jun 12, 2017 

queen size 4 poster canopy bed with canopy frame, oak with cherry finish, 17 years old

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