Drone rants & autonomous things

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As mentioned in the previous post, I built an Alien 4.5" (from ImpulseRC ) Basically the 4" body but with the 5" arms, mean...

I built an ImpulseRC 4.5" Alien (4" body with 5" arms), and the stock PDB doesn't have a regulated 5V nor 12V. So I boug...

A few quick batteries at an abandoned spot in Melbourne, unfortunately my Xaomi Yi HD camera failed a lot and I missed heaps of footage.. bu...

I couldn't resist and got a DJI Mavic. The compactness is excellent, but in terms of protecting your sticks in the 'fly more combo...

This my friends, is an epic bridge.. Full flight footage coming soon

Sharks are a natural hazard to surfers and beach goers, and the trusty old Westpac helicopter was ripe for disruption (huge cost, poor uptim...

All the rage. Does it make a difference?  Yes.

More drone defence, this time on display at the world economic forum in Davos Apparently it's a HP 47 Counter UAV Jammer from thes...

My old "brick" style 12v power supply failed after traveling (squealing caps), and i'd wanted to upgrade to something stronger...

Attracted to water Apologies for the poor tune at the start, two maiden builds Realacc/x210 (https://goo.gl/uJ0nUi) ZMX X25 2300kv ...

After hitting a circular gate racing on the weekend, my quad tumbled and landed upright. I went to take off but one of the motors/props wa...

Design extraordinaire Perry custom designed this sleek outer shell for the QAV-X/RealaccX210 Yup, that's an 'internal' VT...

I'm pretty happy with this iteration, 35 degrees, 9.7gm, raised cable-tie mount, fits snug with the camera face-protector .. very happy...