"Looks a little like the aixBotix Hexa. http://aibotix.com/products/media-gallery/ Stunning looking tho', and likely cheaper too? Wonder if these can be made lighter by using some sort of kevlar honeycomb instead of carbon? Hey if you go into…"

"Oh Before I forget : I need to acknowledge and thank the DIYD dev team fror all the hard work coding, troubleshooting, assisting on the forums, and making our lives easier as amateur droners. Special mention must go to Chris, Jason, Jordi, and…"

"So the April Fools fly wen well. REALLY well. I am happier than I have been in months with my APM's performance. Conditions : Sunny, 14km/h to 20km/h wind. Temp 26 dec C We had some problems at first getting the APM to get out of RTL mode,…"

"Mark, let me guess, you also fly rc helis, right? I had EXACTLY the same problem, it boggled my brain for the longest time until it one day clicked. the Simple mode works 100%. its your(my) brain that is(was) the problem. I took off, rotated 90…"

"We flew Big Bertha today, and after we sorted the vibration issues, she followed the track so well. Secret to mounting APM in a vibration intensive environment : Put downa 3" layer of foam, anti vibration rubber will be even better. Attach…"

"Trials with the electric motor have been successfull, now we have re-fitted the Gas engine. Flying tomorrow.. Vibration is a killler. Managed to fashion an anti-vibration setup which seems to work well will Report back... "

"Also, make SURE your HOME position is set correctly by clicking on the HOME LOCATION text in the scripter, Home altitude also need to be set. I have had it before that the APM remembers the home location from a previous flight, that may be 100 miles…"

"Great Project Al, I have been thinking about this for some time for a quad, especially if one makes a really big one, capable of lifting 5-10kg. was thinking about using 450 heli heads with a locked swash for pitch on the blades, because larger…"

"@ Stuart, Tilt rotor tech is problematic. Rather go the conventional heli route, something like a GSR 260 gasser can easily lift 1Kg, fly at 70 Km/H, and stay in the air for long periods, if you are willing to trade payload for fuel. But as Joe…"

"Mmm, very quiet here...... And the weather sucks, wind, rain, wind, rain......................"

"did you make sure that the ESC's power leads were removed from the plugs? That may me a possible problem if you are supplying say 6v from the BEC AND 5v from the esc's.  "

"These logs are actually fun to watch at speed 7x  "

"As for the "stiffness" of the motor, heat it up with a hair dryer, then put a bit of fuel down the glow plug hole. gently turn the motor over a few times untill its loose, then start it. should be fine.   the right thing of course is…"

"the BEC can just be connected to the rail pins, personally I would put a y-lead on it and supply both the RX and the APM individually, but from the ame source. but thats not needed if you have the connecting bridge. Wessie      "

"Hey Hitech   Wessie here, from ClownsHobbies.co.za   The first thing is to get the skywalker config file. This will give you a starting point with the PID values. You are correct, probably some of your values are too high.   the next…"