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GIVEAWAY: CL1 "Budget Build" with "surprise" prototype motors
This is the prototype of the "budget build" that I made. With one exception. Remember when I said that if there was one thing on this build that I'd improve, it'd be the motors? Well I have :-) But I can't tell you what they are.Well, to be honest with you, if I were to upgrade o...
GIVEAWAY: Foxeer Box V2
When the Box 2 came out, I bought one immediately because I didn't want to faff around with trying to get Foxeer to send me one. The Foxeer sent me one. Now I'm giving it away to you.Comment ONE TIME below to enter. The cutoff for entries will be midnight, June 9th. I will announce the winne...
Ten Freestyle Moves Everyone Should Know
.... aaand go.
Q&A Livestream Audio - May 27, 2019
Here's the audio from Monday's stream!
GIVEAWAY WINNER: Gabriel Huljak wins the Karearea Titi
Congratulations to Gabriel and good luck to everyone else in the future!
Q&A Livestream Audio - May 26, 2019
People are always asking if I can upload livestream audio to a podcast player. Turns out Patreon has that feature built in! You should have received an email with a link to a personal URL that you can add to your podcast player. If you can't find the URL, the link is also on the right side of my...
PATRONS FIRST LOOK: Foxeer Box 2 Review
This video will publish later but Patrons get a first look.
Q&A Livestream Audio - May 20, 2019
People are always asking if I can upload livestream audio to a podcast player. Turns out Patreon has that feature built in! You should have received an email with a link to a personal URL that you can add to your podcast player. If you can't find the URL, the link is also on the right side of my...
GIVEAWAY: Karearea Titi BnF
I'm giving away this Karearea Titi BnF (FrSky receiver) quad. The Titi is the micro-size version of the Karearea Talon frame. This little guy really rips.Leave one comment below to enter the giveaway. Cutoff for entries will be midnight May 22nd. Winner will be announced in a Patreon post just l...
Patrons-first: 4S vs. 6S raw flight footage
I'm working on a video comparing 1050 mAh 6S vs 1500 mAh 4S. These batteries have much closer watt-hours than the 1250 mAh 6S I previously compared. For those who want to get an early look, here are four flights, without revealing which is which.
GIVEAWAY WINNER: David Flynn wins the Kopis 2
Congratulations to David! Thanks to everyone for your support, and look forward to future giveaways.PS: Sorry that this drawing was so late, but as you might have heard, I brought home a new baby this week so I was a bit distracted. I did apply the entry cutoff as mentioned in the rules of the givea...
GIVEAWAY: Kopis 2 Quadcopter (and spares)
This quad was my test-bed for all sorts of features. It's got a GPS installed, and a prototype Runcam camera that was sent for testing. The stack is Holybro Kakute F7 / Atlatl 2 vTX / Tekko32 ESC. Motors are T-Motor F40-II 2400kv.The giveaway includes four spare motors, as well as a few spare ar...
Helio FC Giveaway Winners
The winners of the Helio FC Giveaway are: Dave Mercer Victor Soberanis Roberto Besser Garrett WilkersonThanks to everybody for your support! I'm queueing up the next giveaway right now!
PATRON FIRST LOOK: Orlando Freestyle Heaven
Patrons get an early look at my freestyle edit from my Orlando trip last week. Please don't share this video as it contains a spoiler of a location from Monday's Rotor Riot episode. The edit is a little long, but it contains several different spots, and to be honest the real reason I didn...
GIVAWAY: Helio Flight Controllers
This one is a bit of a bittersweet giveaway, since Helio is sort of gone now. Maybe that means these FC are museum-pieces of memorabilia. Maybe it means that this is your last chance to hoard another spare FC for your Helio rig. Anyway, you know the drill... comment ONE TIME below to enter. Cutoff f...
Try again: Beast Maiden
I always forget that Patreon can't embed OneDrive links. Here's a YouTube link to the video. Sorry for the confusion earlier.
Twitch livestream is actually starting early (oops)
Due to a time zone mixup, we will be starting earlier than I thought. Please watch the Twitch channel for when we start streaming or Follow for notifications.
Special Patrons-Only Stream Tuesday 4/2
Tuesday, April 2, at 9 PM Eastern US time, I will be doing a special stream on my Twitch channel (NOT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL). Link is above.I use the Twitch channel to stream al little bit different content for a smaller audience. Please Follow the Twitch channel to get a notification any time I am str...
PATRON FIRST LOOK - Mobula 7 HD Review
My review of the Mobula 7 HD is complete, but everywhere is out of stock, so at the request of the vendor who sent me the quad, I'm holding the release until they have inventory. Meanwhile, Patrons get an early look as a thank you for your support. I am hoping that Banggood will give a coupon co...
Who plays Apex Legends
I'm terrible at it, but I have a good time.
Furious Achilles vs. RapidFire
Here's one more preliminary test: Achilles vs. RapidFire, both with 2x omni antennas. No question here that RF wins. I re-ran the test with a patch antenna on the Achilles but haven't rendered out the file yet.
Rapidfire vs. TrueD-X
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS POST OUTSIDE OF PATRONS. I tested True-D X yesterday and here is the result. I'm sharing it with you because I appreciate your support and I know you want to see these results. However, I'm asking that you don't share this video outside of patrons because it is b...
Tinyhawk RTF Giveaway Winner: David Melville
David is the winner of the Emax Tinyhawk RTF. Whoah crap! Sorry it took me so long to post the winner. I totally lost track of time :-/
GIVEAWAY: Emax Tinyhawk RTF
I'm giving away the Emax Tinyhawk RTF bundle. Maybe you'll keep the Hawk for yourself and use the goggles for ride-alongs. Or maybe you know the perfect person to gift this to and share the joy of FPV with them!Standard entry rules apply: comment one time and one time only to enter. Your com...
Did you win a Rush Tank vTX? I need your help...
I think I accidentally shipped my MMCX pigtail for my RF power meter to one of you. If you got a female pigtail that doesn't work with your antenna, could you contact me so that I could get it back? I need to try to get this exact one back because I want to use the same one for all my testing.Th...
Rush Tank giveaway winners!
The winners of the Rush Tank vTX are:Sam PopovichCharlie RuppeJorg KaiserIan FairweatherCongratulations! And thanks as always to everyone for your support.
Giveaway: 5x Rush Tank vTX
The Rush Tank vTX looked pretty decent in today's review video. But it mounts on the FC stack, and so it won't fit into any of my builds! I guess I know what I've got to do... I'm giving away four of them!Comment one time and one time only below to enter. Cutoff for entries is midnig...
