{"id":1166,"date":"2014-12-29T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T12:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedehons.biz\/wordpress\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2014-12-29T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T12:20:08","slug":"quadcopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=1166","title":{"rendered":"QuadCopters &#8211; Update 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedehons.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2805\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Almost Xmas !<\/p>\n<p>As usual, I am getting myself a few toys&#8230;this year one of them is a new QuadCopter kit from Team Black Sheep. I have purchased half of the parts from USA and half from UK. In particular it is necessary to purchase the Lithium Ion batteries from UK to avoid complicated transport issues.<\/p>\n<p>I will post here a few updates as I progress in the build.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Geraud is doing exactly the same and we are planning to race each other soon&#8230;Star Wars style&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The kit consist of mainly :<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4 motors with 30A controllers and propellers<\/p>\n<p>A multi layer frame to carry all the electronics and the battery<\/p>\n<p>A video camera to provide the &#8220;vision&#8221; back to the pilot<\/p>\n<p>A video camera for high resolution footage<\/p>\n<p>A GPS system to help stabilise the very unstable craft !<\/p>\n<p>A video transmission system with on-screen-display of vital statistics (battery voltage, speed, altitude, heading, etc&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>A remote control transmitter and receiver and a small tv screen to watch it all happen&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hFxbyr4Guu8\">Teasers&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1166 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=1181'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2793-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=1186'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2805-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=1180'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_27921-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE 1:<\/strong><\/span> I have now finished the build and have been flying a few times. So far mostly using the drone as a remote helicopter without the first person view goggles. I did a couple of flights with the first person view mode and have enjoyed it very much, need to build confidence to fly closer to the ground and faster&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I just went to Spain for a week and did a few videos with the footage from the onboard GoPro camera. See for yourself below :<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fishing with No Fish\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2uogRf-CZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"extreme petanque\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QUnrIQc0yVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost Xmas ! As usual, I am getting myself a few toys&#8230;this year one of them is a new QuadCopter kit from Team Black Sheep. I have purchased half of the parts from USA and half from UK. In particular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=1166\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}