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QAV540G with integrated brushless gimbal goes on Pre-Order
The QAV540G quad airframe with integrated brushless gimbal is now available for pre-order and has an expected ship date of the “2nd half of June”. Also available for pre-order is the new brushless gimbal upgrade for the QAV500 quad airframe. The QAV500 quad airframe has become the airframe of choice for…
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Preview of QAV540G quad with integrated brushless gimbal
The newly available brushless gimbal control boards are quickly bringing commercial grade aerial videography to the masses in an affordable way. Gimbal motors are now becoming available and the first commercial gimbals are already available as well. I want to show you the current status of fpvmanual’s new frame prototype…
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Team using QAV500 wins in local Semi-Autonomous Competition
Congratulations to the team that won the Category D (Semi-Autonomous) of the Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition. The young team was using a modified QAV500 airframe and a lot of custom hard and software to put this together.
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OpenPilot CC3D Flight Controller, the fpvmanuals edition
The CC3D has become one of the most sought after flight controllers due to its crisp response and smooth flight characteristics. The OpenPilot (“OP”) community of developers has done an unbelievable job with the CC3D. Many videos posted by pilots on the OpenPilot forum demonstrate what incredible performance is possible with…
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Save FPV!
Our wonderful, innovative, and extraordinary FPV hobby is being threatened by legislators who are crafting overly broad and uninformed laws that will effectively make it illegal to fly FPV and in many cases RC models altogether. One of the most severe and overly broad laws is being crafted in the state of Oregon…
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QAV400 Build Manual Live
Jere Dotten has done a fantastic job writing the build manual for the QAV400. It is now live here. He documents the build with great pictures and very methodical step by step instructions.
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LayerLens for the GoPro 3, take two
After we released the first LayerLens for the GoPro 3 I noticed a number of issues that slipped by me during testing. I recalled the product and offered everyone their money back. It was a major set-back. We started the re-design process from scratch to address all the minor and…
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The QAV400 starts shipping world-wide
The new fpvmanuals QAV400 FPV quad frame starts shipping as of today, February 8th, 2013 world-wide. We look forward to seeing amazing videos from our global pilot base. Enjoy! Available at http://www.getfpv.com/qav400-frame.html
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An Interview with Justin Welander, aka “Juz”
Justin Welander, aka “Juz”, is one of the most admired and well respected FPV multi-rotor pilots. He lives in the state of Victoria, Australia and is famous for his smooth fpv multi-rotor flights cruising through vast nature preserves. He’s also an incredible 3D multi-rotor pilot doing crisp flips and a…
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The QAV400 FPV Quadcopter Frame
The QAV400 is an FPV quadcopter frame based on the inovations that we introduced in the QAV500, but in a much smaller form factor. The QAV400 is 100mm smaller in size (motor axle to motor axle diagonally). The frame weighs 375g (without landing gear). Just like the QAV500, the QAV400…
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