Wizard Damage

Monty bought a Wizard a few weeks ago.  On it's maiden flight at a local oval in our lunch break it landed inverted and broke the VTX, identical to how mine broke.  I told him to give it to me and I'd solder a new plug on it as I have a few spare. (They come in pairs and I bought 2 pairs).  Today he brought his drone into work and went to power it up.  One of the motors wasn't spinning.  I gave the offending motor a spin manually and it seemed to be jammed.

Yet another Wizard Arrives! That's 3!

Well another workmate, Steve, waltzed in with his Wizard RTF and a big smile.

The arrival of the backpack

A quick check of the tracking information and my backpack arrived in the country a few days ago.  Another vain check after lunch and it had been marked as delivered just after 1pm.

When i got home I ripped open the packaging.  It looks smaller than I was expecting, but it should fit everything in it.

RunCam 3 Pre-order

I've seen some pre-release reviews of the RunCam 3 and decided I'd like to grab one as an alternative to a GoPro Session.

Another Wizard Arrives and I try the USB VTX Receiver

So Monty, a work mate, ordered a Wizard.  He got impatient waiting for the RTF to arrive, so he bought it ARF, bought the same Flysky FS-i6 with the FS-iA6B Receiver and a separate iMAX B6 Battery Charger and batteries.

The Drone Backpack

So a link to this video was posted in our Leet Drone Club chat.  Stew from UAVFutures was quite enthusiastic about the versatility and utility of this bag.  

The one linked in the video doesn't ship to Australia so some of the guys went searching for something similar.

Unlocking the Flysky FS-i6

My Flysky FS-i6 is a cheap transmitter.  It has been re-branded by other companies but apparently this can work for all of them.  (Yes I said apparently as I haven't tried it on an Eachine or Turnigy variant myself).

Out of the box it is a 6 Channel Transmitter.  This means you can only use 2 auxiliary channels, even though there are 6 switches across the top.  You have to pick which 2 switches you wish to use and assign them as auxiliary channels in the controller's setup.  The ability to "hack" the firmware and unlock all 10 channels certainly appealed to me.  This means you can assign all 6 switches across the top to 6 auxiliary channels.  LET'S DO IT!