Recent content by Geoelectro

Yes. The FETs turn on and off at a high frequency. There are three "channels" timed in such a way to move the motor. Usually they are never always on, but pulsed on and off. If one shorts, then full power goes to the coils that FET is controlling. You will notice in the pictures that not all the...

First, it sucks to have to go through the incredible long wait. However, you cannot equate that to a flat tire. Why? Because cars exists in the hundreds of millions. They have been around for over a hundred years. There are very deep service channels from dealers and independents. Quadcopters...

I started flying a P2V about a year and a half ago. Coming from flying Heli's where we flew in designated flying fields, held AMA cards and flew in groups helping each other learn etc. The P2V loosened me from the restriction of the flying field etc. Naturally you want to fly over interesting...

i have a P3P on order. I've been flying a P2V w/RP gimbal for more than a year. So today my friend Eric, who works for our city's television department flew in one of our parks and invited me along. He and his partner both had controllers. Eric was the pilot and Keith was the camera man. The...

I play keyboards in a Church band so my question is...why do they always blow things up on Sunday mornings!?! :) Geo

Well the audio was likely dubbed on, I suspect from the TV video that was available. There were 3 or 4 TV stations there filming from the ground. Eric had been talking with the demo authorities for weeks to be able to get aerial footage. This happened yesterday (Sunday) morning and the event was...

Well it was so, why do you say that? Geo

Houston Chronicle "Pasadena residents may have heard several blasts Sunday at 10 a.m. as a planned implosion at the AES Deepwater plant along the Houston Ship Channel took down a 475-foot industrial chimney and decommissioned power production building." This was shot with an Inspire 1 that...