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Mark Stringer

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  1. Still enjoy mine - I always take in on holiday as it is small and neat (although the Eachine TX16S transmitter I use for it isn't) Once you get used to it you can have a blast - get it low and then give it full speed forwards so it drops until it just skims the ground then as you slow it will aotomatically pull up - great fun. Full speed spirals work well too (full rudder / tail rotor) reducing throttle to let it spiral down. Note that it turns differently in each direction so get used to left and right hand circuits as they are quite different. I will finish my review one day - totally forgot about it with everything else going on! For those that want to fly a bigger heli with ease see my channel where I show my ALZRC X360 helicopter flying hands off with a H1 GPS flight controller - it will even flip inverted at the flick of a switch and still sit there hands off!
  2. No - just 800feet up so we get a lot fly by low ... often we look down on the top wings of things going past or stuff just sceams across in front of us .. these are both from my back garden😁
  3. Just had a lovely flypast my house - really low and slow
  4. They are escorig and refuelling the B1Bs that are coiming over - keep your eyes peeled for those ... should be 2 of them .. will be going into Fairford at about 4pm
  5. I am selling my EX4 Pro (longer range version) as it is time for a change now that I have acheived everything I can with it I am in Shropshire in the UK but as no batteries will be included I could post it anywhere so PM me if you want a postage quote. This is a specially converted one as featured in my YouTube Video shown below so please watch all of that to see what makes this special. It comes complete with its proper Eachine bag, the drone with full 3S 2200mah conversion, USB conversion, shielded GPS, External compass, transmitter, phone holder, spare props, gimbal cover, converted charger for balance charger attachment (if you have original batteries you wish to use) plus the original charger board. Fully tuned via Mission Planner and setup for a 3S 2200mah LiPo. Includes everything in the photos apart from my phone and the 3S LiPo! This is exactly as it was in my YouTube video If you are interested or need a postage quote PM me - looking for about £120 for this unique drone that uses nice cheap 3S 2200mah LiPos. Thanks, Mark
  6. As a Metal Detectorist this has been causing quite a stir with everyone jealous that they have a much bigger detecting coil than ours!! 😂
  7. Only just over my house!! A400 very low - that is my roof in the bottom right of the second picture.
  8. Had him go right over me today - plus 3 Harvards / Texans. I think they are all over for an event at Sleap Airfield.
  9. This weeks notable flybys so far .. great place to live!
  10. Amazing day today as an A400 came over with a Globemaster in very close formation just inderneath it. 6000ft and hazy but did catch it .. and again on the return leg after it had done its stuff off the coast of Wales. Sounds like it was doing a photo shoot of the Globemaster.. amazing!
  11. Been a lot flying very low around my house recently - love it! Sorted a tripod out now to get more stable videos (it was freezing and very windy when I took these) and an even better lens on the way for the photos.
  12. I had a real treat on Wednesday night. I heard a fairly loud helicopter but nothing on 360 radar for it so I popped out with my camera. Nice blue Westland Augusta coming fairly low across the field just to the left of my house .. started getting some pictures and gave it a wave too. He apparently spotted me! He threw it hard across towards me and then the side doors came open with someone kneeling in the doorway then ... came nice and low right over me twice then did a S shape flight away from me, doors closed and off he went. I was totally made up! Super experience..and just for me ? Shot inside to upload the pictures to my laptop and check the reg number ... PH-PXZ .... Netherlands Police!! Great experience and really was "Flying over my house" ... you can see the roof and ridge tiles in a couple of the shots. I haven't had chance to work on the RAW picture files but pretty sure I will be able to get some really nice pictures .... there are obviously a lot more than just these ?
  13. Bulldog just came back at 2700ft - managed to capture him this time
  14. Bulldog just went over - I see that there look to be 3 Spits, a Hurricane and a P47 heading Exeter way at the moment
  15. DC3 has just taken back off heading South again - ZA947 - towards RAF Linton at the moment. Spitfires are further off now - one near Milton Keynes, one near Conningsby
  16. Yes - that one shows as cancelled. It is a BBMF one but I didn't spot it number - will put it up if it comes back on radar. Looks good down south ... 3 x spits, a hurricane, a B17 and a Zepplin all on radar at the same time ... don't see that every day!
  17. He's going the wrong way! The Battle of /Britain air show is in Kent ? Vanished off radar now somewhere up near Helmsley. B17 and a Spit are showing down by the Air Show though
  18. I have started to do a brief review video for YouTube of the Ninja 250 (or Eachine E129 / Firefox C129) and just need to do some flying videos to add to it. I was wondering whether to do the full Taranis setup as part of the video (or an extra video) using the multi-protocol module - would that be of interest / help to anyone? Mark
  19. Rich If it isn't perfectly level when turned on it can be all over the place. I always do the calibration before every flight as it only takes 2 seconds. I have never tried the aut take off - didn't feel right for a heli to do that when it has no GPS so I take off manually gently so you can immediatly see if it is going to head off somewhere. Just flying in the living room it was going forwards and right even after a calibration on the level floor. Took almost full "normal" trims on the Taranis but just at the end of the trims they seem to really kick in and work - almost like they have expo on the trims so they don't do much until almost full both ways. I assume you use the auto take off .. if so try it manually so that you have control right from the start and can pop it straight back down if it starts to go off one way or the other. I would be happy flying this in about 6ft square (cubed!) to be honest doing it all manually anyway. Find a quiet room where you won't damage anything and give it a try ... but no auto takeoff!
  20. I take it back - do the side sliers for trims too like in my setup! I haven't used them up to now but I just spent 15 minutes zooming around my living room and they are really effective to correct any drift - you could pretty much fly it using the sliders! They did let me quickly get to hover hands off and rock solid without drift and without using normal trims. Very handy and so fast to respond... you may need to reverse them though so test gently first ?
  21. OK - if it doesn't have a very big flash on it you may need tocustomise it. Mine is URUAV TMX5 which is 64k / 20k and wasn't big enough for the latest version so had to use Arduino to load the firmware with just the protocols selected that i wanted .. sounds daunting but was Ok and straight forward to do. These may help: https://github.com/pascallanger/DIY-Multiprotocol-TX-Module/issues/393 https://github.com/pascallanger/DIY-Multiprotocol-TX-Module/blob/master/docs/Compiling_STM32.md#option-3---compiling-and-updating-firmware
  22. Nothing very special .. and I am not sure all of this does anything as I just fly it "as is" ... main thing is to be sure it is totally level when ittakes off. Although trims are programmed on sliders it actually trims perfectly using the normal trims. The logical switch is for binding via ch16. This is it really but half of this isn't even needed! I calibrate with sticks each time then start using the two stick method and then just throttle up to take off... if it wanders a lot if probably wasn't level when calibtated.
  23. I realised my posts had gone following the change over to the new web site so for anyone it may help I will summarise a couple of things about the Ninja 250 that I have discovered since I got it as the subscription gift.... It does seem in essence to be the same as the Eachine E129 on Banggood and Firefox C129 on HobbyKing. It uses the same radio protocol as the E129 so if you have an up to date OpenTX with multiprotocol module you can fly this using E129 - 83 : https://github.com/pascallanger/DIY-Multiprotocol-TX-Module/blob/master/Protocols_Details.md Channel 16 on a momentary switch will also act as the bind to make connection easy when powering it up. The batteries from HobbyKing should fit but aren't usually available and postage is high but Ihave just had 2 from AliExpress and although they took a while to arrive (mainly because they sat in the Hermes distribution centre for 2 weeks!) they are the right size: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002029542870.html?spm=a2g0o.placeorder.0.0.90aa321e9rR41E&mp=1 They are on offer at the moment so will cost £11 for 2 so a bit cheaper than HobbyKing unless you are spending enough to get free shipping. Mine flies great ... it dips as you go fast forward, presumably due to pressure change on the barometer but then returns to the original height as you slow down but loads of fun to just blast it round fast (at least fast for a little thing like this) Much nicer flying it on the Taranis I have to say ... if anyone needs an original TX let me know as I am happy to sell it. So ,... I now need to learn properly with my XK K110 before my ALZRC X360 arrives, although I am putting a H1 controller on that so anyone could fly it ?
  24. That must be it then - shame about losing all of my thread subscriptions though
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