Patrons get an early look at the results of my Ghost vs. Crossfire range test. Tony Cake tells me that the results are more impressive than they seem. The Ghost statistics on the back of the module are not generated by the module; they're sent from the receiver back to the module. The reason this is impressive is that the receiver's telemetry is only trasmitted at 22 mW. So although the module ...
2020-08-21 03:22:32 +0000 UTC
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The moment has finally arrived! You are invited to participate in the public beta-test of the JBF7! A limited number of the 1st run of boards are available for purchase NOW. Buy the FC at regular price. Submit your feedback within 2 weeks of receipt. Get a $25 store credit at RDQ as our thanks.
2020-08-17 19:38:20 +0000 UTC
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The winners of the August, 2020 giveaway are:
Riaan R - NBD Quad
Ian F - Grab-bag of nonsense
Will A - NBD Toolkit and Sperry Multimeter
Warrior64 - X-Knight 5
Chris W - IRC PowerPlay DVR
Winners have been notified by email. Congratulations to everyone who won and thank you all for being patrons.
2020-08-17 04:18:37 +0000 UTC
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Every month, I do a little giveaway here on Patreon. In keeping with Patreon's TOS and United States law, the giveaway is open to everyone, not just Patrons. However, only Patrons get an email notification when the giveaway is posted.
Here's what's up for grabs this month.
1. Newbeedrone Vivid quadcopter with Smoov motors and NBD FC/ESC stack. You can see in the photo why I'm giving...
2020-08-13 23:18:11 +0000 UTC
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2020-08-11 21:35:05 +0000 UTC
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2020-08-11 21:34:59 +0000 UTC
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2020-08-06 02:36:55 +0000 UTC
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2020-08-06 02:31:35 +0000 UTC
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Grant Lashley is the guy who colored my HDO and HDO2 goggles in cerakote. He's decided to branch out into more varied types of designs, like you see pictured above. Only problem is, he needs sample gear to work with. So he is offering to coat a few people's gear, no charge, in exchange for letting him use the gear in promotional photos.
If you are interested in this offer, please DO NOT R...
2020-07-29 15:04:55 +0000 UTC
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The winners of the July giveaway are:
Paul Buetof - Grab bag of parts
Phill Brown - Busted stuff
John Chandler - Runcam 2 4k.
Aughra Byte - Byte Frost quad
Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for your amazing support.
2020-07-17 05:45:54 +0000 UTC
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Got a quad stuck in a tree? I tried EVERY WAY to get it out, and I found the best (and the worst).
2020-07-16 01:37:36 +0000 UTC
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2020-07-14 05:04:16 +0000 UTC
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2020-07-14 05:04:14 +0000 UTC
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Some people are reporting that the link in their email is still not working. Sorry for the confusion. Patreon was updating the text of the link, but not the underlying url. Please use this one.
https://forms.gle/8ngqM8P1osC5tEqy9
Joshua
2020-07-13 23:00:52 +0000 UTC
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The first post had the giveaway labeled as June, which caused some confusion. This is a re-post with the info in the form updated just to make sure everybody sees it. If you previously entered the July giveaway, your entry is still recorded.
Every month, I do a little giveaway for my patrons. Here's what's up for grabs this month.
1. FatShark Byte Frost with Flynoceros Skol...
2020-07-13 17:19:53 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for posting this a week late, folks.
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2020-07-07 02:09:44 +0000 UTC
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Apologies that this one was posted a week late.
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2020-07-07 02:08:05 +0000 UTC
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A couple people have let me know that Patreon charged sales tax (VAT, etc) on your support this month. This would be correct if I were sending you merch, but in most locations, you should not be charged sales tax for "general support". I have updated my Patreon settings to reflect that I am not sending you any merch, and I believe that most people should not be charged sales tax (VAT, etc) goin...
2020-07-03 16:20:12 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-24 19:57:02 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-24 19:48:08 +0000 UTC
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The winners of the June 2020 giveaway are:
- Kirk R. - FlySky Nirvana
- Thomas H. - EV300D
- Hover B. - Grab-Bag of Nonsense
- Jonathan E. - Eachine Trashcan
Winners have been notified by email how to claim their prizes. Congratulations to everybody who won and thank you all as always for your amazing support!
2020-06-22 19:11:45 +0000 UTC
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One of these days I'll get a pack worth posting. But in the mean time here's the almost-ran.
To be honest I think this quad is flying kind of sloppy.
2020-06-20 03:01:58 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-18 18:48:48 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-15 17:44:42 +0000 UTC
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Every month, I do a little giveaway for my patrons. Here's what's up for grabs this month.
1. FlySky Nirvana controller. Soon this will be supported in OpenTX 2.4 and you will even be able to update the firmware! LOL.
2. Turnigy Evolution Pro, Eachine Trashcan, and 2x ISDT UC4 chargers.
3. Eachine EV300D goggles. These do have the "fixed" Eachine firmware on them, which gives ...
2020-06-15 00:02:53 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-12 02:25:30 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-07 20:12:43 +0000 UTC
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I flew Mr. Steele's KISS quad, which sells for $900 on GetFPV. I haven't flown KISS in years, and this is supposed to be one of the best. So what did I think? Patrons get a first look!
2020-06-05 00:19:29 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-02 19:52:45 +0000 UTC
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2020-06-02 19:51:56 +0000 UTC
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