Author Archives: Mathew Wellington

About Mathew Wellington

Owner of KiwiRC and a keen flyer

EPO molded ritewing zephyr

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Price looks to be $130 USD Just released RCGroups thread on it http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1525711 Video [b]What i would like is an indication of how much interest there is[/b] this would have to be the easiest rite-wing to build, molded out of … Continue reading →

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September24th get together at Hamilton

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Thanks to Pete K, a quick little get-together on the park at the backof his house A great collection of multis, running Ardupilot and copter-control Flight Controllers

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Copter Control Pre-order

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Shop Site Expressions of interest please, a new batch is due soon ! New Zealand / Australia / South Pacific only please

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Vtail Y6

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

a quick rebuild of the Vtail Hex results in the Vtail Y6 The Vtail Y6 combines the flying style of a tricopter , with the lifting capacity of a Y6, in a compact and robust packet – this one will … Continue reading →

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Vtail Hex ! latest from the design dept

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

More details to follow when shes sorted, but 1300 gram dry and 7 kg thrust !

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Copter Control Pre-order

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

I have a few of these great flight controllers due 5th of August 2011 [img]http://www.openpilot.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coptercontrol.jpg[/img] Read all about them here http://www.openpilot.org/products/openpilot-coptercontrol-platform/ And pre-order them here http://shop.kiwirc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=26 We have doen some of the custom mixer development on theses, and have available … Continue reading →

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Photodrones new quad

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Here is Tim test flying his new quad. Custom KiwiRC frame, ardupilot controller runing the NG527 code, with magnetometer and GPS Batteries are 4S 5300 mah, and weight with two cameras on-board is 2.4 kg flight time 9 minutes with … Continue reading →

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Flying at Ashurst

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Putting the multis thru their paces

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PickleFork Vtail Octo Maiden Flight

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Fresh out of the secret lab – an original Multirotor Airframe design KiwiRC/SOuthernCross-UAV Maiden flight at 3.8 kg ! Including 900 grams of ballast to simulate a load Frame 700mm wide, 800mm long Tuning still to be done, flies very … Continue reading →

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Vtail Quad a Sucess !

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Prototype final testing done today. Frame Weight dry (no battery) 720 grams Thrust (3S) 2.4 kg Thrust (4S) 3.9 kg Video of test flight

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