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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 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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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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Non-Coaxial x8

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Thought it worthwhile to post this up, more as a “not to do” than anything else (learn from others failures) Had heard about non-coaxial 8x configs, where its essentially a quad with motor pairs at each corner spinning in the … Continue reading →

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Picture from the side of the road

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

couldnt resist snapping a shot, while travelling from Ahuroa to Waihapa (east of Stratford)

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Ardupilot – Mexico

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Have a total of three ardupilots, the first one I brought from DIY Drones in the USA, and had to assemble, the last Two have been from Udrones in Mexico www.udrones.com, pre assembled and tested – makes life easy. The … Continue reading →

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