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    Walkera G2D Install with no soldering

    The goodluckbuy gimbals definitely needs weight added to them to work right. I've tried it on them and added a few coins to get the wright right. I haven't tried the fc40 cam in the walkera, I just assumed it would act the same way. Maybe it's better designed.
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    Walkera G2D Install with no soldering

    I didn't read earlier that you added the weights to it. I wonder if something is wrong with yours. There's not much that really needs to be done. I had one of the cheap aluminum goodluckbuy gimbals and it would act erratically at times, but I haven't had any issues with the walkera. There are...
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    Walkera G2D Install with no soldering

    You need to add some weight to the camera. The fc40 camera is considerably lighter than a GoPro, or any other camera the gimbal is made for. It needs to be pretty close to the same weight as a GoPro for it to function properly. It'll just jerk around crazily if it isn't balanced right.
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    Be careful of helicopters even when below 400 feet

    The only thing I've ever seen around that low is CareFlite. They come through randomly, but never had it happen with my bird in the air.
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    BREAKING!!! U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered

    I only thing I can see this helping with is an accident where the drone actually goes down and the owner can't retrieve it before the authorities show up. If they can get their hands on the actual drone, they'll be able to find the owner. If it's registered. Which brings up the point that the...
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    Embarrassing confession from a noob

    I want to try it in the gymnasium some time, it's a big enough area I can have room to try stuff
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    Guy Makes Gun Firing Drone WTF!!!

    I may be with you on that. It's gonna be **** difficult to aim that thing, a moving target will be ridiculously hard to hit. If it gets up right on you it'll be hard to miss, but at any reasonable distance it'll be sheer luck for it to hit you.
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    Should we be issued "pilot's license"?

    Is there some way to get a proposal to the FAA for an amateur radio style license? I really think this would be a good solution. Some sort of licensing is inevitable. What I'm concerned about is the license being massively time consuming, and / or financially restrictive. I don't want to see two...
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    Gimbol on a fc40

    I've got a walkera g2 plastic gimbal on mine. It works well. I've had a lot of crashes with it, and the gimbal holds up well. It doesn't need any modification to fit the phantom (other than flipping the top plate around) and isn't difficult to power from the phantom lipo.
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    Blanco River Bridge Damage in Central Texas

    Not my video, but worth sharing, footage of the bridge that was washed out in the flooding.
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    Police Advised on Drone Rules as FAA Seeks Enforcement Help

    Definitely this. Don't say anything else about it on the Internet.
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    What gimbal and gopro camera will work for the FC40?

    It is extremely close to the ground with the regular legs. You really need to get the extended ones. You can land it with the regular legs, but if the ground is in level you'll donk the camera.
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    FC40 and a Walkera G2D Gimbal

    You can do it a few different ways. Get it from the main battery via the balance connector or y off a jst to it. You can put a jst on the aux power cable that comes out one of the leg holes. You can use a separate small 11.1 v lipo battery. I'm told you can run a servo cable from the naza to the...
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    Walkera G2D Install with no soldering

    I didn't realize that it would actually power the gimbal up from the f2 port to the pitch input. I thought that would just power the pitch motor.
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    FC40 Newbie Questions

    The gray/red cable is normal, and it comes with no connector on it. You can solder on a connector if you ever add anything that needs to be powered by the phantom battery (gimbals, fpv, and the like). My serial is no where near 32 characters, and I registered it fine. Maybe the naza assistant...