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It was an undocumented feature in V5 when Ian first uploaded it, not sure if he's removed it but just check your stick monitor in the assistant with SG towards you and turn the RD, the elevator should move if it's enabled. Glad it's all working for you, it's a great profile Ian has produced :)...

There's no backwards compatibility from the 14SG to the 8FG, you'll need to have both Tx's side by side and copy each screen manually from one to the other. Takes a while (and can allow errors to slip in so check and recheck the 8FG before flying) but AFAIK it's the only way to do it. Rory

Oh, and there's a hidden handy feature on switch SG; with the switch fully down or towards you the RD provides auto elevator, i.e. you can use it to fly the aircraft forwards or backwards at a set speed depending on the position of the knob. This is really useful, and when used in conjunction...

Hi Kris, 1. The normal reasons for the CSC not working with this profile is a) the switches are incorrectly set: make sure all the switches except SC are fully back, i.e. away from you for top mounted switches and fully up for front mounted. It doesn't really matter where SC is (more later); b)...

Really enjoyed looking at your website Alan, that's a nice looking 550 you've got there. I was considering one earlier this year then the S900 came out at a great price point, so I ended up with a Vulcan! There's logic there somewhere! As for weight the Vulcan is a heavy lump, 4Kg without the...

I was going to pull the plug on a DJI S900 when a great deal came up on a Vulcan Mantis 900 Hex frame with two Z arms, motors and ESCs. Pretty much finished the build and spent four hours balancing six 12 x 4.5 carbon props today! Wind up here is severe gales so not much chance of test flying...

I have datalink, iOSD mini, Boscam 400W VTx and H3-3D, all up weight is 1384g. She flies fine with the standard props but even better with the 9450 thrust boosted props. Flight time is around 14 minutes.

Anyone tried the iPad Ground Station on iOS 8 yet? Rory

Hi, I've noticed there's an undocumented feature in V5 which could cause issues. SG which is listed as N/A (unused) is actually mixed to the elevator control via the RD. If SG is in the fully down (forward) position then the RD controls elevator - forward and back. In the centre position it is...

Something like this will allow you to control your lights with a separate power source: http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking/st ... witch.html This one takes the power from the Rx which is ideal for low power LEDs and gives you 4 channels from one switch...

Power is always on the servo output so you would need a controller to switch power to your lights with the switch, I have a similar setup on one of my fixed wing aircraft and got a cheap controller from Hobbyking to switch them on and off. Rory

No reason why not, assuming your lights have a controller? Just assign the switch to a free aux function on channel 8 using the function menu then check it on the servo monitor. Cheers, Rory

A classic case of vortex ring state (we call it settling with power here in the UK). Quickly pushing the aileron full left or right to move out the prop wash would have got you out of it. One of the first things trainee helicopter pilots learn to avoid, and it was the cause of the fatal...

DJI quote 1350g for the P2, and flies very well at this weight (mine is 1349g!). I have a set of thrust boosted props that allow a bit of extra weight - I'm planning on adding an iPad Ground Station which will take the weight over 1350g. Current setup is H3-3D with GP Hero 3 Black, anti...

You could use the servo speed function on the 14SG (page 82 on the manual) although that would affect the auto tilt as well. Try various values on the gear servo (channel 5), with 0 being full speed and 27 incredibly slow. Try various speeds until you find one that suits. This will only work on...