Recent content by whitepuff

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    Cape Town, South Africa

    I'm in Heidelberg gauteng but know a chap in Vredendal also flying a phantom
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    FPV monitor mount

    Received my mount today, man oh man, am i impressed? Simply an awesome design and superbly executed! Phil this is an awesome product - well thought out! I can highly recommend this mount for any screen as long asit has a tripod mount. Really impressed.thanks for a great product and superb...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    That's weird, did you plug it into the F1 port of the NAZA? Ifound mine did funny things when not connected to the naza, seems it needs a signal otherwise the input floats. Also, mine has bright blue led under the camera tray coming from the gyro sensor circuit on the tray. Yours doesn't look...
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    Flying in South Africa

    Thats weird, perhaps recalibrate the compass. I am in SA (live here) and flew this afternoon with perfect gps signal. Good friend in Cape town area and flies daily with gps with no issues. Think you just need to recalibrate and give it some time to detect the signals in the new hemisphere.
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Did a couple of flights again yesterday with the gimbal and works great, i did find however that its best to recalibrate it each time you connect the powercord up, and calibrate it with the phantoms powered up ( motors stationary). Easy to do with reset button.... But as it hasbeen said...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4rpAmzocqw&sns=em Wind was quite gusty -also fooled around with the pitch control. Short vid only but you'll get the idea. One thing i noticed though is one needs to isolate the top carbonfibre shelf from the electronics, as i accidentally squashed...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Yeah, still new to quads, so need all the help i can get for now... Once my experience pick's up, I'll get rid of them... Saved my butt a couple of times...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Nope, just the gimbal with naked gopro V1.1.1 with stock props and prop guards
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    So I took it out first time this morning , and the weather was very windy and gusty, and I thought what the heck lets give it a go, and I am happy to say it performed flawlessly. I didn't even have to re-level and calibrate it, it remembered the settings since last night when I did the...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    I installed my SD-!0 this afternoon, and tried to check for instructions on the Helipal website, but it seems they've removed it form their product list??? anyway, got it installed but took a while to figure out the the settings in the naza software before I could get it to work properly...
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    I received mine from Helipal, and will install it during the week and take it for a spin on the weekend if weather permits. Will report back unless someone else has tested it before me
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Looks great! how does it perform? Mine is one the way to me as well. Did you get a chance yet to use it?
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    Storm SD-10 gimbal?

    Hi there, I'm in the same boat at the moment and I am ready to get a gimbal with my phantom v1.1.1 on the way. Any feedback on your experience thus far with Storm SD 10 Northbounddown? Thanks