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SJCAM M10 Review – Cube Mini Full HD Action Cam

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SJCAM M10 Review Introduction SJCAM is a Chinese based maker of budget sport cameras. Their earlier models, such as the SJ4000 (approx. $110), are low priced copies of the GoPro rectangular style which have gotten very good reviews. The SJCAM M10 ($100 w/accessories, $70 bare) is a newer cube shaped model which we assume contains […]

Parrot BeBop Quadcopter Drone Pre-Review Rundown

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As Promised, Parrot released their new BeBop Quadcopter at the beginning of December, 2014. The BeBop drone has been in development for over 2 years and contains some very innovative features at a reasonable price. The bigger question is – will it live up to it’s promise? Note – we just added a First Look […]

FPV for Beginners – a quick DIY quadcopter project

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FPV (First Person View) is the term used to describe a ground level view of what the camera on your quadcopter is seeing. Current systems use various monitors to accomplish this, including: 1. Small LCD screens – sometimes built into the TX, other times mounted above it. (see pic) 2. Goggles – popular models include […]

Quadcopter Aerial Photography and Video on a shoestring budget

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Drone and Quadcopter Aerial Photography and Video (APV) on a budget. A large percentage of of the new hobbyists taking up this pursuit have interest in the photography and video aspects of quadcopters. People are often impressed when you show them amatuer pics such as the one below – and they want to know how […]

Mobius Sport, Dashboard and Aerial Cam – First look and review

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Quadcopter pilots are quite familiar with very small cameras, especially the “keychain cams”, which are very lightweight (20-30 grams) and take video up to 720p. These are capable of being flown by smaller quads than heavier cams like the GoPro, Sony Actioncam, etc. However, even the top-dog keychain cam (the 808 #16) lacks many of […]

FPV for Beginners

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First Person View is introduced in our earlier article. As mentioned there, it can be quite a technical endeavor, although some newer machines may come already set up and ready to go. For those who want to understand the systems, we provide the following diagram and descriptions. First Person View gear for drones work differently […]

What is this FPV stuff all about?

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You may see these three letters all the time these days but you may not know what it really means. What FPV means is “First Person View” which means a video camera is mounted on the vehicle and broadcasts the live video to the pilot on the ground so the pilot is flying the aircraft […]