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My helicopter (quadricopter) arrived back today, after undergoing warranty repair. The crash a couple of weeks ago was my fault, but “fortunately” right after it crashed I tried to upgrade the software and it corrupted the firmware. That’s covered by the warranty, and while they had it they fixed everything else. So it flies fine […]

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I crashed my quadricopter today. Got too close to a tree and bumped it. It spun out of control and fell to the ground. The damage was minimal, but it became harder to control. Then I tried a software update which “bricked” it — rendered it completely unresponsive. I have contacted the company and it […]

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I flew my quadricopter up to take a quick look at the solar panels. I left this in full resolution when uploading to YouTube. Set it to highest quality when viewing to see how the original looks.

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Here’s my newest toy; a quadricopter: I got it yesterday from Brookstone It’s a remote control helicopter with 4 rotors that work together to give amazing stability and control. It can be easily controlled with either an iPad, iPhone or Android tablet or phone, indoors or out. There’s one mode where you just tilt the […]

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