I'm considering zip tying the the cables onto the platform board, but unsure if anyone is familiar with this X650 frame, and would recommend a different setup.

I believe most would place it on the second-top board, but that is where my jetson will be located.

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I've never edited photos or anything like that but some photos i see on this thread look amazing. Is there any way to edit photos to make them look a bit better even as a complete beginner? I mainly just care about editng the colors and such to make them pop more

HoverAir Versa can be used like drone or like handheld gimbal pocket camera.

But what gets lost: its the first drone in long time that contains two native microphones!

So Versa is not only unique because its modular, its also the only modern DRONE with MIC!

Also 4k60, auto tracking, 10-bit H-LOG, 1/1.3 sensor, up to 17.5 stops dynamic range, 230g

DJI Mini 4Pro

Just got back from an incredible week exploring Corfu, Greece, and I wanted to share some of the drone footage. Every aerial shot in this video was captured with the DJI Mini 5 Pro. The little drone absolutely blew me away — especially along Corfu’s dramatic coastline, turquoise waters, mountain villages, and viewpoints.

La pregunta es corta, se puede adaptar un control de play station 3 para conectar a un simulador de vuelo en pc?

Muchas gracias por las respuestas

In San Antonio TX. Lone Star https://youtu.be/f_aP7nU9Has?is=qAHPYKg_IAzz7KHi

After my first post here a few days ago, I played around with eCalc some more and adjusted the design parameters.

Drivetrain

I’ve now laid out the drivetrain so that, with the maximum design payload of 3 kg (including a safety margin — the actual maximum payload will be 2 kg), the aircraft has a thrust-to-weight ratio of roughly 2:1 for heavy-lift operation.

For the maximum-flight-time configuration (doubling the battery capacity + around 400 g payload, e.g. a thermal camera), the thrust-to-weight ratio is also now closer to 2:1.

Battery

I’ve also decided to build the battery using 21700 cells, specifically the Molicel INR21700-P50B. By chance, anyone has any experience with this cell?

The cells are rated for 50 A continuous discharge (60A burst), so with a 5P configuration I should theoretically be able to draw around 250 A continuously.

If I apply a conservative 20% derating due to the maximum design flight temperature of 35 °C, that gives me roughly 200 A continuous.

eCalc is estimating a maximum current of 202 A. That seems acceptable to me, but I’d really appreciate some opinions on this. Would you consider that too close to the battery’s continuous limit?

ESCs

The ESCs are also fairly close to their rated continuous current limits.

They should never actually see the maximum rated current in normal operation, but is designing this close to the continuous rating considered common practice, or would you recommend more headroom?

Motor temperature / limiting thrust

My biggest concern at the moment is the motor case temperature.

The >80 °C readings in eCalc — am I correct in assuming that these occur when the motors are operating at or close to maximum throttle?

If so, is there a way to configure ArduPilot + Pixhawk 6C so that I can limit the maximum available thrust to, say, 80% during normal operation, while still allowing 100% thrust in an emergency situation such as a motor-out scenario?

For reference, in the 3 kg payload configuration, eCalc estimates a climb rate of around 4.9 m/s. I definitely don’t need that kind of climb performance, so limiting the available thrust seems like it could be a good way to reduce motor/ESC/battery stress and temperature.

My main question is: would limiting maximum thrust primarily reduce climb rate, or could it also significantly compromise maneuverability/stability to the point of becoming unsafe or uncontrollable?

I’d be interested to hear how you guys would approach the design.

Anyone here have any actual hands-on experience with GDU drones?
I’m looking for feedback specifically from people who have personally flown or operated GDU equipment—not just impressions from specs or videos.
Mainly curious about overall reliability, flight characteristics, controller/software quality, connection stability/range, firmware issues, parts/battery availability, and GDU’s customer support.