Posts filed under: Episodes

Completed the maiden flight of the 140 this week… it flew AMAZING. Seriously, one of the best airframes I’ve ever flown. This is significant as it proves that I’ll be...
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Announcing the completion of the Raptor 140, the next airplane in the MyGeekShow fleet. Its a major improvement on the very successful Raptor airframe, slightly larger than the current Raptor...
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I set up a 5k circuit of waypoints, with a max distance from the ground station of 1.6k, and set the Raptor to fly it, and continue to fly it,...
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Announcing the Raptor 140, the next airplane in the MyGeekShow fleet. Its a major improvement on the very successful Raptor airframe, slightly larger than the current Raptor (140cm wingspan vs...
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We did it! With your help over the last few years, I finally completed a cross country flight (take off and land at different locations). Executed the mission flawlessly, all...
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After flying 15 missions and traveling over 150km to establish the APM’s reliability, I completed this final test of key failsafe and telemetry control functionality. Specifically, I proved the APM...
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Created an Excel spreadsheet to analyze the telemetry data during the flight testing. Have discovered some pretty interesting correlations between altitude and RSSI, throttle settings and cruise speed, cruise speed...
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Flew the Raptor for 10k, 9k of it was fully autonomous! It completed three 3k circuits flawlessly… Longer and faster flights coming up next....
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Successfully tested the APM and telemetry with the Raptor, it flew great! The APM and mission planner and telemetry make an awesome combination....
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I got a new HD camera and put it on the Raptor! Luckily, it also doubles as the FPV camera… http://www.foxtechfpv.com/horyzonhd-full-hd-1080p-fpv-camera-v3-p-877.html Thank you Fox Tech!...
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