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GIVEAWAY: CL1 "Budget Build" with "surprise" prototype motors

This is the prototype of the "budget build" that I made. With one exception. Remember when I said that if there was one thing on this build that I'd improve, it'd be the motors? Well I have :-) But I can't tell you what they are.

Well, to be honest with you, if I were to upgrade one other thing, it'd be the camera, so I'm throwing in the Caddx Ratel too.

Comment one time below to enter. Cutoff for entries is midnight June 9. Winner will be posted here and notified via direct messa...

GIVEAWAY: Foxeer Box V2

When the Box 2 came out, I bought one immediately because I didn't want to faff around with trying to get Foxeer to send me one. The Foxeer sent me one. Now I'm giving it away to you.

Comment ONE TIME below to enter. The cutoff for entries will be midnight, June 9th. I will announce the winner here and via direct message on Patreon.

Q&A Livestream Audio - June 3, 2019

Q&A Livestream Audio - June 2, 2019

Ten Freestyle Moves Everyone Should Know

.... aaand go.

Q&A Livestream Audio - May 27, 2019

Here's the audio from Monday's stream!

GIVEAWAY WINNER: Gabriel Huljak wins the Karearea Titi

Congratulations to Gabriel and good luck to everyone else in the future!

Q&A Livestream Audio - May 26, 2019

People are always asking if I can upload livestream audio to a podcast player. Turns out Patreon has that feature built in! You should have received an email with a link to a personal URL that you can add to your podcast player. If you can't find the URL, the link is also on the right side of my Patreon page.

PATRONS FIRST LOOK: Foxeer Box 2 Review

This video will publish later but Patrons get a first look.

Q&A Livestream Audio - May 20, 2019

People are always asking if I can upload livestream audio to a podcast player. Turns out Patreon has that feature built in! You should have received an email with a link to a personal URL that you can add to your podcast player. If you can't find the URL, the link is also on the right side of my Patreon page.

GIVEAWAY: Karearea Titi BnF

I'm giving away this Karearea Titi BnF (FrSky receiver) quad. The Titi is the micro-size version of the Karearea Talon frame. This little guy really rips.

Leave one comment below to enter the giveaway. Cutoff for entries will be midnight May 22nd. Winner will be announced in a Patreon post just like this one.

Patrons-first: 4S vs. 6S raw flight footage

I'm working on a video comparing 1050 mAh 6S vs 1500 mAh 4S. These batteries have much closer watt-hours than the 1250 mAh 6S I previously compared. For those who want to get an early look, here are four flights, without revealing which is which.

How I spent last week

GIVEAWAY WINNER: David Flynn wins the Kopis 2

Congratulations to David! Thanks to everyone for your support, and look forward to future giveaways.

PS: Sorry that this drawing was so late, but as you might have heard, I brought home a new baby this week so I was a bit distracted. I did apply the entry cutoff as mentioned in the rules of the giveaway, so the fact that the drawing was late did not affect your chances of winning.

GIVEAWAY: Kopis 2 Quadcopter (and spares)

This quad was my test-bed for all sorts of features. It's got a GPS installed, and a prototype Runcam camera that was sent for testing. The stack is Holybro Kakute F7 / Atlatl 2 vTX / Tekko32 ESC. Motors are T-Motor F40-II 2400kv. 

The giveaway includes four spare motors, as well as a few spare arms and plates. You'll need the spare arms if you fly hard because this "foam" core carbon isn't as strong as solid carbon. Fortunately they're easy to replace.

Comment ONE TIME below...

Helio FC Giveaway Winners

The winners of the Helio FC Giveaway are:

• Dave Mercer
• Victor Soberanis
• Roberto Besser
• Garrett Wilkerson

Thanks to everybody for your support! I'm queueing up the next giveaway right now!

PATRON FIRST LOOK: Orlando Freestyle Heaven

Patrons get an early look at my freestyle edit from my Orlando trip last week. Please don't share this video as it contains a spoiler of a location from Monday's Rotor Riot episode.

The edit is a little long, but it contains several different spots, and to be honest the real reason I didn't cut it is that I freaking LOVE this song.

GIVAWAY: Helio Flight Controllers

This one is a bit of a bittersweet giveaway, since Helio is sort of gone now. Maybe that means these FC are museum-pieces of memorabilia. Maybe it means that this is your last chance to hoard another spare FC for your Helio rig. Anyway, you know the drill... comment ONE TIME below to enter. Cutoff for entries is midnight April 16.

Giveaway includes: Strix Binary F10, two Helio Spring, one Helio AIO, and one 20mm Helio FC. Umm... I can't find any reference to the 20mm Helio board ever be...

Try again: Beast Maiden

I always forget that Patreon can't embed OneDrive links. Here's a YouTube link to the video. Sorry for the confusion earlier.

Twitch livestream is actually starting early (oops)

Due to a time zone mixup, we will be starting earlier than I thought. Please watch the Twitch channel for when we start streaming or Follow for notifications.

Special Patrons-Only Stream Tuesday 4/2

Tuesday, April 2, at 9 PM Eastern US time, I will be doing a special stream on my Twitch channel (NOT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL). Link is above. 

I use the Twitch channel to stream al little bit different content for a smaller audience. Please Follow the Twitch channel to get a notification any time I am streaming there.

This event will be me, Botgrinder, and Stew (UAVFutures) playing Apex Legends. Apex Legends is a Battle Royale style game based around three-person squads. We all...

PATRON FIRST LOOK - Mobula 7 HD Review

My review of the Mobula 7 HD is complete, but everywhere is out of stock, so at the request of the vendor who sent me the quad, I'm holding the release until they have inventory. Meanwhile, Patrons get an early look as a thank you for your support.

I am hoping that Banggood will give a coupon code for this once they have stock. It's a highly desired item, so it may be too much to hope to get a discount. Anyway, make sure you pay attention to my channel when this video releases to see ...

Who plays Apex Legends

I'm terrible at it, but I have a good time.

Furious Achilles vs. RapidFire

Here's one more preliminary test: Achilles vs. RapidFire, both with 2x omni antennas. No question here that RF wins. I re-ran the test with a patch antenna on the Achilles but haven't rendered out the file yet.

Rapidfire vs. TrueD-X

PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS POST OUTSIDE OF PATRONS. I tested True-D X yesterday and here is the result. I'm sharing it with you because I appreciate your support and I know you want to see these results. However, I'm asking that you don't share this video outside of patrons because it is based on a pre-release prototype of the True-D X. Furious is sending an updated unit which I will also be testing, so for now we need to reserve judgment. In the end, I will purchase a unit at retail and test t...

Tinyhawk RTF Giveaway Winner: David Melville

David is the winner of the Emax Tinyhawk RTF. Whoah crap! Sorry it took me so long to post the winner. I totally lost track of time :-/

GIVEAWAY: Emax Tinyhawk RTF

I'm giving away the Emax Tinyhawk RTF bundle. Maybe you'll keep the Hawk for yourself and use the goggles for ride-alongs. Or maybe you know the perfect person to gift this to and share the joy of FPV with them!

Standard entry rules apply: comment one time and one time only to enter. Your comment is your entry. Cutoff for entries is midnight March 9th, 2019. Winner will be notified by direct-message on Patreon and via a post here.

Thank you all for your amazing support. It means s...

Did you win a Rush Tank vTX? I need your help...

I think I accidentally shipped my MMCX pigtail for my RF power meter to one of you. If you got a female pigtail that doesn't work with your antenna, could you contact me so that I could get it back? I need to try to get this exact one back because I want to use the same one for all my testing.

Thanks.

Rush Tank giveaway winners!

The winners of the Rush Tank vTX are:

Sam Popovich

Charlie Ruppe

Jorg Kaiser

Ian Fairweather

Congratulations! And thanks as always to everyone for your support.

Giveaway: 5x Rush Tank vTX

The Rush Tank vTX looked pretty decent in today's review video. But it mounts on the FC stack, and so it won't fit into any of my builds! I guess I know what I've got to do... I'm giving away four of them!

Comment one time and one time only below to enter. Cutoff for entries is midnight, February 5. Winner will be announced here on my Patreon page.