Apr 2011
New video! - "The Warehouse"
Tuesday the 26 of April
Ladies and gentlemen!
I give you my first FPV video from the United States of America:
The story behind the video:
I was talking to Chad about cool places to fly FPV around here, and he told me about an old abandoned factory/warehouse in Canton, Ohio. Which he thought would be perfect to get some cool shots at. The best part is that he just happened to know the owner.
So Chad, Christian (Chads son) and I jumped in the car and a couple of minutes later we arrived at this really derelict old warehouse. It looked so creepy even during the daylight. It was such a big place as well. There were multiple buildings with multiple floors with endless places to fly and get cool shots. Unfortunately it was to dark to get cool indoor footage with the gopro, so we did most of the flying outdoor.
At one point we climbed up to the roof. Chad brought his FT flyer and we had a blast. Chad flying his plane around over the rooftops and me trying to follow him with the tricopter. It was one awesome day.
The music in the video was created by one of Chads employees at StoneKap, Michael Camenet. He is just amazing when it comes to composing music and editing video and he was kind enough to make me a tune to use in the video.
I hope you guys like the higher tempo and flow of the video.
Be sure to tell me what you think.
I give you my first FPV video from the United States of America:
The story behind the video:
I was talking to Chad about cool places to fly FPV around here, and he told me about an old abandoned factory/warehouse in Canton, Ohio. Which he thought would be perfect to get some cool shots at. The best part is that he just happened to know the owner.
So Chad, Christian (Chads son) and I jumped in the car and a couple of minutes later we arrived at this really derelict old warehouse. It looked so creepy even during the daylight. It was such a big place as well. There were multiple buildings with multiple floors with endless places to fly and get cool shots. Unfortunately it was to dark to get cool indoor footage with the gopro, so we did most of the flying outdoor.
At one point we climbed up to the roof. Chad brought his FT flyer and we had a blast. Chad flying his plane around over the rooftops and me trying to follow him with the tricopter. It was one awesome day.
The music in the video was created by one of Chads employees at StoneKap, Michael Camenet. He is just amazing when it comes to composing music and editing video and he was kind enough to make me a tune to use in the video.
I hope you guys like the higher tempo and flow of the video.
Be sure to tell me what you think.
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SEFF 2011 Teaser
Tuesday the 19 of April
Flitetest just released this teaser of SEFF 2011
It really portraits the awesomeness of SEFF in my opinion.
It really portraits the awesomeness of SEFF in my opinion.
SEFF 2011
Monday the 18 of April
I’m back from my awesome trip to SEFF.
The drive down took nearly 18 hours, but that was mainly because we hit traffic a couple of times and maybe my 3 Tricopter flights didn’t help speed things up. Since we were 7 people in total plus gear and airplanes we took two SUV’s. I was in the car with Chad, the producer and Josh Bixler so we talked RC non-stop the entire way down, which made the trip seem a lot shorter than it was...
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The drive down took nearly 18 hours, but that was mainly because we hit traffic a couple of times and maybe my 3 Tricopter flights didn’t help speed things up. Since we were 7 people in total plus gear and airplanes we took two SUV’s. I was in the car with Chad, the producer and Josh Bixler so we talked RC non-stop the entire way down, which made the trip seem a lot shorter than it was...
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I'm leaving for SEFF!
Wednesday the 13 of April
I’m so looking forward to it as Diggs on ATTF have been hyping it for 3 years. He is by the way one of the people I look forward to meeting there. Will any of you be attending? Hmm, most of you that are going will probably already be there, and not read this until you get back home ^^
Well if you see a guy in RCExplorer.se t-shirt be sure to say Hi.
My impressions of the US
Monday the 11 of April
Americans don’t have the blinds in between the two sheets of glass in their windows. In Sweden that’s more or less a standard.
Amaricans put cheese on everything and lots of it. Since I’ve arrived I think I’ve had like two meals without cheese.
Americans deep fry everything. Even cheese.
All stores are so huge. A hardware store is larger than an entire mall in Sweden.
Americans drive huge cars. I’ve only seen a handful of ”normal” sized cars. I was surprised the other day when I saw a H2 Humvee and didn’t react to the size of it. I think I’m getting used to everything being so big here.
Gas price is 1/3 of what it is in Sweden.
Americans worry too much. They should relax a bit.
You can start a conversation with anyone here. Americans love to talk with whom ever. I like that a lot.
The power-outlets in the US look like sad faces that are trying to say -”No, please don’t shove that thing into my eyes”
I feel bad every time I plug in a cable.
I love it here though. Times flies by and I’m trying to grab on to it as hard as I can.
Amaricans put cheese on everything and lots of it. Since I’ve arrived I think I’ve had like two meals without cheese.
Americans deep fry everything. Even cheese.
All stores are so huge. A hardware store is larger than an entire mall in Sweden.
Americans drive huge cars. I’ve only seen a handful of ”normal” sized cars. I was surprised the other day when I saw a H2 Humvee and didn’t react to the size of it. I think I’m getting used to everything being so big here.
Gas price is 1/3 of what it is in Sweden.
Americans worry too much. They should relax a bit.
You can start a conversation with anyone here. Americans love to talk with whom ever. I like that a lot.
The power-outlets in the US look like sad faces that are trying to say -”No, please don’t shove that thing into my eyes”
I feel bad every time I plug in a cable.
I love it here though. Times flies by and I’m trying to grab on to it as hard as I can.
The last KK flight controllers
Wednesday the 06 of April
Update: All boards are now sold out. I will not be making any more.
Hey guys, I just want to let you know that I have a couple of KapteinKUK multi-rotor flight-controllers flashed with Tricopter firmware ready for shipment. These are the last ones that I have and I will not be making any more flight controllers. This is the last batch.
Send me an e-mail if you’re interested, the price will be 1000SEK (about $158 with todays exchange rate) shipping included. I prefer payment through Paypal, unless you have a Swedish bank account.
I just want to make it clear that the flight-controllers comes with Tricopter firmware installed. I made the boards just before leaving for the US, and the boards are back home in Sweden with my wife, who will handle the shipping. As I brought the AVR programmer with me, she can’t change the firmware in the board.
First come, first served.
More info about the board can be found here
The setup guide for the board can be found here
Send me an e-mail if you’re interested, the price will be 1000SEK (about $158 with todays exchange rate) shipping included. I prefer payment through Paypal, unless you have a Swedish bank account.
I just want to make it clear that the flight-controllers comes with Tricopter firmware installed. I made the boards just before leaving for the US, and the boards are back home in Sweden with my wife, who will handle the shipping. As I brought the AVR programmer with me, she can’t change the firmware in the board.
First come, first served.
More info about the board can be found here
The setup guide for the board can be found here
The Toledo Show and ETOC
Monday the 04 of April
This past weekend we, that is to say the full Flitetest crew and I, attended the 57th annual Weak Signals RC Expo (also known as the Toledo Show).
This was my first time meeting the Flitetest guys and what a great bunch! The atmosphere and dynamic of the group was so nice. We are going to have such a great time together.
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Saturday the 02 of April
After a very very long trip that took over 22 hours, I’m happy to tell you that I’m finally in the US! The flights wasn’t that bad though. I got an entire row of seats to my self so I could move around freely and sit pretty much how I liked without disturbing anyone. The inflight movie system had such a poor picture and audio quality but Luckily I converted some movies and tv-series to watch on my Iphone.
The Boeing 757-200 is a pretty nice plane. Not the nicest one out there but good enough. The approach to JFK was was pretty exiting as the plane actually made a circle above the city before landing. So I got to see the Statue of liberty and the Brooklyn bridge which I thought was pretty cool.
I was pretty anxious about passing the US customs as my bad was packed with three tricopters, one quad, video gear, video transmitters and an RC transmitter. But to my great surprise they just let me pass without a single question.
The flight from JFK to Cleveland was in a Embrarer RJ135/145, which is pretty small compared to all other planes that I’ve traveled in. It was pretty nice though, it felt powerful and agile compared to the 757. The sun was setting as we took-off and it was a beautiful sky to fly in.
I was so exhausted when I finally landed in Cleveland. As I never had met Chad before, just talked over Skype and exchanged emails, I didn’t quite know what to expect. But he’s one the greatest guys I ever met! I think were going to have an awesome time together.
The Boeing 757-200 is a pretty nice plane. Not the nicest one out there but good enough. The approach to JFK was was pretty exiting as the plane actually made a circle above the city before landing. So I got to see the Statue of liberty and the Brooklyn bridge which I thought was pretty cool.
I was pretty anxious about passing the US customs as my bad was packed with three tricopters, one quad, video gear, video transmitters and an RC transmitter. But to my great surprise they just let me pass without a single question.
The flight from JFK to Cleveland was in a Embrarer RJ135/145, which is pretty small compared to all other planes that I’ve traveled in. It was pretty nice though, it felt powerful and agile compared to the 757. The sun was setting as we took-off and it was a beautiful sky to fly in.
I was so exhausted when I finally landed in Cleveland. As I never had met Chad before, just talked over Skype and exchanged emails, I didn’t quite know what to expect. But he’s one the greatest guys I ever met! I think were going to have an awesome time together.