Drop axle on caravan

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Er... John won't be happy. Just last night we were discussing ways he could be up on you.

We'll have to get the campers out for a night at Firth Park. Another dinner at The Pig and Whistle. May 21 me thinks.

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That could work, I'll check with Yvonne to see if she has anything planned. That's assuming I have everything back together by then... Still got to build the bed base again. Apart from that, the rest of the van should be close to finished inside. Ensuite should be all tidied up too, that's tomorrows job with a bit of luck.

Not sure if I'll have any other features to annoy John - I'll have to think of something ...

Oh, you haven't seen the outside step lights yet either have you? They're pretty cool too. ;)

needs LR symbol like RR puddle lamps:p

That's pretty much what they are. :). Mounted under the van, one each side of the step - 2 Land Rover logos projected onto the ground.

Something to update finally. Not with the van itself - we just use it and enjoy it, but I thought I'd share my (very poor) video from my new drone I took of the Summer camp site the vans been at.

I've had it at the inlaws place for a couple of months now as I've been visiting them regularly and I prefer not to spend every waking minute in the house with them (and I'm sure the feelings mutual):D

This footage was taken with a Mobius camera hanging off my Tarot 680 pro Hex. This is the first footage I shot with it and I've since ironed out a few bugs from the gimbal settings and how the camera is mounted to it that has drastically reduced the wobble it has. The gimbal also kicks a few times due to how the FPV Wiring is run, and I'm working on this too.

Yes, a DJI Phantom 3 and onwards would run rings around this as it currently sits, but my long term plan is to have a DSLR hanging under it for some really good pics from the sky, or a much better video camera when I can afford it - I currently have 8 spare channels on my transmitter so plenty of scope to expand its capabilities later on as I can afford it.

Turn the volume down as it's just the drone making a noise - I had no music on my computer to dub over this. It's also my first edited video so go easy on my production. :D

[ame]https://youtu.be/TeDIeweC8M0[/ame]

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Something to update finally. Not with the van itself - we just use it and enjoy it, but I thought I'd share my (very poor) video from my new drone I took of the Summer camp site the vans been at.

I've had it at the inlaws place for a couple of months now as I've been visiting them regularly and I prefer not to spend every waking minute in the house with them (and I'm sure the feelings mutual):D

This footage was taken with a Mobius camera hanging off my Tarot 680 pro Hex. This is the first footage I shot with it and I've since ironed out a few bugs from the gimbal settings and how the camera is mounted to it that has drastically reduced the wobble it has. The gimbal also kicks a few times due to how the FPV Wiring is run, and I'm working on this too.

Yes, a DJI Phantom 3 and onwards would run rings around this as it currently sits, but my long term plan is to have a DSLR hanging under it for some really good pics from the sky, or a much better video camera when I can afford it - I currently have 8 spare channels on my transmitter so plenty of scope to expand its capabilities later on as I can afford it.

Turn the volume down as it's just the drone making a noise - I had no music on my computer to dub over this. It's also my first edited video so go easy on my production. :D

https://youtu.be/TeDIeweC8M0

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Where,s Wally :p,
Think i saw him at 2.50 min:eek:

Yep, well spotted. :D

Someone has to be flying it. (Well, they do by law, it's quite capable of flying all on its own).

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Yep, well spotted. :D

Someone has to be flying it. (Well, they do by law, it's quite capable of flying all on its own).

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Why is that Gav ??

The new CASA regulations around flying drones says so - they must be in line of sight of the person controlling the drone (if you're wearing FPV goggles you technically need a spotter to keep an eye on the aircraft), and the drone must be under the control of a person. Auto flying from start to finish using way points, etc is not technically allowed at the hobbyist level - you need a licence and very expensive insurance to legally do this. The rest of the main rules are:-

Fly below 400' (121 metres)
Don't fly within 3.5 nautical miles (5KM) of an airport
Don't fly within 30 metres of another person
Don't fly in a populated area
FPV a transmitters not more than 40mW

There's heaps more, but this covers most of it.

Nothing to get in too much of a twist about, but there are plenty out there almighty ****ed off with these rules. They actually are quite leanient and well thought out when compared with other parts of the world who have just banned them outright in any public place, or put severe restrictions on them like not flying them further than 30 meters from the pilot.

For what I want - filming and taking pictures of camping areas, etc I don't have an issue and when you think of what could happen if your nearly 4KG drone fell out of the sky and hit someone, then they make complete sense.

so if they fly themselves--
how do they fall out of the sky?
pilot error?:p

Nope, cheap Chinese electronics mostly. In almost all hobby drones, there is no backup of any kind so if a motor, ESC or flight controller gets a fault, it's curtains, and it happens a lot.

There are some very good flight controllers out there if you have the money, you can buy fully redundant setups, but building a drone to this spec will cost $5K plus, usually around $8 to $10K - that's before you bolt a camera to it. I was chatting to a guy not long ago at the local RC Club that has a similar sized hex to mine and flies it professionally - the drone was $9K, the camera just under $100K (Movie quality HD thing used for filming work that helicopters used to do). You want to make sure something like that stays up, :D

It's the Hobbist that is most likely to crash theirs into something/someone and I've got to say, by the time they get as big as mine is, that would cause serious injury or even death - not pretty, so I fully agree with the laws about keeping them away from people, I always do just in case.