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Everytime I see one of these videos I swear to myself that I'll go out and buy one. It never happens though lol
quadcopters rule ! :p
though i am more interested in fpv flying at the moment than the autonomous movement or automatic collision avoidance. collisions are where all the fun is at! :D still cool though.
i met up with some dudes from an fpv forum last weekend & one guy had a long range setup & he could fpv his flying wing to over 15klms! i snooped in on his video transmission & he was 14.7klms out over bribie island.
My understanding was that CASA isn't ok with FPV stuff (without a full-on license), how the hell do they not s*** on things like that from a great height? Or does he have whatever insane license they require?
My understanding was that CASA isn't ok with FPV stuffNegative.
CASA owns above 400FT.
Above 12000FT is commercial controlled airspace, that is a no fly zone even on an RA AUS licence.
Around airports have certain restrictions re: controlled airspace as well.
CASA has no issues with model planes flying OR FPV.
To use FPV any great distance you need a HAMS radio/broadcasting licence which is the issue (You can fly model planes halfway to the goldcoast and back with broadcasting)
You can FPV within normal 2.4Ghz operating distances without worry.
From CASA:
Model aircraft
Buying or building a model aircraft and taking it flying can be a fun way to spend the day. The Model Aeronautical Association of Australia has established model aircraft fields and experienced advisors who can help you with questions about model aircraft.
Model aircraft may be up to 150 kilograms so there are rules about where and how you fly. These include:
As an idea, normal 2.4Ghz operating range is pretty much outside any visual range you'll ever get.
(A good 2.4Ghz radio setup and strong batteries with minimal environmental interference or barrier will get you 1+ km away).
No real reason you should need to FPV outside a 1km radius from where you launch!
I just finished building a tricopter based on this design: http://rcexplorer.se/projects/2011/09/the-tricopter-v2-5/ Pretty easy to build and not too $$. Have just added a $50 flight control board for fully autonomous flying.
Everytime I see one of these videos I swear to myself that I'll go out and buy one. It never happens though lol
I'd be all over those fancy ones that only run on iphones if they actually came with their own controller. For the money you pay for them, they bloody well should come with one. That's not to say I'm a cheapskate, I don't have an iphone. Also I'd much rather use sticks than a phone.
whoop : the parrot ar drone that apple markets that can be controlled by an iphone or ipad isn't exactly fancy :) my father has one n he like to fly it indoors because it sucks with even a slight breeze. it's a very cool toy & the in-built fpv & downwards camera are bonuses.. range is crap though & they don't have proper failsafe so if it flies out of range it can just keep on going till it's batts run out or it hits something.
foolix : how does the tricopter fly & what flight controller are you using? got any build pix? :D
this is my fpv quadcopter...
my father has one n he like to fly it indoors because it sucks with even a slight breeze. it's a very cool toy & the in-built fpv & downwards camera are bonuses.. range is crap though & they don't have proper failsafe so if it flies out of range it can just keep on going till it's batts run out or it hits something.Oh wow, glad I don't have an iphone then (because I'd probably have been more likely to get an AR drone).
Has anyone made a homing pigeon kind of quad copter yet? Take the thing out somewhere and have it automatically fly home using GPS. I reckon that would make for a pretty interesting video recording device. It'd be cool to have it lock on to a transponder in a car too, would make for some good birds eye views at a track day.
my quadcopter has gps return to launch... so if it loses control signal or if i initiate failsafe from my transmitter, the quad will fly up to 20m & go back to where it launched from. it will then hover for 20seconds in gps position hold, then land. the gps module isn't installed in that pic ^ though.
the control systems that have gps waypoint navigation are a bit too pricey for me.. at the moment :)
f*** me remote control stuff has finally become cool
Being held together by zip ties and rubber bands, nice :)
demon that thing looks awesome. I have always wanted something like that, but I guess like most hobbies it would get very costly very quickly..
f*** me remote control stuff has finally become cool
R/C has always been cool. It's just become cheaper...
The one thing you must expect is to write it off some time.
that was some amazing s***
demon: Tricopter is pretty stable now that I have most of the bugs ironed out, a lot of power, but that is without the GoPro on yet. The flight control board is the CRIUS AIO Pro which is about $55, for an extra $25 you can add a GPS Reciever for full autonomous flying. Maybe I should make my own thread :D
As HurricaneJim says, everything has gotten insanely cheap in the past couple of years. Multicopters are massive now that the control board and parts are all super cheap. Example is even with my transmitter which is a full 9 Channel tx/rx for only $50, and the open source software for it (Open9X) is awesome
ooo foolix you got the Turnigy 9x.
I have in my hands the turnigy 9XR which arrived last week.
The successor to the 9X.
I am going to be using Frsky telemetry module and tel. receivers.
What module do you use for the 9X?
I had the idea of using a quadcopter to scout the area where i hunt so i wouldnt leave a scent for tue deer to pick up on. Id need something that would have around a good 500-700 meter range and the ability to return on its own if something f***ed up plus a video feed of course.
Oddly enough deer dont give to much of a s*** about machinery or man made objects so noise from a quadcopter probably wouldnt piss them off to much. Not as much as tromping around the bush on foot anyway.
Any recomendations for a copter that would work well in this role?
I'm running the stock module but I intend to u/g to the frysky telm soon! Mod's I've done on the 9x are Open9X firmware, backlight mod plus I made up a small lithium battery pack, lasts longer and much lighter than 8x AA's!
@Mephz Looks like the 9XR radio already fixed all the things missing in the 9X anyway.
Being held together by zip ties and rubber bands, nice :)
hobby style! :) the rubber bands on the gopro are really good for dampening vibrations & also makes it easy to take off & put back on. some guys get real pedantic about their builds & won't use zip ties coz they look cheap but once you've crashed & rebuilt a few times... cheap zip ties all the way!
foolix : cool! i've not used (or seen used) a cruis fc but that's an awesome price! did you build your own tricopter tail pivot or buy a premade one? that's the only thing that kinda puts me off a tri ... it looks like it might be hard to build that tail pivot assembly.
mephz : also cool! i was considering buying a 9xr just coz they were so cheap but they went outta stock real quick! :) i've had 2 x turnigy 9x transmitters.. first one had a problem where the elevator signal would wobble all over the place & the craft would pitch badly. it was too expensive to send it back so i got another one with no modules & swapped em over. the 2nd one was good till last xmas when i left it in the car in the sun. all the clear plastic bits including the lcd cover peeled up n fell off. hehe. it also had bad range (standard 9x module). i also did the lipo mod to replace the 8xaa pack.
after xmas i figured i was gonna be into this for a while & shouted myself a futaba 8fg super. 10x more expensive that the 9x but the quality is awesome. my 2nd 9x still works & i use it on my "test quads" & use the futaba just on my fpv beast. the other reason for that is 9x recievers are $9... futaba s.bus diversity receivers are $120 !!!! :p love my futaba now tho!
taipan : sounds totally do-able... lots of copters would probably do the job. but a pre-built "ready to fly" job would be pretty expensive ($2.5k-$3.5k guessing) & a kit job would require that you know how all the systems work. i could make a recommendation but honestly i have only had experience with 2 flight controllers.. dji naza & hobbyking kk2.0. dji naza (with gps) could definitely do the job ... kk2.0 could not. (no gps). there are tons of flight controllers out there! i know ara uses the openpilot cc3d which gets awesome reviews (i have one on order lol).
some guys get real pedantic about their builds & won't use zip ties coz they look cheap
To which you reply: well, unlike you I intend to fly my copter, not leave it sitting on a shelf to look at.
Who cares what the thing looks like, it's not like you'd see the zip ties at 30m away anyway. With me though, I reckon it'd be held together with 3M tape. I love my 3M sticky things.
@ foolix: Stay with the 9X for now, I haven't set up my 9XR or tested it yet [waiting for Frsky module to arrive] but there are some problems some people are having it seems (drifting of signal with the orange DSM modules etc.)
I was going to look at potentially flashing my 9XR with ER9X firmware if I have any issues (reportedly the 9XR uses a modified earlier version of ER9X anyway)
@ demon: I've heard some people having that problem with the 9XR as well, hadn't heard that from the 9X.
I will be doing a lot of ground testing! Hearing you had issues with the 9X and some people with the 9XR has me a little scared :)
Where do you gentlemen fly? I'm on the northside.
I don't have a quadcopter only fixed wing but I see no reason we couldn't fly in the same airspace with a few ground rules if anyone is interested sometime :)
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@demon: the 9XR was out of stock when I ordered. I think it took about a week for the backorder to come in and then be shipped out.
It was a 3 week turnaround total which I don't think is too bad, I buy all my stuff in advance and keep replacement parts around instead for that reason.
To which you reply: well, unlike you I intend to fly my copter, not leave it sitting on a shelf to look at.
heh. mostly. but occasionally it's a dude that is old school &/or conservative pilot & doesn't crash anymore :p
mephz : for every report of problems there are hundreds of folk who aren't having problems i rekn. 2 guys at work have turnigy-9x's & have had no problems. always good to test it all out first though.
i am northside too. 90% of the time though i fly during work hours in the morning before the wind picks up... find a park with no one in it... setup & fly 4-5 batteries.. pack up & go back to work. other times i fly with the work guys.. usually a work organised event at the pine rivers park... normally i wouldn't fly there coz there are too many people but when the whole work crew is there it's fine coz they can spot for me. always looking for good spots to fly but it's hard atm coz of the sunny weather gets lots of people out.
new pic of my growing quadcopter armada :p
@ demon: very nice! that's not far from me at all your park.
I fly at mungarra reserve.
Plenty big enough for even my 1400mm fixed wing.
Park clearance is approx 200m. Airpsace clearance a good kilometer. And in most directions if your model goes down its going to be in brush or empty land so no damage.
Never seen anyone on the field except for people flying planes/helicopters/fixed wings.
And the occasional person walking across the field to the dogpark.
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@demon: I also fly early morning as its the calmest part of the day. Though when im working a day shift i'm at work before flying is possible.
i use this site to track wind conditions near my flying site.
It will do any of the weather stations in Brisbane. I've found its reporting @ Brisbane Airport to be fairly accurate compared to the reports the airport itself gets (friend is an air traffic controller).
Demon you are habouring any ideas of invading some small country are you? You could probably gain air superiority over NZ in a matter of hours and still have one of your copters in reserve ;-)
Sorry for double posting. Just curious if any of you know of any jobs that actually utilize these things outside the obvious military uses? I was thinking about this earlier and it seems the potential uses for investigating or checking structures in hard to reach places would be pretty limitless.
If you consider possible costs ofthe usual equipment and man power need to say inspect something like a bridge of even powerlines. There may be a good buck to be made out of these little suckers itd just be a matter of pitching the idea to the right businesses and then backing it up with some decent results.
Of course i havent looked into this but itd be a pretty sweet way of making a crust. :-)
^ Taipan, I believe someone wanted to use this sort of thing for work to observe areas for construction etc.
Apparently insurance/approval for 'business' use was imfeasibly expensive.
I understand there maybe certain obstacles to intorducing something like this into a given industry not least of which would be overcoming a level of sceptisim from businesses themsleves. However if you can perform certain tasks that would otherwise incure considerable cost not to mention an element of risk to personel and very expensive equipment i cant see how anyone could knock the idea without first giving it a chance to prove it self.
As for insurance i dont get what could be so expensive about using a piece of equipment that is probably worth a tenth or less of the normal equipment used to do the same job? I am of course not knocking what you said perhaps not fully understanding the implications in reguards to insurance.
Holy crap... these things look awesome!!
How do you view the footage from the gopro/camera whilst flying? (or did I incorrectly assume it streams?)
Whats the ballpark figure to setup a basic copter?
Is there any good forums about for more information that you recommend?
I'm sold. I've been looking for a new project to work on and this looks great!
Any n00b guides you could share with us? I've spent some time on the hobby king website but can be a little difficult to understand what connectors are required etc. Any pro tips would be rad!
Are you interested in helicopters or fixed wing.
(I classify quadcopters like in this thread as helicopters).
Either way procure yourself a simulator to learn on.
Realflight G4.5 or
Phoenix RC 4.0 can be 'acquired' to work with say an xbox 360 controller.
This will teach you the orientation and general feel for how to start to fly either/or.
Don't just jump into an expensive model or you're likely to be spending more time repairing and fixing than flying. I honestly recommend the simulator route, once you're getting bored on the simulator because you can thrash the heli/plane around without crashing you're ready for the real world and the skills will pretty well transfer over.
Except landing, dear god landing fixed wing aircraft will be forever an always improving and never perfect part of your flying and is nothing like a simulator in my opinion!
Otherwise, start with an RTF model. (ready to fly) it is literally as it sounds, gives you everything out of the box ready to start flying, including transmitter.
Once you're into the hobby you'll start to understand more and eventually you might want to upgrade Tx and start making mods etc.
I was looking around years ago to get into and RC hobby i had already been racing competitively with electric off road cars. I thought id like to try out aircraft and checked out a few places around brisbane and while very keen i found the cost a little bit much at the time (mid 90's) so i got into gas cars. As it turned out i ended up spending a ton more on the damn cars than i would of to get into aircraft.
I used to race every second.sunday at england park in brendale and it was great fun.
I'm making my way towards true FPV flight. (camera in c***pit with headtracker IR etc.)
I've flown my planes very briefly into the base of low clouds before, but flying over low clouds like this FPV style would be incredible!
What sort of head tracking do they use? I actually have trakIR 5 pro for games like ArmaII and IL2 and i love it.
And the most epic 3D Pilot for FPV, finally found the youtube :)
@ Taipan: Maybe if your job was croc studying? :)
FPV croc watching part is incredible (its about 1 min in)
Lol see there you go a practical application ;-)
Have you guys checked out this guy?
He is based in China and has (apparently) distribution rights for a good range of gear. His Youtube channel is full of reviews and test flights ect. His Seeker 450 looks pretty impressive.
Thanks for the reply Mephz. I'll take you're advice and go down the simulator road first. I'm stuck at work for the next 5 days so I'm kinda keen to start ordering bits and pieces for when I get home.
From what I've gathered, for the guts of $300ish you can get a fairly reasonable setup including a transmitter, battery charger module etc. which is great buying and not a huge concern if I crash it. Hobbyking seems to be the best site to buy from as they give detailed information on the product and what its compatible with, I'll grab some gear from them.
Probably a stupid question, but will I need to get a solerding iron initially?
i didn't do the simulators.. i was too keen for hardware :) i started with a cheapie wltoys v939 that you can buy from ebay for about $40 including the transmitter... ready to fly! it looks super goofy (ladybird) but it flies just like a larger quad but is a bit more unstable due to it's small size & light weight. it teaches the basics of quadrotor flight & if you can fly one of these things ok with the dodgy little tx that it comes with.. then you will fly a larger heavier quad easily. like all cheapie chinese heli-type toys it will withstand a few crashes & then you chuck it in the bin :p i chose the v939 coz it's small enough to fly inside so i could practice at night, out of the wind.
bromby : chances are you will need a soldering iron. a lot of the latest esc's & power distribution setups have presoldered connectors but all the older stuff doesn't & you will have to solder on your connectors & heatshrink over the joints to isolate them. even if you do have a fully plug-in system... later you will need a soldering iron to repair broken connections & to add new systems to the power distro, etc..
i would like to recommend some forums but tbh they are just like gamer forums.. full of trolls, idlers, noobs & misinformation. when i have a specific problem i google it :p
If you are going the hobbyking route I suggest getting a bunch of connectors and get yourself a soldering iron etc.
This way you can make all your hardware universal.
I use EC3/DC3 (same thing) plugs for my battery <-> ESC/Motor connectors.
Hobbyking batteries and pieces always come in a variety of different connectors so lop em off and put your own on.
With Hobbyking gear just read reviews and research the model you're going to fly as well. Especially if it's fixed wing as the cheapy chinese complete models tend to come out of balance in the fixed wing department and their specs are usually wrong for the COG.
As demon said, don't expect the cheaper chinese stuff to last as long but its 1/10th the price of the expensive gear so you always end up ahead as well.
Thanks demon and Mephz. Sorry, I wasn't clear on what my intensions were. Not really interested in fixed wing, only quadcopters.
Its a little difficult trying to put it all together in regards to connector types and if\what type of additional connectors i need to get without having it all in front of you, but I'm confident what I've put together so far is enough.
Also, the acronyms, jesus christmas you have to have a fair idea on what they mean. So much jargon when ordering individual items!
Any chance of running you're eyes over what's in my list before I purchase?
Demon would be better off running eyes over for quadcopter stuff. That'll be his territory :)
In general though I can help with ESC/Batteries/Rx/Tx/Amperages etc. as these are identical across the board.
I had the same issue as you when I first started. That's why I entered with a good sturdy brand out-of-the-box (HorizonHobby owned) RTF. From there you just learn and develop it's pretty easy.
I might take your advice Mephz on the RTF. I'm thinking this one for its price point sounds good and it received great reviews. Might order one tomorrow and continue looking into building my own. I've already ordered a few bits and pieces but this will do until the rest of the parts become available.
I would probably learn to fly and whatnot before getting excited and ordering parts for building your own.
Chances are you'll be building your own from crashing.
Crashing and breaking stuff is a matter of when, not if.
Crashing and repairing is when you get to make mods and make things better.
Most of what I've learnt has been from repairing and modding.
Yeah absolutely. You wouldn't buy a BMW M3 as a first car now would you.
I only bought a soldering iron, a frame and a couple of batteries so no big deal. It's gonna be sweet!
Awesome! You'll love it :)
Lots of courage but little ambition.
That's the key to success in flying R/C.
Take things slow and have patience pretty much all my accidents have been from being overly ambitious and always when trying to spot land.
(Fixed wing this is).
Just ordered a Blade mQX RTF from modelflight.com.au. Only $15 postage and threw in an extra battery cause I'm a mad dog (or had problems ordering online). Should arrive on Thursday and I'll be home Friday. I'll post some pics and an update then!
Thanks for your help
@Taipan - I think there would be some useful applications in agriculture. Damn I reckon you probably herd cattle with a swarm of them, lol.
cool bromby :) interested to hear how the blade mqx goes. it is the model that wltoys ripped off to make the v929 iirc. it'll be a good trainer i rekn,
i like that you can change between + & x modes.. always wanted to give + a go but all my quads are x config. i hope you like mode 1 control.. i started with mode 2 & now i can't change :p
these look awesome i must get one.
i like that you can change between + & x modes....
Yeah I do as well. It'll give me a better idea and understanding when I build my own. And yeah mode 1 just seems like a natural progression from video games.
cool vid (beucase I'm not ready to let this thread die yet
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Forgot to mention, that vid was filmed 80% with the quad demon has (TBS Discovery).
Great video, as they all are :).
You have to love the fact that something like this has such an awesome ability to record things in our every day life from such a cool perspective. Putting this ability into the hands of the average punter is frigging fantastic.
cool video foolix :) those kite surfers get some mad speed & it really stands out when seen from above.
be a while yet before i start flying my quads over salt water... any mistake or technical problem means total loss. looks friggn sweet though :]
i ditched my hoverthings fpv flip quad (top left in my last image) on teusday morning in a paddock with long grass (lost video signal & crashed blind). no damage to the quad but my gopro camera ejected & i never found it :( i know exactly where the quad ended up after the crash but i searched for about 3 hours, combing the long grass... no sign of it !@# grass was so thick though it could be right underfoot & you'd never see it. o wells... it was an original hd hero that had copped a beating so i've ordered a hero 3 black... orrrrjeh :D
so how long until I can buy a box of these little f*****s and play live action space invaders?
So I got home yesterday and tried to install my new Xbox 360 receiver so I can try some simulators.... be f***ed if I can get it to work properly. I can manage to get it to connect, then it drops out after a few minutes and disappears from Device Manager. I've run through all the tutorials and trouble shooters on the net to no avail. Anyone have an experience in the matter? I'm desperate to try something, my RTF quad arrived on Wednesday when I wasn't home and the depot doesn't open till Tuesday now. Help!
@ Bromby - Get a program called DS3Tool or 'MotionInJoy' if you're having issues.
I use it for PS2 controller on PC to work as a PS2 controller or XBOX or XBOX 360 controller etc. via USB, works well.
If the device is dropping out of device manager, there's probably something wrong with the device, teh device driver, or the USB hub.
Try using a usb3.0 port instead of usb2.0 or vice versa. Just get it onto a different usb controller on the motherboard.
Mephz - I'll have a crack at them sometime today. Thanks
Skythra - mate, I've changed it from USB 2.0 to several USB 3.0 ports and no joy. I'm gonna take it to a mates place and try it on his computer.
nice foolix... but where are the pics of your build? ;)
as per the internets standards i will also require a maiden flight video & a crash or close call video ;)
s*** weather so not much else to do but build multirotors!
i got my openpilot cc3d on friday so i built my quadrixette40 & got some issues sorted out. test flew it in my loungeroom this morning & it seems to fly real nice but i need some decent weather to test it out properly.. can't do much cept hover in my loungeroom.
build is still very messy coz it will change a fair bit once i install fpv gear. so there is a lot of excess wire :p
now to go scowl @ the s*** weather again >:|
So with the simulator programs, Realflight or Phoenix, do you only need an xbox 360 controller or do you need a proper radio to use them?
So with the simulator programs, Realflight or Phoenix, do you only need an xbox 360 controller or do you need a proper radio to use them?
Trin, I've managed to get Realflight to work with an Xbox 360 controller but can't work out Phoenix. I was gonna ask these guys for some tips. If you've got a cable for you're controller I gather its easier (not certain) but if you've only got wireless you'll need to buy a receiver. They're like $10-15. For the love of god make sure you install the drivers first before plug in the receiver in though.
Also, simulators are hard. If your calibration isn't spot on it makes flying very difficult as you're constantly trying to counter the neutral inputs of the controller.
Using gaming controller for simulator instead of real Tx is the throttle gimbal is not on a neutral return spring on a Tx. (The other gimbal is) . So on sim. You have to hold down for less than 50% throttle... Also.bromby at least it prepares your dexterity if COG or trim wildly out for.your maiden flight :) as demon said maiden footage is necessary!!
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Hmm maybe i'll just jump in and buy a real one...
Ha you're dead right. Hopefully I can pick it up tomorrow. Damn floods!
before this thread gets buried on pages >1, anyone getting into r/c again or for the first time interested in a group buy of a simulator dongle?
bought a parkzone fixed wing quick fly last year and had a great first crash at a club field down at the coast :)
So anyway this is the one I'm looking at. I have a Spektrum DX5e transmitter so it's all good.
send me a pm if it's for you.
What kind of fixed wing did you have?
Not sure when my next fly will be. Probably not for ~5-6 weeks. But if anybody is keen to do a get together and fly on the northside let me know.
a rather cool drift video with some quadcopter coolness
it's one of these
except now the engine cowling isn't there
I should have listened to the old guy who warned me that it wouldn't end well if I flew it in the slight wind on the day. there was another guy there with something like a 1/8 scale wood / carbon composite aerobatic airframe who was showing off this cool stall move into the wind.
not sure what scale mine is but it doesn't like gusts in slight coastal onshore winds.
or maybe it's just me :)
That's a Trojan T-28! Warbird trainer in real life and all round a great R/C plane too!
Fly in 5-6kts max for now (you shouldn't be able to feel the wind) - Palm leaves shouldn't be moving at all or just barely moving the leaves but not the frongs themselves.
Once you get experienced that bird will fly in winds 16-20kts (inclusive of gusts) with ease.
Once you can land very comfortably in no wind, start learning to spot land in zero wind (putting it down exactly where you want).
Then start learning in slightly breezier conditions.
I say landing because that's when your airspeed will be lowest and wind + gusts has the most dangerous impact.
Any turn from upwind to downwind increase throttle a little.
So I think i'll buy one of them Blade MQX copters. They look pretty cool from all the reviews... awefully small though.
I havent seen many RTF models, do you pretty much have to build your own for bigger better versions? If so, whats some good forums to read for a run down
I don't think it's as complicated as some of the long range or custom built fpv gear.
have a look at the fatshark goggles. the ones I saw were only 640x480 but they seemed more than good enough for fun flying. you'd probably want to get a 5.8ghz set.
if this post doesn't make any sense, it's because I guessed you meant real time flight with RTF
there are plenty of full size ready-to-fly quadcopters on the market but it's like a pc where you are paying a guy to assemble the bits for you. i think most people just opt to build thier own coz it's cheaper & you get a working knowledge of how to repair it after the inevitable crashes.
the dji phantom is a good example of the expensive rtf quadcopters.. comes with a transmitter.
the hubson x4 is another blade mqx clone.
hobbykings even cheaper clone...
good forums? an oxymoron! ;) rcgroups for a wide range of info & insults, they have a multirotor set of forums.
@demon: I picked up a Blade mQX quadcopter for my old man.
I did the test flight and setup.
Can I ask a question? What are these things supposed to be like to fly?
I found if you moved forward then released the stick it sort of just continued to track that way.
I expected if you moved the stick forward then neutral stick it would return to a hover.
I got it to hover relatively stable at about head height. Lower (only a few inches off the ground) I couldn't get it to not drift with trimming at all, it was futile, but I put that down to ground-effect as higher up it was a bit more stable.
But yeah, that drift after you make a move. It's a killer, if my planes continued to roll or yaw for awhile after I made an input I'd be tearing my hair out from repair bills!
Is this normal behaviour? Didn't seem to be a trimming issue from what I can tell.
mephz : i can' t speak for the blade mqx as i've never had that model but my cheapie copy of it had 2 flight modes... normal & acrobatic. to change these modes it was basically a rebind of the rx to the tx... might be different for the blade mqx... but on mine the flight mode change couldn't be done while in flight (which was a bummer).
in acrobatic mode you get the behaviour you are describing. pitch forward & release the stick & the craft stays pitched at the angle it was at when you backed off the stick. you will need to increase throttle or the craft will lose altitude fast. you need to pitch the stick back to re-level the craft. most experienced quadcopters guys fly this way as it give greater control but it will feel uncontrollable if you've never flown a quad before.
in normal mode you kinda get the behaviour you were expecting.. pitch forward & release the stick & the craft auto-levels but it will slowly drift to a halt. i would have thought this would be the default setting as it is the easiest way to learn. it won't stop dead on the release of the stick though... it will hover flat drifting with the momentum of the move until friction stops it.
to get it to stop immediately when you release the stick can be done with flight controllers that can be programmed ... but i don't think you can do it with these cheap rtf copters. it can also be done easily with any flight controller that has gps (called position lock).
thanks demon, the controller that came with it has "mode" sort of button that does, well nothing :P
Appreciate the explanation there. I will try the manual for working out the modes.
I just assumed the different modes was different dual rates but not different behaviour.
My old man will definitely need the less aerobatic mode.
Update: Ah, nope no aerobatic or non aerobatic mode that I can see in the manual.
Just the dual rates. Guess he'll have to learn the harder way :)
doh! that sucks! i would have no chance trying to learn on a fully manual non-levelling mode... i can handle it now after months of training muscle memory for quick response but when i was totally noob i couldn't fly a quad for more than a few seconds in non-levelling mode!
with the mode button on the tx... does it change anything on the tx lcd when you press it? a mate of mine had the wltoys v929 (another clone) & he could change the mode during flight with a mode button on the tx. on the lcd it would cycle thru modes 10%, 30%, 60% & 100%. 10% is noob mode. 100% is acrobatic. but yer... the blade mqx could be totally different.
Nah the mode 'button' (or what looks like one) is just a template button on the RTF controller.
The dual rates button is just clicking the right gimbal in.
That's ok. As long as he starts slow it should be ok.
Once I had it hovering and clicked that it was the ground-effect causing the drift it was actually quite stable at about head-height when deadsticked.
Broken edit: The only thing the 'mode' shows is flashing led = low rates, solid LED = full rates.
Slow and steady will win the race :)
Ermagherd. Gave it another go just to see what impact low rates would have.
How do you fly these things :)
My brain does not comprehend 4 channel helicopter flight very well, I want to bank like a plane and I just dumbthumb it.
I assume to fly like a 'real helicopter' and bank through lets say a left turn its a combination of forward attitude pitch, left roll + left yaw?
When I tried I ended up with the helicopter turning through a natural curve for about the first 1/4. Then I found it still going the same direction but going backwards and some slight opposite drift.
Oh well, not mine to keep playing around with but I think my old man is going to have a very hard time. Hopefully with no expectations of how it *should* behave he has an easier time. I didn't have much issue flying a 4-ch single-rotor heli on the sims (or a cheapy 3ch I got for free with a bent motor shaft :P)
you don't need to bank.. that's for craft that are aerodynamic ;) but banking does help when going fast & yup, it's a pitch/roll/yaw combo move. when you are cruising fairly slow... just yaw to make a turn & blip the pitch to keep forward motion. no roll required.
when i was learning to fly em line-of-sight i wouldn't even yaw.. i'd just pitch forward to go forward, roll to go left/right & pitch back to come back again.. so the front of the craft never faces me. it took me quite a while to wrap my head around flying back towards myself line-of-sight. i'd always get the roll direction backwards. with fpv that all changes & you always fly from the front.
one of my quads (with gps) has ioc (intelligent orientation control) so it no longer matters which way the craft is facing... pitch forward & it moves away from it's launch site, pitch backwards & it moves towards the launch site... etc... pretty cool as a novelty but it's really not very useful.
did the low rates make it easier to hover on the spot?
Low Rates didn't seem to make too much difference for me (but I'm used to making very fine stick movements) but it will probably help my father.
In this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACYsESATA8:
From 1:00 to 1:05 (roughly) what sort of turn is that?
Is that a co-ordinated pitch/yaw/bank turn or is he just pitch/yawing it?
What do you mean by not needing to bank? A real helicopter turns sort of like a fixed wing with a bank when in forward motion.
Do the quads not really need to do this?
^ you can tell my brain just 'expects' fixed wing type flight! But I've always been a fixed wing kinda guy :P
Oh also thank you demon for the tips, I'll pass them onto my dad for when he learns.
I would have suggested trying hovering, then square movements (forward, then yaw and forward again etc.) but keeping it one direction is probably simpler again for learning, good idea!
The real killer I found for me was the manual levelling.
I'll leave the quad flying to you but I'd be keen to be shown how its done sometime! I won't be out for another fly for awhile.
Due to the AS3X heading lock gyro technology, if you tilt the Blade mQX forward at 10 degrees for example, it will lock onto that forward pitch setting until you give it a counter correction to level out and stop moving.
Oh cool. I suck so bad at flying helicopters this reviewers wife can outfly me :P haha
yup that turn in the video at 1:00-1:05 is the slight pitch forward, slight roll left, slight yaw left combo ( i think :p)
i guess i found the square movements easier coz i have no other r/c background.. started with quadcopters on mode2.
with fpv i had to learn to fly like with the nose (like a real pilot ;)
i just got my new gopro in the mail today so i am thinking of going out for a quick fpv flight before work tomorrow morning with my discovery. depending on the timing i might give that mungarra park reserve you linked a go :) ie: if i am running late i will just go to my local park.
(edit) if it makes ya feel any better... i can't fly r/c helicopters at all :p coaxial or otherwise.
I have tomorrow off.
If you make that decision to go for a fly I could get up early and bring my planes down to mungarra. (I still haven't yet received my flysky module/RX's for my 9XR humbug).
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Excellent vids ET
OK so it's pretty lame but here is one of my first flights, with crash. The arms are carbon fibre and they fold so they are fairly crash tolerant.


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The 1984 white Dodge Ram truck my Daddy owned is now the farm truck. (No picture available, sorry.) It's a bit banged up, but it is long since paid for. It now has earned an Antique tag, and it is HEAVY. What is the "car tag" called? State Road and Privilege Tax? Something like that?
No tailgait has EVER survived more than a year with my uncle Charles Hamer driving. Unc has added some other dings and dents and damage I just don't want to think about. "I'll think about it tomorrow!" (Scarlette O'Hara lives in all of us in some way, does she not?)
The last time Mama drove it years ago, she and a LOG TRUCK had a run in. That old truck is STURDY and HEAVY. A similar run in with a 2014 pick-up truck today would leave One Big Log Truck and one crumpled piece of aluminium foil.
SO, I'm keeping that old farm truck, and I am trying out colors on it....in my mind. It may take a while before I get around to taking it to the body shop, and I have no plans to do that while Unc attempts to still drive. BUT, you know me and my "advance visualization" by now. ALWAYS thinking ahead.
These photos are just some I have saved from browsing around the Internet. Inspiration photos, if you will, old trucks painted a vivid Happy Yellow.
If you know the make and model on these trucks please let me know. I LOVE the curved lines of many of these examples, gathered from the Internet.
Now I have been told by a car body and paint guy that Roadrunner Yellow is the name of the color I want. I cannot remember what famous car or truck was painted Roadrunner Yellow making that an iconic color!
Then we get to the interior of our farm truck. It is currently a dusky vintage red. It reminds me of the red one sees in vintage mid-century plaid thermos and wool stadium blankets.
Ok, I can work with the red door panels and floor that are in good shape, if I have to, but I really want something happy and a bit "off", you know?
Yes, I could find a vintage looking red plaid with Happy Yellow in it for the upholstery. But would it not be a better reflection of me as an individual to have a Polka-Dot covered bench seat? LOL I can just hear men, especially, groaning!
You get the idea with these pictures. Of course, my 1984 Dodge Ram is not as sexy as the trucks in these photographs, but I'm happy to have her.
Why are all of these old trucks so low to the ground? Roads were only WORSE in the day that these trucks roared over the roads as the new model of freedom on four wheels.


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Life was going along smoothly for Inigo Lopez de Loyola who was born in 1491. He received a sparse education as many did in a semi aristocratic class. As a teenager he was sent to the household of the chief treasurer of King Ferdinand of Aragon where he was trained as a courtier. There he lived a very carefree and raucous life. Then in 1517, Inigo entered military service. His military career was cut short and his life changed dramatically when he was wounded by a cannon ball trying to defend a fortress at Pamplona from the French.
When he was stable from his wounds, he was carried back to the castle of the Loyola family to recuperate. When he was well enough to read, he asked for books which told tales of chivalry. Since no such books were available, he was given a book on the saints and another on the life of Christ. He read and daydreamed about his future. When he pondered himself performing the same heroic deeds as the saints, he notices a peace and contentment in his heart. But when he envisioned himself courting the ladies and engaging in noble military feats, he felt empty and dry. He learned to trust what brought him peace as coming from God. So once he recovered, he decided to make a religious pilgrimage to Jerusalem to spend the rest of his life visiting the places where Christ had lived and preached, suffered, died and rose.
His first stop on the journey was at a Benedictine monastery in Catalonia. There he spent a night in prayer, laid down his sword and dagger before the statue of the Black Madonna. In beggars clothes, he journeyed to a little town nearby, Manresa. Planning to stay for only a few days, he remained there a year. During that time he experienced great distress and aridity of soul. However, when his serenity returned, he began to experience great interior enlightenments. One day, on the banks of a river running through town, Ignatius had a vision which was the most significant of his life. God infused his understanding in such a way that he saw everything in a different light. As blessed as he was, he considered his religious experiences were given to him to help others. While he was at Manresa, many scholars believe Ignatius began to record what became the essential elements of the Spiritual Exercises.
When Ignatius finally arrived in Jerusalem, he was confirmed in his desire to spend the rest of his life visiting the holy places. But his plans were scuttled by the Franciscans who said they could not assure his protection and ordered him to return to Europe.
On returning to Barcelona in Spain, he made a commitment to pursue an education in order to serve others better. In 1524, he began his studies with youngsters in order to learn grammar. He advanced to the University of Alcala. But he was run out of town because he and his four companions were considered religiously suspect. He then went to the University at Salamanca. Again his theology and spirituality was questioned. So he journeyed to Paris to study. While in place where he lodged, he had two roommates: Peter Favre and Francis Xavier. They helped Ignatius with his studies and he helped them grow in union with God. During the years of study in Paris, Ignatius, Favre, Xavier bonded with Diego Lainez, Alfonso Salmaron, Nicolas Bobadilla and Simon Rodriguez and grew to be friends in the Lord. Once they graduated, they made a commitment to go as a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem and offer themselves to the pope for whatever ministries he though best for the Church. To that end in 1534, they vowed they would to go to Jerusalem and life a life of poverty.
The band of pilgrims never made it Jerusalem because of wars in the Mediterranean. So as a temporary measure, Ignatius, Favre and Lainez traveled to Rome to offer their services to Pope Paul III. At LaStorta, a little town outside of Rome, they stopped at a small chapel to pray. While praying, Ignatius received one of his best known illuminations. He had a vision of Jesus carrying the cross with the Father at his side. Jesus said to Ignatius, I wish you to serve us. And the Father added, I will be propitious to you in Rome.
Their future was still uncertain. To get some clarity, the companions, gathered in the Spring of 1539 every evening after working all day to discern where God was directing them. In their deliberations they decided that they could do more good together as one body rather than be scattered as individuals. They came to the unanimous decision to petition the pope to form a new religious order in the Church. It would be different from the traditional monastic communities. They would not pray the divine office together and would vow to go wherever the pope would send them. The monastery was not to be their home but the world would be their house. They would be called Companions of Jesus.
On September 27, 1540, the pope approved this band of scholars as a religious community in the Catholic Church. Soon after, the group elected Ignatius as its religious superior. The first tasks for Ignatius was to coordinate the ministry of the group, send them where they were requested or needed and draw up formal constitutions for the nascent Society of Jesus.
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Dropbear package for the PPC LinkStation
From NAS-Central Buffalo - The Linkstation Wiki
This article based on work done by Frontalot on Linkstationwiki.org
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Abu al-`Ala' al-Mawdudi (d. 1399) on Tasawwuf
The most famous contemporary Islamic thinker of the Indian subcontinent and author of a Qur'anic commentary in Urdu and English, he wrote in his Mabadi' al-islam (Principles of Islam):
Fiqh addresses only external actions: did you perform them according to what is required? The condition of your heart is not taken under consideration. As for the science that investigates the states of the heart and its conditions: this is tasawwuf. The questions asked by fiqh are: Did you complete your ablution correctly? Did you pray towards the Qibla? Did you fulfill the pillars of prayer? If you did all this your prayer is correct according to the ruling of fiqh. As for tasawwuf, it asks questions about your heart: Did you repent and turn to your Lord in your prayer? Did you empty your heart of the preoccupations of the world in your prayer? Did you pray in fear of Allah and knowing that He sees and hears you?… If you did all this and other things, then your prayer is correct according to tasawwuf, otherwise it is defective… Tasawwuf is the establishment of the Law of Islam to the utmost point of sincerity, clarity of intention, and purity of heart.1
1 Abu al-`Ala' al-Mawdudi, Mabadi' al-Islam p. 114-117.Reproduced with permission from Shaykh M. Hisham Kabbani's_The Repudiation of "Salafi" Innovations (Kazi, 1996) p. 400.
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Well, okay, unfortunately it does take quite some time to compile your kernel, so really it's not for free. But you don't need new hardware to get a system that responds much quicker and more fluently - without using more power on battery thanks to dynticks. I've always wondered why in my impression the kernel had become less responsive some time after the beginning of the 2.6 era. Con Kolivas has fixed this - again. I just wish there was a Ubuntu ppa for his kernels.
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Colorado State University: Student Editor on Trial for Protected Speech
October 3, 2011
The editor of a student newspaper ran an editorial that said "Taser this…FUCK BUSH" in response to the well-known tasering incident at the University of Florida, which had occurred four days earlier. The school admonished the editor, declaring the editorial "unethical and unprofessional," but took no further action when they found the speech was protected under the First Amendment.» Read More
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March 12, 2007
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October 10, 2007
By Joshua Zaffos at The Rocky Mountain Chronicle The free-speech zone of the student-center plaza at Colorado State University doesn't look any less free these days, after Rocky Mountain Collegian Editor-in-Chief David McSwane received a formal admonishment for the September 21 editorial that read, "Taser this…FUCK BUSH." But not everyone thinks the decisions of the university Board of Student Communications have equaled a victory for protected speech and the First Amendment. "Even though the hearing had a nominally positive outcome, the hearing itself was definitely a negative for free speech," says Seth Anthony, a chemistry graduate student who started CSU's […]» Read More
CSU and 'Conventions of Decency'
October 1, 2007
By Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post This Thursday, Colorado State University (CSU) junior J. David McSwane will be headed to a closed-door hearing to decide his future as editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian, CSU's student newspaper. The offense? On September 21, McSwane's paper ran a four word editorial, reading simply "Taser This: FUCK BUSH." In response, complaints have streamed in from all over the campus and the country—and while the university at first demonstrated a principled willingness to defend the paper and McSwane, the announcement of closed-door hearings in the middle of political firestorms seldom bodes well for free […]» Read More
Colo. State revises campus speech codes
July 27, 2007
Colorado State University has revised its campus speech codes after lobbying by student activists and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The university in Fort Collins revised three policies that groups said violated the First Amendment after concerns arose over restrictions on residence-hall advertising. The Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper reported that the Campus Libertarians began requesting change in the advertising, hate-incidents and peaceful-assembly policies in fall 2006. The Campus Libertarians, while campaigning for a marijuana-legalization amendment to the state's constitution, were denied permission to hang posters in the residence halls to support their cause. At the time, "offensive language" […]» Read More
A win for free speech at CSU
July 25, 2007
It's big news when a university adopts a restrictive speech code. But it's often ignored when one is improved in response to student protests. Colorado State University's new policies on speech, student protests and residence hall advertising are all big improvements over the restrictive policies of the past, and the university deserves great credit for making the changes. The student groups that sought the changes deserve a big chunk of the credit, as does the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which championed the student cause. Prior policies at CSU on student protests, student speech and residence hall advertising […]» Read More
Where there is smoke, there is FIRE
July 25, 2007
By Joe Murray at The Evening Bulletin For the First Amendment fighters employed by the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) patrolling America's college campuses in search of speech codes, censorship, harassment and intimidation, the summer of 2007 has been a good year. Earlier this year when the University of Rhode Island tried to punish College Republicans for holding a mock whites-only scholarship, FIRE stepped in and the First Amendment prevailed. In June, FIRE was instrumental in making sure Walter Kehowski was able to return to the classroom. The Arizona professor was suspended from teaching his class at […]» Read More
Liberty lessons: Student complaints deep-six CSU speech limits
July 23, 2007
The Gazette Here in the United States, we make a big deal about our right to free speech, and rightfully so. It is possibly the most misunderstood of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Some people seem to believe that under the First Amendment they have the right to say anything to anyone at anytime and no one can silence them. That's not the way it works. The Supreme Court has ruled in numerous cases that the protections of the Constitution apply in instances where the government is restricting speech and even then, there are times when it is […]» Read More
CSU revises some policies on free speech
July 20, 2007
By Taylour Nelson at The Coloradoan Colorado State University revised some of its free speech policies after students cried foul and solicited the help of a national nonprofit that supports First Amendment rights on college campuses. Changes to CSU's advertising and "hate incidents" policies for residence halls could make the policies more lenient. CSU also clarified its policy about peaceful assembly on campus to allow it anywhere on campus as long as organizers contact the university's event planning services before the assembly. "A lot of universities tend to keep their policies when we bring First Amendment rights to their attention, […]» Read More
Lawyer talks First Amendment
May 2, 2007
Offending people isn't necessarily a bad thing, said First Amendment lawyer Greg Lukianoff. "Offense is something that happens when you have your deepest beliefs challenged," said Lukianoff, who was in the Clark Building on Tuesday night to talk about free speech on college campuses. "If you have gone to college for four years and you haven't gotten your deepest beliefs challenged, ask for your money back." Lukianoff works for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, and tackles individual cases of violations against free speech on campuses around the nation. Lukianoff has worked with CSU in the past. […]» Read More
FIRE Starter
April 19, 2007
Colorado State University officials say the school is committed to free speech, but some students and civil liberties advocates aren't so sure. The discrepancy has prompted officials to form a committee to clarify speech codes and a group of student government leaders to introduce a resolution that would do away with those deemed invasive. At the behest of a handful of students—predominantly members of the campus Libertarian Party and Students for Sensible Drug Policy—the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is lobbying administrators to lift restrictions on what they say is constitutionally protected speech. FIRE is a nonprofit group […]» Read More
Making themselves heard
April 15, 2007
While Colorado State University has stated a commitment to honoring students' freedom of expression, Seth Anthony says that many have begun to feel like they are no longer given the same rights as other Americans. "Many students think that it is illegal to protest on campus," Anthony says. Which is not the case. Anthony, his Campus Libertarians and national watchdog organization Foundation for Individual Rights in Education are calling for CSU to change several of its policies that deal with freedom of speech. Seth Anthony of the Campus Libertarians says the university's policies create a "chilling effect" around campus. In […]» Read More
CSU and free speech
April 15, 2007
Staff Editorial, Rocky Mountain News College and university administrators dread the bad publicity they get when students who have been offended by someone's opinions or speech express their displeasure with protests. So they go to great lengths to adopt policies that will reduce the likelihood of offense, and never mind if a few constitutional rights are trampled in the process. And what do they get for this well-intentioned devotion to sweetness and light? Bad publicity. The latest institution to learn this lesson is Colorado State University in Fort Collins, which on Wednesday afternoon hosted a free-speech rally to celebrate the […]» Read More
Group for free speech rallies on CSU campus
April 12, 2007
A group of Colorado State University students concerned about university infringements on their Constitutional rights to free speech had a rally Wednesday on the west lawn of the Lory Student Center. Libertarian Party of Colorado State University Chairman Seth Anthony, a CSU graduate student, organized the rally—in which media members outnumbered participants—in hope of clarifying rules the university uses to regulate assemblies and posting of fliers in dormitories. The rally effort was followed up by the introduction of a resolution at Wednesday night's Associated Students of Colorado State University meeting that asked the university's administration to review and modify any […]» Read More
Group tackles CSU free-speech policy
April 12, 2007
A national watchdog group that looks for First Amendment violations on college campuses has called on CSU administration to correct three "restrictive speech codes," including the university's hate incidents and free-speech zone policies. On Wednesday, Associated Students of CSU debated a free-speech resolution and the CSU Libertarians held a three-person rally on the West Lawn of the Lory Student Center, making a point free speech could be conducted anywhere on campus, not just the Plaza. In a letter sent to CSU President Larry Penley on March 12, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education-commonly known as FIRE-charged the university with […]» Read More
'CSU: Pro-pot flier flap overblown'
September 28, 2006
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Inquiring Minds
April 15, 2005
By John Gravois at The Chronicle of Higher Education One morning a few weeks back, David A. Sandoval was sitting in his office at Colorado State University at Pueblo and speaking to a local reporter on the telephone. The reporter had called to get the Chicano-studies professor's opinion on Ward Churchill, the University of Colorado at Boulder professor who had recently tripped the switch of national outrage by calling the victims of the World Trade Center bombings "little Eichmanns." In the firebrand's defense, Mr. Sandoval offered the standard-issue rhetoric of academic freedom: Mr. Churchill's words were hurtful and terrible, yes, but […]» Read More
Posting Policies Frequently Restrict Student Expression
October 30, 2012
This fall, FIRE is writing a blog series about how schools can reform their problematic speech codes and earn a "green light" rating from FIRE—a distinction currently awarded to just 16 of the more than 400 schools in our Spotlight database, but one we hope to be able to award to many more in the years to come. In this series, we are discussing common problems with campus speech codes, focusing on examples from schools that are just a few small changes away from earning a green light rating. So far, we have examined how universities restrict speech by mandating "civility," […]» Read More
CFN Member at Colorado State Slams Speech Codes, Calls for Reform
November 18, 2009
Last month, Colorado State University graduate student and CFN member Seth Anthony published two excellent columns in The Rocky Mountain Collegian on the problematic policies in place at Colorado State University (CSU). All Torch readers should be sure to check them out. In the first column, entitled "Free speech still at risk on campus," Seth describes an incident from 2006, when CSU refused to allow him to post fliers in support of a state initiative to legalize possession of marijuana. With FIRE's help, Seth was able to get the university to abandon some of its most egregious policies and the university's speech […]» Read More
Colorado State U. Newspaper May Finally Gain Independence
April 17, 2008
Much has happened since we last reported on the case of the controversial editorial printed earlier this academic year by Colorado State University's Rocky Mountain Collegian. In that case, the editors published an editorial reading "Taser this…FUCK Bush", fully within the paper's editorial and ethical guidelines. The paper's editor, J. David McSwane, was threatened with punishment and had to sit through a hearing process, but he was merely admonished. In November, we reported more victories for free speech at CSU. The interim president of CSU's Board of Student Communications resigned after, as The Coloradoan reported, "withdrawing a controversial proposal that […]» Read More
Victories for Free Speech at Colorado State University
November 30, 2007
Free speech advocates should be following the case of J. David McSwane, editor-in-chief of The Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University (CSU), whose paper ran a constitutionally protected staff editorial on September 21. The editorial included, in large print, an expletive. After complaints and calls for McSwane to be fired and the paper to be punished, free speech prevailed and CSU's Board of Student Communications merely admonished McSwane without choosing any real punishment. Yesterday, the Rocky Mountain News reported that CSU's Board of Student Communications voted on Tuesday that McSwane (and the leaders of other campus media) would continue […]» Read More
CSU Ruling on Student Editorial Respects First Amendment Limits on Government Action
October 5, 2007
Yesterday, Colorado State University's (CSU's) Board of Student Communications (BSC) issued a ruling admonishing J. David McSwane, editor of The Rocky Mountain Collegian, for violating the newspaper's code of ethics by using an expletive in a September 21 editorial critical of President Bush. Specifically, the BSC wrote: The Board of Student Communications admonishes you for violations of two standards specified by the BSC Manual that resulted from publication of the editorial published September 21 by the Rocky Mountain Collegian.] The Board of Student Communications determined you violated: 1) Code of Ethics, Student Media, Colorado State University, (Appendix A) — specifically […]» Read More
FIRE Debates CSU Case on the Radio Today
October 5, 2007
The feedback from our involvement in the Colorado State University editorial case has been plentiful and thoughtful. Many FIRE readers wrote in with their thoughts on this case, and today there is an opportunity to hear more as FIRE President Greg Lukianoff debates radio host Mike Rosen on the Mike Rosen Show on 850 KOA News Radio in Denver. Click here to listen online today at 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT to hear this exciting discussion!» Read More
Colorado State University to Hold Hearing on Controversial Student Editorial
October 4, 2007
FORT COLLINS, Col., October 4, 2007—Colorado State University is set to hold a formal hearing today on charges against the editor of its student newspaper, who late last month ran an editorial that simply said, "Taser this…FUCK BUSH." CSU's Board of Student Communications (BSC) is considering firing Rocky Mountain Collegian editor J. David McSwane for publishing the editorial in response to the well-known tasering incident at the University of Florida four days earlier. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling on CSU President Larry Edward Penley to put an immediate stop to the trial, which is an […]» Read More
Hearing on Colorado State Editorial Still Set for Thursday; FIRE Weighs in for 'Huffington Post'
October 2, 2007
As Thursday's hearing for Colorado State University (CSU) student editor J. David McSwane draws near, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff spoke out against the school's insistence on investigating McSwane in his latest entry on The Huffington Post. McSwane's "crime" was printing an editorial in a recent issue of The Rocky Mountain Collegian that simply stated "Taser This … F*** BUSH." As one may expect, the backlash against the publication has been severe, ranging from a significant loss of advertising revenue, causing staff layoffs, to the upcoming hearing conducted by CSU's Board of Student Communications (BSC), at which McSwane may be fired. […]» Read More
Colorado State—Second Update
October 1, 2007
Colorado State University's Board of Student Communications has decided to hold a formal, private hearing on October 4 to decide the fate of the paper's editor, David McSwane, regarding his staff's constitutionally protected editorial. Last week I pointed out that CSU's Board of Student Communications and Student Media Bylaws respect the First Amendment rights of the Rocky Mountain Collegian and its staff. The Board of Student Communications (BSC) should remember that the constitutional protections acknowledged in the bylaws actually trump any restrictions on speech that might be found elsewhere in the document. For example, a Code of Ethics has been […]» Read More
Colorado State Update
September 27, 2007
On Monday, FIRE's Samantha Harris wrote about the reaction to the "FUCK BUSH" editorial by the Rocky Mountain Collegian staff at Colorado State University. Since then, the paper's editor, J. David McSwane, has consulted with David Lane, known for having represented Ward Churchill in his well-known case. The Northern Colorado ACLU has weighed in on behalf of the paper (see a September 24 blog entry at the link preceding), and CSU's Board of Student Communications met yesterday—setting a meeting to discuss the case today. According to one observer of that meeting (see the September 26 blog entry at this link), "most […]» Read More
Keeping an Eye on Free Speech at Colorado State
September 24, 2007
On Friday, Colorado State University's student newspaper, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, published an editorial that stated, in large print, "FUCK BUSH." While many students were likely surprised to open up their morning newspapers and find a large-print expletive, The Collegian's pronouncement is entitled to First Amendment protection: in 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of a Vietnam War protestor to walk into a county courthouse wearing a jacket emblazoned with the words "Fuck the Draft." Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1973). So while the newspaper may legitimately suffer private backlash as a result of its editorial choices—the […]» Read More
FIRE in the News for July
August 1, 2007
The lazy days of summer must have passed us over at FIRE, for one look at our media coverage for July reveals just how busy we've been. The latest effort in FIRE's Speech Codes Litigation Project, a lawsuit filed against San Francisco State University, was the subject of a syndicated Associated Press article, a news brief on Special Report with Brit Hume on FOXNews.com, and our last Campus Alert column in the New York Post before we took a summer break. Reason Online and The Chronicle of Higher Education also covered the SFSU lawsuit in nationally circulated pieces. The second […]» Read More
FIRE in the Media for Colorado Cases
July 27, 2007
Our recent involvement in two major cases in Colorado has caught the attention of local and national media. After Greg's commentary on the Ward Churchill case appeared on The Torch, it was picked up by the widely read Huffington Post blog. He also expressed his expectations for the case in a story in the Daily Camera in Boulder. Meanwhile, our victory at Colorado State University—where FIRE worked with student activists to change three formerly unconstitutional speech codes—was featured in a national news brief from the First Amendment Center. In Colorado, The Fort Collins Coloradoan, the Colorado Springs Gazette, and The […]» Read More
'Denver Post' Editorial on Colorado State University Policy Revision
July 25, 2007
In an editorial in today's Denver Post, columnist Al Knight comments on the recent revision of restrictive speech codes at Colorado State University, where FIRE teamed up with student activists to bring about changes in unconstitutional policies. When FIRE reports on speech codes that exist on campuses across the country, the reaction from the public and the media is often outrage—as it very well should be. But as Mr. Knight points out, improvements made to policies that FIRE has fought to change often unfortunately go ignored in the press. One quick look at FIRE's Spotlight or our first annual speech […]» Read More
CSU Free Speech Activist Seth Anthony Speaks to Media
July 20, 2007
The Fort Collins Coloradoan has an article today about Colorado State University's (CSU's) policy changes, which we highlighted in a press release yesterday. The Coloradoan spoke with Seth Anthony, the CSU graduate student who led the successful charge for policy reform at CSU. Speaking about the revision of a policy that formerly banned "expressions of hostility," Seth said: The expression of hostility was vaguely worded. I could say I don't like Christians or I hate atheists and those could be expressions of hostility, but at the same time they are expressions of real personal feelings that you can have in […]» Read More
Victory for Free Speech at Colorado State
July 19, 2007
FIRE's press release today celebrates victory for freedom of speech at Colorado State University, where administrators have revised three formerly unconstitutional speech codes. Changes were made after CSU students, with help from FIRE, successfully pressured the university administration to rewrite its policies within constitutional strictures. As the press release describes, In February, concerned CSU students requested help from FIRE in contesting several unconstitutional policies that restricted students' expression and assembly on campus. On March 12, FIRE wrote a letter to CSU President Larry E. Penley urging him to change three unconstitutional policies: the Peaceful Assembly at CSU policy and the […]» Read More
Victory for Free Speech at Colorado State University
July 19, 2007
FORT COLLINS, Colo., July 19, 2007—In a resounding victory for freedom of speech, Colorado State University (CSU) has completely revised three formerly unconstitutional speech codes. The changes came after student activists at CSU, with help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), pressured the university to uphold the constitutional rights of CSU students. "This is an exciting day for free speech at Colorado State," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. "By making these changes, the administration has proven it is serious about protecting its students' First Amendment rights, and we commend the university." In February, concerned CSU students requested […]» Read More
Colorado State: Revised Policies Still Miss the Mark
June 15, 2007
Colorado State University (CSU) was poised to eliminate two unconstitutional speech codes after pressure from FIRE and student activists, but FIRE was disappointed to learn this week that unconstitutional language has found its way back into the final versions of those revised policies. FIRE is asking CSU to revert to the previous drafts of the policies circulated in April, which protected students' First Amendment rights. In February, concerned CSU students requested help from FIRE in contesting several unconstitutional policies that restricted expression and assembly on campus. On March 12, FIRE wrote a letter to CSU President Larry E. Penley urging […]» Read More
Rally for Student Rights at Colorado State
April 11, 2007
Right about now, the Campus Libertarians at Colorado State University are holding a rally in support of free speech on campus. As we announced in a press release today, Colorado State's general counsel recently "clarified" that the university's "Peaceful Assembly at CSU" policy does not actually restrict free expression on campus to one small free speech zone. After we were contacted by a group of concerned CSU students, FIRE wrote to CSU on March 12 to urge the university to revise several unconstitutional policies, including the Peaceful Assembly policy, which provided that "The Lory Student Center Plaza has been designated […]» Read More
Students Fight for Their First Amendment Rights at Colorado State University
April 11, 2007
FORT COLLINS, Colorado, April 11, 2007—Students at Colorado State University (CSU) are holding a rally today to celebrate their university's clarification of a restrictive free speech zone policy. This rally comes after concerned students, with help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), successfully pressured the university to make clear that free speech is the norm, rather than an exception, on campus. Unfortunately, CSU's embrace of free speech is only partial, since the public university still maintains other policies that prohibit constitutionally protected speech. "FIRE is pleased that CSU acted so quickly to clarify one of its main […]» Read More
Kaminer: No Laughing Allowed
November 27, 2006
FIRE Board of Advisors member Wendy Kaminer writes an engaging and thoughtful op-ed in the December 2006/January 2007 issue of Free Inquiry magazine. Kaminer draws attention to former FIRE Speech Codes of the Month, including Drexel University (September 2006) and Colorado State University (August 2006), writing: Speech codes that prohibit people from insulting each other have been widely and rightly ridiculed, but they continue to proliferate, enforcing particular notions of diversity, equality, and tolerance. Consider Colorado State University's speech code, recently derided by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) as speech code of the month. At Colorado State, […]» Read More
Speech Code of the Month: Colorado State University
August 3, 2006
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for August 2006: Colorado State University. Colorado State University's Residence Hall Handbook bans "hate incidents," which it defines as: [E]xpressions of hostility against a person or property because of a person's race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, ability, age, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Expressions of hostility… because of a person's ability? It is a punishable offense to call someone a dumbass at Colorado State?!? On a more serious note, would the college actually punish a student for saying the school gives "rich snobs preferential treatment" (an expression of hostility […]» Read More


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