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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

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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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.

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It’s less than 22 hours until I’m up in the air. I’ve been really busy getting ready for the trip. So busy that I haven’t had time to even update the site. But that is about to change. I’ll be updating much more frequently from now on, charing my experiences and whacky adventures with you guys.

I’ll be flying in a Boeing 757-200 from Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) to New York (JFK). My flight leaves at 9.15 UTC/GMT tomorrow morning. The flight number is Delta Airlines 203. You can track me on FlightRadar.

I have a tip for all of you that plan on flying anytime soon. Check out SeatGuru. They list all the best seats on nearly any airplane type. They also have great travel tips.

I finally have a new logo! After a very long time I finally got around to fixing a proper logo. I threw the old one together more or less just to have a logo of some kind, but I’ve never been very happy with it. But I’m now proud to present the new RCExplorer.se logo!

A big thanks to Mikkis who helped me transform my ideas into ink.

So how do guys think? Do you like it or do you prefer the old one?

That’s right! I’m crossing the great pond and vill be entering the United States of America in just 11 days time.

It’s my great friend Chad Kapper, the creator of Flitetest who is both sponsoring the tickets and letting me stay at his place for 6 weeks! What a great guy. I really look forward to coming to Ohio and whilst I’m there I plan on challenging mr Josh Bixler to a RC duel to the death! (Ok maybe not death, but something close to it) I think we’re going to have a great time and make some entertaining videos for you guys to enjoy.

Also we, that is to say the Flitetest crew and I, will be attending the Weak Signals Toledo show in Ohio on April 1st, 2nd and 3rd. If you got the opportunity, do swing by and say hi. I always love to talk to new people.

A year ago I went over to a very good friend of mine, Andreas Schelin, with my Twin Star II under my arm. I placed the TS2 on the floor of his “workshop” and Andreas started placing tripods around the room. A couple of minutes later there were wires hooked up all over the place. Andreas stared at a computer screen before turning to me and giving me the thumbs up. I grabbed the tail of the TS2 and gave it wide open throttle.

You see Andreas is a musician and he wanted to make a RC song. That night we sampled RC sounds together and only a week later the song was complete. I used it in my “FPV in the Fireworks on New Years Eve” video;

I’m now happy to tell you that I have Andreas permission to share the song with you to use in whatever way you like.

You can download the song by clicking the link below
Twin Stars (RCExplorer Anthem) – By Andreas Schelin.MP3

And as an added bonus he also made a short ring/sms -tone:
RCExplorer ringtone.MP3

And for those with Iphones:
RCExplorer ringtone.M4R

A big thanks to Andreas Schelin
Visit his site at http://goto.glocalnet.net/schelinstudios/

Every year I attend a local swap-meet in Skövde. It’s always a great time to buy stuff at good prices, swap stories and fly inside the big “Arenan”. I had a really good day and met lots of new people. This year we did something different, a pylon race with multirotor platforms. There were three MK controlled platforms – 1 tiny quad, 1 standard size quad and 1 hex competing apart from me with my KK tricopter and my friend Christian’s AR Parrot drone.

Getting ready for my flight.

I flew my race in FPV, which was quite a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I gave it my best.

Here is a video of my flight;

Unfortunately I forgot to start the recording on my GoPro, so no in air video.

We had a great time. Christian knocked over three of the six pylons with his AR drone and the hexacopter blew away the pylons completely! I hope we can do this again next year.

(Photos and video by Patrik Gustavsson)

I’m proud to present the first HD 3D FPV video!

Don’t have any 3D glasses? You can either watch it in 2D by clicking the “3D” menu on the bottom of the clip, click “other options” and choose “No 3D glasses”. You can now choose only to watch the left or right camera. (more…)

Yeah! My hand is finally healed! (for those who forgot read this) The great news is that I don’t have to have surgery. The finger healed in the right direction and I can now use it again. Sorry for the lack of updates but I do promise a treat for you very soon.