Multicopter

• Legislation:
  • http://www.bazl.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/02658/index.html?lang=fr
  • RS 748.941
• It's forbidden to fly outdoor in the Lausanne/Renens area (<5km of an airport)
• In the hobby, you don't say "drone", you'd rather say: multicopter, multirotor, quadcopter, hexacopter, fixed wing, etc etc
• FIXME Flying Team (FFT), fpv racing in the Lausanne (Renens) region
  • Possible names for the team: FFT - Fixme Flying Team, FMD - FixMyDrone.

Activities

• Drone race for the 5th_Anniversary
• Assembling some kits

Team

• Logo propositions

People

• Rorist
  • Quads: Quad250Rorist (Nighthawk 250), ImmersionRC's Vortex 285, lots of microquads (cx10, hubsan x4), more to come!
  • Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaKTy-9q6D6XRkBdq80tXHsMgttUgOwLD
• Francois, Bebop, Vortex
• Freestorm: DJI F550, Hubsan X4

• Federation suisse des drones civils: http://www.drohnenverband.ch/
• Office fédéral de l'aviation civile: http://www.bazl.admin.ch/index.html?lang=fr
• No fly zone:
  • http://airshoot.ch/les-mini-drones/carte-des-zones-restreintes-de-vol-en-suisse/
  • Lausanne: ftp://ftp.fixme.ch/free_for_all/drone/map.geo.admin.ch.pdf
• Radioamateur exam, http://www.bakom.admin.ch/themen/frequenzen/01576/01578/index.html?lang=fr

Frequency bands

Source: http://www.bakom.admin.ch/themen/frequenzen/00652/00753/index.html?lang=en#HF2400M Source: Prescriptions concernant les radioamateurs

Hardware

• EzUHF:
  • Options for 431-433MHz, 433-435MHz, 435-437MHz.

• http://fpv-spots.com/ [CH, DE]
• http://rcfly.ch/fpv-karte-schweiz/ [CH]
• http://www.airgonay.com/carte-des-spots/ [France]
• http://www.aip-drones.fr/carte/aip-drones/ [France]

Switzerland

• http://www.gambournens.ch/ Lausanne
• http://www.meetup.com/Lausanne-Drone-Meetup/ Lausanne (networking)
• http://www.meetup.com/AuBonDrone/ Aubonne (FPV, racing, building)
• https://www.facebook.com/teamWWS Arc lémanique
• http://airshoot.ch/
• http://droneapps.co/
• FPV Racers in Switzerland
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/fpvschweiz/
  • https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zUsprPpYxjGw.kQIl4Gnf2OZI

World

• http://www.multigp.com/

• Learning to fly FPV, tips and tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXe6pPf2fXI
  • Lesson 1: Fly in a straigt line, turn around come back, land LOS
  • Lesson 2: Fly a square turning at each corners, land FPV
  • Lesson 3: Maintain altitude when moving around
  • Lesson 4: Enjoy
• PID tuning (by IBCrazy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXMXwzlNLU
• http://www.airgonay.com/forums/showthread.php?4012-FAQ-Choisir-son-multirotor-FPV-pour-d%E9buter
• The most usefull yt channel, guide, tutorial, tests: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCahqHsTaADV8MMmj2D5i1Vw
• https://fpvracing.tv/guides/beginners
• 3d printed ressource: http://designersbits.com/drones/
• Media:MultipiloteFPV-5.8ghz.jpg
• Radio: PWM, (C)PPM, PCM explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbUMC8h2uhU
• TBS intro http://fpvlab.com/forums/showthread.php?265-Team-BlackSheep-system-setup-philosophies
• https://youtu.be/gRSPFYlKo58 How to build Retracts for Quadcopters/multirotors
• http://www.tjinguytech.com/charging-how-tos/parallel-charging Chargin two batteries pack

• http://www.ecalc.ch/

• Liftoff, http://store.steampowered.com/app/410340/
• Freerider
  • Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Freeride.Freerider_FREE
  • Linux/OSX/Windows: http://fpv-freerider.itch.io/fpv-freerider
• http://www.realflight.com/

Switzerland

• Parts, FPV
  • http://fpvracing.ch/ The best in CH, organizer of Drone Nationals 2016
  • http://www.aerobot.ch/
  • http://www.helifree.ch/shop/fr/ standard choices, but a lot of fpv stuff for 250 racer
• Less choice of parts, good gear
  • http://www.dronefactory.ch/
  • http://specialcopter.ch/shop/
  • http://simple-fpv.com/
  • http://www.helituning.ch/
  • http://www.oxiaero.com/fr/
• Other, mostly RTF or planes, heli
  • http://multicopter.ch/ Lots of parts, but not for 250
  • https://shop.aerodron.ch/en/
  • http://www.rc-hobbymania.ch/
  • http://www.eshoop.ch/
  • http://www.techobby.ch/ (Lausanne)
  • http://www.aeromodelshop.ch/catalog2013/
  • http://www.rc-tech.ch/index.php/fr/shop-hobby.html
  • http://www.optimum-system.ch
  • http://www.agile-helicopter.ch/
  • http://www.acroflight.ch/ (not a lot for miniquad)
  • http://www.neidhart.com/
• Manufacturer
  • http://iisi-rc.com/ (telemetry)
  • http://www.immersionrc.com/ http://www.fatshark.com/ (goggles, uhf, quad, vtx, ...)

International

• http://www.hobbyking.com/ (USA, EUR, HK)
• http://team-blacksheep.com/shop (HK)
• http://www.getfpv.com/ (USA)
• http://www.readytoflyquads.com/
• http://www.surveilzone.com/ (free shipping)