ORIGINAL: Sky High
I'm assuming that where the foam is protruding is the top. So, if you slighlty spin the foam clockwise, you should have a level frame with that perspective.
It is perfectly level as shown. The camera is pointed at 45 declination from the horizon, and pointed straight forward (parallel with motor #1's mount). I'm going to shoot some test video this afternoon.
Do you think the metallic particles in that paint could affect the Rx?
I spent quite a bit of time today on the phone with various people at DFI. Spectrolutions is in the middle of a move, so I haven't heard back from them. DFI tech support said they didn't paint the canopies because of possible "component problems", but nobody could quantify their concerns. I don't see how it could cause "interference". Flying it so far has been OK.
As far as the overheating problem, DFI believes it's not the controller, but a problem inside the layers of the PC board. That doesn't explain why it would spring back to life so quickly when cooling just the processor, but it doesn't rule out something in the immediate vicinity of the chip.