Author: Paweł
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Eachine TX805 5.8GHz video transmitter with SmartAudio review
I love Team BlackSheep Unify Pro series of video transmitters. But they are bloody expensive. $50 for an HV version is way too much in my opinion. Still, I own several of those. Whey on Banggood I’ve found a presale of Eachine TX805 VTX with SmartAudio for $16, I could not resist and I’ve ordered…
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Want to fly longer with a drone? Here is what you have to do!
I will keep it short: drones are not designed for a long flight. Sure, you can put bigger props, bigger batteries and make it lighter, but comparing to even simplest airplanes, there is nothing to compare. The conclusion is: try airplanes. They are cheap, simple, easy to fly with modern flight controllers and are much…
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Flying R2-D2 or SpaceX Falcon 9? Both – RC coaxial dualcopter
The second generation of my 3D printed coaxial dualcopter is here! And this time it works almost as I wanted. Just watch the video On the more technical details: It runs INAV 2.0 with a custom mixer Thrust and yaw control is provided by 2 counter rotating propellers Upper motor is 2205 2300KV with 5×4.5×3…
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It’s time to start to think about INAV 2.1 – DSHOT and braking mode
It’s time to start thinking about INAV 2.1. No, I will not give you any timeline, but I can point two features that are very likely to go into the upcoming INAV release. The first one is Braking Mode for multirotors. I already made a video about it, so you might want to watch it…
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Fly at night with RunCam Night Eagle
Do you know, that with proper equipment you can fly your drone at night? In darkness? Without any lights? You only need a special camera that can see in the dark. I’m using RunCam Night Eagle that unfortunately is now discontinued and only Night Eagle 2 is available. Night flying itself? Pretty cool!
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DIY 4S battery pack from 18650 Li-Ion for RC FPV drone
‘ve made me an endurance Li-Ion battery pack for my 7 inch endurance quadcopter. With good quality Sony 18650 VTC6 it is possible to get 20A constant current which is enough for an airplane or endurance quadcopter. Works just fine and with reasoable speed of 40-50 km/h I’m getting more than 15 minutes of real…
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7 inch quadcopters fly like shit? Well, kind of, yes…
So, you got yourself a 7-inch quadcopter drone, you try to tune it, and you finally discovered that something is bloody wrong? Whatever you do, no matter how long you tune the PID gains and filtering, you can not get rid of jello and some strange vibrations? Welcome to the club mate! Apparently, scaling 5-inch…
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This is why YOU SHOULD use only 8 channels in Betaflight!
When two weeks ago I said that you should only 8 channels when using FrSky SBUS I meant it and you just had to take my word for it. Today a small proof how Betaflight 3.5 feedforward component looks on the Blackbox with 16 channels and 8 channels. Of course, in both cases, RC smoothing…
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INAV OSD Map and Radar modes explained
INAV 2.0 introduced two new OSD modes: Map and Radar. Here is a video describing what are Radar and Map modes in INAV and how you can use them.