Author: Paweł
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INAV Airmode and Motor Stop on Multirotors and Fixed Wings
What are Motor Stop and Airmode features in INAV and how they differ from each other when used on multirotors and fixed-wing airplnes? Should you use Motor Stop on multirotor? Should you use Airmode on a fixed wing? Long story short: On multirotors, Motor Stop not recommended to use while Airmode is recommended to use.…
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Matek F722-STD not booting without battery and how to fix it
What to do when Matek F722-STD flight controller is not booting without connected battery and connection from Configurator is not working? Simple, power GPS and magnetometer from a different pad. All 5V pads are powered only when external power is supplied to the flight controller. Not when power is applied via USB cable. If you…
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EMAX RS2 2206 1600KV motors hands on
Think about an electric motor for your 5 (or maybe even 6) inch acro or FPV racing quadcopter. What do you see? Something in a 2205-2306 size range with a KV rating somewhere 2300KV and 2600KV. Sometimes even more. And it works great, as long as you wat 5-inch props and 4S batteries. You can…
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How to flash FrSky R9 Mini, R9 Slim and others with your radio
FrSky is not making things simple with R9 long range system. New firmware appears quite often and there is no way to flash receivers over the air. You can use some PC software, passthrough from FC and things like that, but from my perspective, as long as you can get to the receiver itself, the…
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Top 3D Printed Tricopter Drone Design for DIY Enthusiasts
In the last two weeks, I had plenty of time to sit in front of Fusion 360 to design a few things, but no time to 3D print anything. As a result, I have a couple of almost ready projects. Yesterday I showed you 3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded. Today I will show you 3D printed…
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3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded #1
The first generation of my 3D Printed Dualcopter was not the best. It was flying. Somehow. Poorly. Crashed. But for a moment it was flying alright. I'm slowly designing the second generation of Dualcopter. This time smaller in scale since instead of 10-inch propellers, it will be using 5-inch ones. And smaller 2205 motors. And…
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Eachine TX805 5.8GHz 800mW video transmitter hands on
I have something like a personal problem with “the best FPV transmitter manufacturer”. It’s about ideology. So, when a few weeks ago I had to order a few 5.8GHz transmitters, I had something like a problem. With TBS Unify Pro on my “not wanted” list, the “wanted” list got somehow short.I do own a few…
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INAV OSD Profiles – because one OSD layout is not enough
INAV 2.0 changes a lot. Including OSD. One of the new functions is something called “OSD Profiles”. You can set up 3 independent OSD layouts to radio switches and change them during flight. One OSD profile can display all the data, second one minimal set of data and the third one Map or Radar mode.
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Do It Yourself liquid soldering flux
Do you know you can make your own liquid soldering flux? And possibly flux pen refill for cheap? All you need is some solid soldering rosin and 95% ethanol alcohol. Cheap, kind of dirty, but works…