Author: Paweł

  • GPS Racer: worklog #5

    I’ve finally decided to make a decent use of my GPS Racer quadcopter. Until now, I mainly used it to test new things for INAV and that is more less all. RunCam Owl Plus FPV camera turned out to be non-flyable in the night, so I’ve decided to go one step further… RunCam Night Eagle…

  • USBasp driver for Windows 10 – Working solution

    Yesterday I’ve spent like 2 hours fighting to make USBasp ISP programmer work under Windows 10 64bit. Seriously, that was like some kind of nightmare that turned into a comedy. All web pages that I’ve found suggested following procedure: Unfortunately, in my case all attempts failed miserably. All I was getting from avrdude was I’ve…

  • Depron Airboat Worklog #2

    Next week passed and Depron Airboat is almost ready. Almost, since it still needs some finishing and I’m missing a BEC. Turned out that total power usage of one 9g servo and FrSky X4R receiver is slightly too high to just use single LM7805. 350mA during servo movement means more that 2W of heat ((12-5)…

  • AnyFC F7 and a missing baro problem

    When Banggood decided to “forget” about MS5611barometer in their version of AnyFC F7 flight controller, they not only did not mounted MS5611 on it. They also made usage of any external barometer on that board almost impossible to use. Why? Long story short: all STM32 MultiWii derivatives are unable (yet) to lookup for I2C devices…

  • Hands on: DemonRC NOX5 FPV 5" Frame

    So many things to do, so little time… I’ve purchased DemonRC NOX5 quadcopter frame more than a month ago, but had some time to take a look at it only today. This is not a cheap stuff. More than a $100 for a 5″ frame is few times more than I’ve used to pay. But…

  • Depron Airboat Worklog #1

    One of my first DIY RC projects was a Depron Airboat I’ve build almost exactly 2 years ago. 12x6x2 inch hull, motor, servo, rudder and ESC. And honestly, I loved it. It was a great fun playing with it. Too bad, it did not survived very long. It broke in a middle of a lake…

  • The best way to mount RC antennas on a drone

    Today another tutorial video I recorded some time ago: how to install RC antennas using zip ties and heat shrink tubes. After all, dangling antennas will be chewed by propellers in a minutes.

  • INAV 1.8: Automated landing for fixed wings

    It’s official: next release of INAV (1.8 or maybe 1.7.2) will incorporate an automated landing procedure for fixed wings. I was already writing about it 2 weeks ago, but now new code has been merged back and will be released. Bear in mind, that this is not “state of the art” landing yet. It’s rather…

  • FS1000A and XY-MK-5V, Arduino and VirtualWire

    While FS1000A and XY-MK-5V 433MHz radio modules might not be the best choice in terms of quality, or reliability or distance (although few hundred meters in open space are doable), they have one very important trait: they are extremely easy to use. No complicated wiring, no advanced programming. If you want to send some data,…