Category: RC & FPV
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Let’s build a FPV drone: frame assembly
Yesterday I finaly had some time to work on my 250 class quadcopter based on ZMR250 carbon fiber frame. There was a plan to finish it before weekend, but looks like plan will have to be changed. I’m missing motor screws. They were not with frame nor motors. Too bad… After one evening of work…
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Adding GPS to Flip32+ and Cleanflight
Flip32 and Flip32+ (10 DOF version of Flip32 with built-in barometer and magnetometer) are nice little flight controllers. And cheap. Some call them clones of Naze32, but this is not completely true. Yes, they are very similar, share the same hardware, but they are not identical. I would say they are better than Naze32 since have…
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Let’s build a FPV drone: frame
Many say that small 250 class quadcopter are super fun. Small, fast, agile, tough and crash resistant. I’ve decided to check it out and build 250 quadcopter drone by myself. And next few posts will be tightly connected with this topic. Let’s call it a build log. The most important part of every multirotor is a frame.…
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Depron RC Plane Build – Everything You Need to Know
How hard it is to build a RC plane without plans and starter kits? To do it in “Trust me, I’m an engineer” style. In mid June I’ve decided to give it a try and right now I can tell: it’s hard, but not that hard as one might imagine. All the problems I’ve faced…
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x525 V3 Quadcopter Frame Review
There are many cheap quadcopter frames on market. Big, small, X, H, foldable, good and bad. And choosing a correct frame for a purpose is both hard and critical for further drone performance. One of cheap, and on a first glance, versatile frames, is x525 V3. Is it worth the money? Well, it’s a hard…
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Dead Rat, wooden quadcopter, maiden flight
Last week I was, finally, able to perform a maiden flight of my DIY wooden quadcopter (here and here). I will not say it was huge success, but it was a success alright. What went like expected? Well, quite alot. First of all, it flies and has enough thrust to weight ratio to do flips…
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Wooden quadcopter, work continues
Work on wooden quadcopter continues. This weeken I’ve been able to almost finish. Almost. Frame itself is done, motors and ESC are in place, electric cables soldered, but this wooden multirotor is grounded. The reason is flight controller Thunder QQ Super. Why? Because it is crap. Really. The first unit was broken and 2 motor channels…
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Quadcopter made from wood
After building my last quadcopter drone, I was lest with a lot of spare parts, I’ve decided to invest some time (and money, of course) and build wooden multirotor drone. Od course, not everything would be made from wood. That is kind of impossible. Only frame. Quick research on the internet proven that is fully…
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Brushed or brushless – RC motor dilemma
You want to fly, you need a motor. Electric, internal combustion, jet, ion, gravity. It does not matter. And since gravity engines are not invented yet, ion has no place in atmosphere and jet or internal combustion are kind of non-practical for multirotors usage, we have to stick with electric motors. In RC world there…