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  • Talking Taranis – teach FrSky Taranis to talk to you

    One of the most important features of modern, computerized, radios is that you can make them talk to you. After all, with setup telemetry link from UAV, radio should “know” things. Things like battery voltage for example. Why not make FrSky Taranis (or Horus or Taranis X Q7) talk to you and report LiPo voltage…

  • The best GPS module for INAV

    This is my personal best GPS module for INAV: Beitian BN-880 based on Ublox Neo-M8N. Currently I have 3 pieces of BN-880, all works just great, and if I will have a need to have another one, I would also choose it. Why? It really works well. On the outside it gets a solid 3D…

  • BLHeli_32, should I care?

    Looks like BLHeli team is not wasting their time and is preparing something new for our multirotors. After BLHeli_S, we will also have BLHeli_32. According to an announcement posted on RCGroups, new software for ESCs (and new ESC of course, since it will not be compatible with current Atmel and SiLabs MCU) will be: Running…

  • Hands on: Eachine ProDVR

    Since cameras like GoPro Session are heavy and my FPV goggles (Skyzone SKY-01) lacks built-in DVR, I’ve purchased DVR by Eachine: Eachine ProDVR. There is probably enough written on the web how it’s made and that it has problems with PAL signal and there are hacks to fix it. Oh well… Instead, here are just…

  • GPS Racer: worklog #2

    I’m once again realizing, that doing multiple things at once is not a way to work. Something like that happened to my GPS Racer project. According do original plans, week ago I was only supposed to wait for FPV camera. Instead of that, only yesterday I finished ESC and motor assembly. But OK, it was…

  • Vlog: Best way to backup and restore INAV configuration

    Here I give you another video tutorial on my YouTube channel. This time, I give you the best way to backup and restore INAV configuration using diff command.

  • Airplane wing basics: Lift, Angle Of Attack and Stall

    Airplane wing basics: Lift, Angle Of Attack and Stall

    With this short article I would like to initiate new series: Fixed Wing 101 where I will describe some basic concepts connected with fixed wing airplanes that should help beginners to enter the hobby. Today: why airplanes fly and why, from time to time, they fall down from the sky… Lift Airplanes fly thanks to…

  • INAV 1.6: Fixed Wing PIFF Controller

    Another new feature of upcoming INAV 1.6 (BTW, INAV 1.6 ALPHA-1 has just been released) is brand new PID controller for fixed wings. I repeat: this new controller is used only on fixed wings, multirotors are not affected. So, what is new about this new PID controller? First of all, it is no longer a…

  • INAV Configurator 1.6: Presets

    Upcoming INAV 1.6, and INAV Configurator 1.6 will bring many important changes. I will try to cover most of them in a next few days, beginning with Presets. Because INAV can run very wide spectrum of aircrafts, it suffers a penalty of very general default values. Different frame sizes, propellers, multirotors, airplanes, flying wings. It…