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  • Flybot Flux Freestyle FPV flying wing

    What happens when multirotor world meets flying wings? Flying ZM250 without arms is born. Today we will take a look at a new example of German Engineering: Flybot Flux Freestyle FPV Flying Wing Bottom line is that Flybot Flux is just an amazing flying wing!

  • Ritewing Mini Drak – Above The Fog

    Weather like this happens only a few times a year: raising fog, low sun and another layer of clouds… And very little wind. To be honest, when I went to the “airfield” I did not expect to use my Ritewing Mini Drak at all. The fog was too dense and too low. But then it…

  • Eachine TX805 video transmitter power test

    Let’s measure power output from Eachine TX805 that is supposed to be up to 800mW. Well, it is not. It matches the specification only at 200mW and 800mW is just not there. But, well, it’s only $16 and when used at 200mW or 500mW it works quite well. RF power meter can be purchased for…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…