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If too long didn’t watch: it’s a GPS equipped beacon/locator DIY system based on popular radio development boards compatible with Arduino: LoRa32u4 and ESP32 LORA32 working in 868/915MHz band using LoRa modulation. You put a beacon on anything you want to track: airplane, drone, car, boat, wife, husband and use Locator to get distance and…

This video is for both fixed wing and quad pilots that think about flying slightly further away than usual and have zero experience. I will skip aspects like hardware setup, RC link and concentrate on not so obvious aspects like knowing your ground, trusting your hardware, wind, OSD, directions, planning and so on.

Quad backpack… there are cheap quad backpacks, there are photo backpacks and there are expensive quad backpacks. Currently, I own a quad backpack that belongs to the last category: Torvol Quad Pitstop Pro. After using it for 3 months, it’s time for a review. It’s not an ultimate quad backpack, but probably it is the…

In today’s “beginners” episodes: how to bind FrSky receivers with OpenTX radios. Almost all receivers: FrSky X8R, X4R, XSR, R-XSR, XM, XM+ but also “long-range” R series like R9, R9 Slim, R9 mini. With all the FrSky (and not only) OpenTX radios: Taranis X9D, Taranis Q7, X-Lite, Horus X10S, Horus X12 and so on… But…

7 inch quads are great, but they are tricky. It’s much harder to make them fly smoothly than 5-inchers. It’s just more demanding in term of stiffness, propellers, vibrations, jello and so on. After almost one year of fighting with all those issues, here is my list of 7 tips and tricks how to get…

PIFF controller in INAV is with us for quite some time now. And it’s working just fine, much better than classic PID when it comes down to airplanes. There is, or rather was, a small problem tho: Iterm. When P and FF components of the controller are not tuned, Iterm might do crazy things that…

My 7-inch Source One got an interesting upgrade: instead of static GoPro Session bracket, I’ve put a gimbal on her. She might have got slightly heavier, but gimbal allows to take amazing shoots not. And it’s detachable! Sure, it looks awkward a little but gets the job done. The gimbal… the gimbal is crazy cheap…

Let’s pretend I have a whiteboard and do a quick explanation what Iterm is and how Iterm Relax is helping you to fly better! what is Iterm like I in PID why we need Iterm why Iterm has a tendency to windup why Iterm has to be constrained how Iterm Relax helps to limit the…

I have to say I take great pleasure in installing this very early prototype of Matek 4-in-1 ESC in one of my mini quads and taking it for a flight. It’s kind of cool to know I was one of the first ones in the world that got it, installed it and tested it. Nice…