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  • 3D printed FPV tricopter drone

    Who could have imagined that tricopters can be so much fun? For sure they are interesting devices that lost a lot of "market" when quadcopters gained extra torque and plenty of reaction moment to do fast yaw turns. Almost no one flies them now. Too bad… And good luck if you want to buy a…

  • iFlight ION Raaange/ION Drive 2506 1250KV Motors

    220x motors are the workhorse on the RC hobby right now when it comes down to mini quads. Sometimes they are joined by 230x too. But 2205 and 2206 brushless outrunners have a serious problem that limits their use with propellers bigger than 5 inches. They might still be fine with 6-inch props, but on…

  • Matek F722-SE – brand new flight controller that brings STM32F7 closer to the needs of many

    At the beginning of 2018 I’ve stated that Matek F722-STD is the first F7 flight controller that makes sense. Today, I have in front of me I have the first F7 flight controller that has all you need (and more) when 4-in-1 ESC is not what you are looking for. It is Matek F722-SE! STM32F722…

  • Mamba F405 and F40 40A 3-6S 4-in-1 ESC combo hands on

    I have to honestly admit, up to the beginning of 2018 summer I was rather against 4-in-1 ESCs and flight controllers combos. The reason was quite simple: 4-in-1 were a rather new thing, had a tendency to burn without a reason and were quite expensive. Pretty much a normal state of a new technology. In…

  • Betaflight 4.0 – improved dynamic filtering on 7 inch quad

    The next major release of Betaflight will be 4.0 with new and improved Dynamic Filtering. For now, today I only did a quick test of Betaflight 4.0 running on my TBS Source One 7-inch FPV drone. No tuning, no playing with settings. I only flashed, set modes and radio and that’s all. I pretty much…

  • Smooth 7-inch FPV drone – motor soft mounts, part 1

    I have a theory that 7-inch FPV quadcopters fly “below expectations” due to frame resonance, I did not expect, so many pilots agree with it. We had nice talks in comments, I’ve learned a lot about stiffness and moment of inertia (that you Pierre-Louis). Many of you shared some of their tricks and ideas on…

  • 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…