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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…
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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!
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Want to fly longer with a drone? Here is what you have to do!
I will keep it short: drones are not designed for a long flight. Sure, you can put bigger props, bigger batteries and make it lighter, but comparing to even simplest airplanes, there is nothing to compare. The conclusion is: try airplanes. They are cheap, simple, easy to fly with modern flight controllers and are much…
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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…
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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…
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Fly at night with RunCam Night Eagle
Do you know, that with proper equipment you can fly your drone at night? In darkness? Without any lights? You only need a special camera that can see in the dark. I’m using RunCam Night Eagle that unfortunately is now discontinued and only Night Eagle 2 is available. Night flying itself? Pretty cool!