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AnyFC F7 and a missing baro problem
When Banggood decided to “forget” about MS5611barometer in their version of AnyFC F7 flight controller, they not only did not mounted MS5611 on it. They also made usage of any external barometer on that board almost impossible to use. Why? Long story short: all STM32 MultiWii derivatives are unable (yet) to lookup for I2C devices…
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Hands on: DemonRC NOX5 FPV 5" Frame
So many things to do, so little time… I’ve purchased DemonRC NOX5 quadcopter frame more than a month ago, but had some time to take a look at it only today. This is not a cheap stuff. More than a $100 for a 5″ frame is few times more than I’ve used to pay. But…
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Hands on: CarbonBird.com CB215MG Fast Digital Servos
What is the biggest advantage of cheap servos? They are cheap. What is the biggest disadvantage of cheap servos? Well… everything else. Do not get me wrong, for last 2 year all my airplanes and other contraptions have been running cheap analog servos. Some better, some worse, but all were cheap. And I always felt…
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Depron Airboat Worklog #1
One of my first DIY RC projects was a Depron Airboat I’ve build almost exactly 2 years ago. 12x6x2 inch hull, motor, servo, rudder and ESC. And honestly, I loved it. It was a great fun playing with it. Too bad, it did not survived very long. It broke in a middle of a lake…
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The best way to mount RC antennas on a drone
Today another tutorial video I recorded some time ago: how to install RC antennas using zip ties and heat shrink tubes. After all, dangling antennas will be chewed by propellers in a minutes.
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INAV 1.8: Automated landing for fixed wings
It’s official: next release of INAV (1.8 or maybe 1.7.2) will incorporate an automated landing procedure for fixed wings. I was already writing about it 2 weeks ago, but now new code has been merged back and will be released. Bear in mind, that this is not “state of the art” landing yet. It’s rather…
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FS1000A and XY-MK-5V, Arduino and VirtualWire
While FS1000A and XY-MK-5V 433MHz radio modules might not be the best choice in terms of quality, or reliability or distance (although few hundred meters in open space are doable), they have one very important trait: they are extremely easy to use. No complicated wiring, no advanced programming. If you want to send some data,…
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FS1000A and XY-MK-5V range test
Very often, where you go cheap, there is a price to pay. Exactly like with cheap 433MHz transmitter-receiver pair of FS1000A and XY-MK-5V. You rather do not expect much for $1, right? When playing with them in a middle of a big city (Berlin), few meters of the range was all those modules were able…
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INAV can do automated landing on fixed wing?
Those of you how subscribed to my YouTube channel should have noticed, that I got an interest in automated landing of fixed wings after RTH in INAV. And the sad truth was that, well, INAV up to 1.7 was unable to do it right. When landing after RTH was enabled (nav_rth_allow_landing = ON) and it…