Tag: RC & FPV

  • The best way to mount LiPo on a drone: 3M Dual Lock

    LiPo battery, as the heaviest single element of any racer quadcopter, is mostly the first one to fell off during crash. Or displace in high-g maneuvers. Or simple fell off in flight. Like on this picture below I’ve found on Reddit. Grrrr… for sure this is something I would like not to see personally again.…

  • New PID controller for INAV

    If anybody keeps track of my posts about iNav flight controller software, he or she should notice that I like it very much. Guy nicknamed DigitalEntity did excellent job improving Cleanflight’s navigation modes. Maybe it is still not the same level as Pixhawk or Naza, but with this improvement speed those two are within reach…

  • Quick review: Turnigy 2730 1500KV brushless motor

    I’ve bought first Turnigy 2730 1500KV brushless motor by accident. I needed something small and cheap for Depron airboat. Then I needed something similar for a Depron airplane. At the end, in 6 months, I owned 3 T2730 1500KV motors. Not all of them survived the experience. One got lost in the middle of a lake…

  • 5.8GHz FPV channel frequency table

    5.8GHz FPV channel frequency table

    For 5.8GHz FPV systems, there are 5 main bands divided into 8 channels each. That gives 40 channels free to use. So, in theory, 40 pilots should be able to fly FPV at the same time. Unfortunately, this is not true. First of all, there are transmitters, and there are transmitters. Better, properly tuned, will…

  • Adding GPS to Flip32+ and Cleanflight

    Flip32 and Flip32+ (10 DOF version of Flip32 with built-in barometer and magnetometer) are nice little flight controllers. And cheap. Some call them clones of Naze32, but this is not completely true. Yes, they are very similar, share the same hardware, but they are not identical. I would say they are better than Naze32 since have…