Month: August 2014

This video takes a look at an F550 quad, running 3S from a Turnigy 3300mAh LiPo battery.
During the hover endurance test, an overview of the system is given.

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This video takes a look at the $65/pair T-Motor carbon fiber propellers for their Navigator series motors, vs a $23/pair Gemfan “T-Style” knockoffs.

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As always, you get what you pay for?

This video shows the FrSky X8R S-Bus receiver, and Wookong-M flight control components mounted on the F450 central boards.

The extended arms used in this build make this a 550 class machine, however.

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This video takes a look at programming the throttle limits of a Tiger Motor S25A ESC on the bench, before fitting into a build.

These T-Motor ESCs, a relatively new release, come pre-flashed with “Genuine SimonK Fast Code” firmware.

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The actual F450/550 hybrid quadcopter build starts, and this video takes a first look at fitting a T-Motor MN3110 to Aimdroix extended arms, and how T-Motor carbon fibre propeller mount to the MN series motors.

• F450 central boards
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Components for the quadcopter have been rolling in!

A DJI Wookong-M flight control (FC) system along with an FrSky Taranis radio system were chosen to be the main control components.

This Taranis system uses the FLVSS telemetry module to report … Read more...