Low Cost ESC Programming Jig
Here is a low cost ESC programming jig idea, for when you need to calibrate multiple ESCs in one hit.
Made in about 15 minutes, and doesn’t require sacrificing any … Read more...
Build: F550 Quad
The Gemfan T-Style Lucky Dip
When you order props, you’d expect them to be the same?
Not so with Gemfan.
Four sets of Gemfan 11×55 T-Style propellers were ordered.
Three sets were the same, … Read more...
Mirrorless Camera Mount
This is a home-brew tilt-stabilised light-weight camera mount, designed for a mirrorless class (400-500g) camera.
Tilt stabilisation is achieved using the Wookong-M’s gimbal control.
Not having the weight budget for … Read more...
F550 Quad landing gear modifications
DJI Flamewheel nylon landing gear tends to break easily.
Shifting a point of failure to a cheap and easy to replace item is probably not a bad thing, but a … Read more...
Hobby King T-Style CF Propellers review
Genuine T-Motor 12″ Carbon Fibre propellers are $65/pair.
Perfection out of the box doesn’t come cheap, but by the end of this article, you may gain a better appreciation for … Read more...
Reducing excess Wookong-M LED cable & iOSD cable
In a quest to reduce unnecessary weight, excess cable is removed from both a DJI iOSD module and DJI Wookong-M LED module.
Both of these modules have hard-wired leads coming … Read more...
FRSky FVAS-02H Altitude Sensor
Knowing your multirotor’s altitude can be handy information, and with an FRSky Taranis radio system, it doesn’t get any easier than this!
This is the FRSky FVAS-02H high precision BARO … Read more...
FPV transmitter system modifications
What’s wrong with this picture?
Stupidly, a cloverleaf antenna with a reverse SMA connector (SMA-RP) is supplied with a transmitter than has a “normal” SMA (f) jack, thus requiring an … Read more...
FPV gear added
FPV (First Person View) toys have arrived, including a camera, 5.8 GHz monitor, 200mW 5.8 GHz video transmitter, monitor mount, and a DJI iOSD-Mini module.
This (tiny!) colour camera features … Read more...
Idiot proofing – mounting propellers
When tinkering with the F550 quad on the bench, and getting into the routine of removing the propellers:
Label each motor number on the arm.
We obviously don’t want to … Read more...
F550 Quad hover endurance test – Zippy LiPo
This video takes a look at another F550 hover endurance test, but this time with a Zippy Compact brand 3S 3300mAh LiPo battery.
* Time compressed, so you don’t sit … Read more...
F550 Quad hover endurance test – Turnigy LiPo
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.
* … Read more...
Carbon Fiber prop comparison
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.
As always, you get what you … Read more...
F550 Flight Control components mounted
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 … Read more...
T-Motor S25A ESC Throttle Calibration
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 … Read more...
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