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...
Electronics | Amateur radio | Nerdy Stuff
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...
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...
After playing around with layouts, it was time to actually start mounting motors and ESCs for real.
Key components:
• Aimdroix extended aluminium arms
• T-Motor MN3110-15 780kV motors
• … Read more...
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 … Read more...
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.… Read more...
Which connector?
Another $64 question.
Battery charger has alligator clip lead ends, whilst LiPo batteries can come with XT60 or 4mm bullet connectors.
It was decided to standardise on using … Read more...
Whilst waiting for some items to arrive, including the propellers, the Du-Bro propeller balancer can be assembled.
Regarded as one of the better balancers out there, it goes together in … Read more...
From multirotorgear.com.au, the T-Motor MN3110-15 780kV motors arrive.
In this no expense spared unboxing video, see exactly what you get.
After months of researching and seeing what was out there, it was decided to “scratch build” a variant of the popular DJI “Flamewheel F450“. In stock form, the … Read more...
I hate that term “drone”!
Bad connotations and attracts unwelcome negativity from an ignorant general public.
But that’s the name of the local group that organise meets on Meetup.… Read more...
There are many ham radio orientated apps available from Google Play for your Android device, and I will be documenting a few of the apps I have found useful here.… Read more...
The idea of 2.4 GHz “shoot out” was raised with the VK4 microwavers present at the last 5.7 GHz shoot out.
Both myself and VK4EA did a site recce at … Read more...
Looking for a 1296 MHz (23cm) Power Amplifier?
After discounting a W6PQL based kit, a PE1RKI 23cm 150W Power Amplifier was decided upon.
Like the W6PQL design, the PE1RKI (Bert … Read more...
Results for the WIA VHF/UHF Field Day Summer 2014 contest have just been released.
I was amused (it doesn’t take much) to note that the Contest Manager did not quote … Read more...
Finally!
Presenting the VK4 Microwave Activity Day video for July 2013.
Thank you to all those who shot some video – without the efforts of these people – there would … Read more...