I had been flying my GoPro2 hard mounted on my tricopter for about a year now. I have been happy with it but wanted to try some sort of a gimbal. The Jakub Gimbal was the recommended choice but I had seen and read mixed reviews with the results. The Gimbal was the best bang for the buck, it required experimenting with the servos and then tuning it with y...
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Pin Header Flash Tool
This is more of a pictorial than a tutorial
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I have made several different tools for flashing ESC’s with Pads in a row & thought I’d share one of the simplest & easiest to make.
Parts needed:
1 meter of servo cable
Extra long Pin Headers (double row)
2x Servo plugs (or 1x 2x3 Pin (2.54mm) Crim...
This is more of a pictorial than a tutorial
. I have made several different tools for flashing ESC’s with Pads in a row & thought I’d share one of the simplest & easiest to make.
Parts needed:
1 meter of servo cable
Extra long Pin Headers (double row)
2x Servo plugs (or 1x 2x3 Pin (2.54mm) Crim...
Inspired by all the great QAV400 builds, I decided to take my newly purchased kit and customize!
Wanna give thanks to:
Tim for fast shipping on an stellar product that justifies the $170 price tag
Juz (of course)
Blueprint's awesome build helped me out every step
Travis took it to the next level with his red accents
So here's the objective: Take all th...
Wanna give thanks to:
Tim for fast shipping on an stellar product that justifies the $170 price tag
Juz (of course)
Blueprint's awesome build helped me out every step
Travis took it to the next level with his red accents
So here's the objective: Take all th...
I have finally bought all the parts for my first quad, and last night I was up to 2am building it!Details:
HobbyKing SK450 Glass fibre quad
4 x Turnigy Plush 18A speed controllers, not flashed (yet!)
Slow Fly electric props: 8x4.5
Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 - 2822-1090kv outrunner motors
Quadpower distribution board, from eBay
1800mAh 3s lipo
Multiplex 2.4GH...
18/05/2013 La soudure ... ma passion !
Après avoir bien galéré à souder les prises sur la CC3D (Journal #2 ), cette fois-ci c'est pour connecter les ESCs à la carte CC3D que je me fais violence.
Les fournitures pour l'opération :
Gaine thermorétractable
Fils électriques ( Récupérés sur un viel ordinateur et sur un vieux servo )
Colliers en plastique...
Après avoir bien galéré à souder les prises sur la CC3D (Journal #2 ), cette fois-ci c'est pour connecter les ESCs à la carte CC3D que je me fais violence.
Les fournitures pour l'opération :
Gaine thermorétractable
Fils électriques ( Récupérés sur un viel ordinateur et sur un vieux servo )
Colliers en plastique...
HRLV-MaxSonar MB1003 High Resolution Ultrasonic Range Finder
Posted by Jurek in Jurek's Blog,
15 May 2013
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Hello Friends,
Today i had a chance to test the HRLV-MaxSonar MB1003 High Resolution Ultrasonic Range Finder. Got it for 25GBP from a local supplier.
The interest in this component comes from a very nice specification and some good (astroturfed) reviews of it on the web. It is specified to 1mm accuracy when the 2Hz filter is enabled, and 2-5mm accura...
Today i had a chance to test the HRLV-MaxSonar MB1003 High Resolution Ultrasonic Range Finder. Got it for 25GBP from a local supplier.
The interest in this component comes from a very nice specification and some good (astroturfed) reviews of it on the web. It is specified to 1mm accuracy when the 2Hz filter is enabled, and 2-5mm accura...
so, my little home baked quad has taken a real beating the last few months while i've been learning to fly FPV, been a really good little flyer but it's not as precise as i want it to be any more, everything's bent and hanging in there with cable ties, really sloppy.
i wanted a new frame, but, i'm a real tight ass, my haircut will tell you that(kitchen...
i wanted a new frame, but, i'm a real tight ass, my haircut will tell you that(kitchen...
After being inspired by many other backpack groundstations, I abandoned my plan for a tripod mounted, or flightcase mounted groundstation, and decided to [s]blatantly copy draw on other's experience....... 
I decided to use 5mm foamboard for the backplate, due to:
1. It is lightweight
2. It is easy to cut and drill
3. I had some in the garage.........
I decided to use 5mm foamboard for the backplate, due to:
1. It is lightweight
2. It is easy to cut and drill
3. I had some in the garage.........
I finally had time to build a quad based on my kickstarter cc3d that I received last December. I selected the Hoverthings Flip FPV because I wanted a sturdy frame that could accommodate a FPV setup.
The current configuration uses the following components
CC3D flight controller
Hoverthings FLIP FPV frame
Hobbywing Skywalker Quattro 4X20A ESC
EzOSD TBS ed...
The current configuration uses the following components
CC3D flight controller
Hoverthings FLIP FPV frame
Hobbywing Skywalker Quattro 4X20A ESC
EzOSD TBS ed...
No! Tri not. Do, or do not. There is no tri!
Posted by PeteTheRanger in PeteTheRanger's Blog,
06 May 2013
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....with apologies to Master Yoda...
It flies! Woooot!
I will install a CC3D as soon as I can extract it from my Bixler.
Mostly happy with it - I did meet most of the design goals - namely that she'd carry the GoPro on it's case and also a reasonable flight time (10 minutes achieved).
She's kind of fat - 1539 grams!
A few LEDs so that my...
It flies! Woooot!
I will install a CC3D as soon as I can extract it from my Bixler.
Mostly happy with it - I did meet most of the design goals - namely that she'd carry the GoPro on it's case and also a reasonable flight time (10 minutes achieved).
She's kind of fat - 1539 grams!
A few LEDs so that my...
Not in english. Excuse me.
Основными идеями при проектировании нового коптера были:
1. Ноги и крылья должны складываться. (ибо предыдущая гекса с трудом влезала в машину).
2. Избавиться, насколько это возможно, от высокочастотной тряски коптерного мозга. (Используя демпфирующие резинки в креплениях крыльев, и креплением мозгов к площадке аккумуляторов. П...
Основными идеями при проектировании нового коптера были:
1. Ноги и крылья должны складываться. (ибо предыдущая гекса с трудом влезала в машину).
2. Избавиться, насколько это возможно, от высокочастотной тряски коптерного мозга. (Используя демпфирующие резинки в креплениях крыльев, и креплением мозгов к площадке аккумуляторов. П...
Just wanted to post up some PID settings, these are my first pass rough tuning for a TBS Discovery Frame, Birddog 900kv motors on 4S spinning 9x5 Birddog props, with FPV gear onboard but without a GoPro.
FPV Backpack Groundstation v3.0 #2
Posted by The RevKev in The RevKev's Blog,
18 April 2013
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So progress is slow as I am working with my engineer brother-in-law on the design. He is drawing it up for me in SolidWorks and we are working on a first modeling of the station.
Included are some pics of what it will look like with 2D scale cutouts of the components that will go in the station. I need time to cut out more foam to make them 3D so we ca...
Included are some pics of what it will look like with 2D scale cutouts of the components that will go in the station. I need time to cut out more foam to make them 3D so we ca...
This is testing for my upgrade coaxial helicopter with CC3D:
The base heli was ESKY Big Lama. It's with brushless motors now.
Sorry for the video quality.
Testing with max settings of roll-pitch 20°.
Only one rotor have CC3D management by 2 servos.
The upper rotor is fixed with screws.
And a some fun with:...
The base heli was ESKY Big Lama. It's with brushless motors now.
Sorry for the video quality.
Testing with max settings of roll-pitch 20°.
Only one rotor have CC3D management by 2 servos.
The upper rotor is fixed with screws.
And a some fun with:...
I decided to take the plunge with a tri copter finally. I have found the kits available are either incomplete, or need the hardware replaced/modded. So I went with stuff I had in my garage already. Some wood, metal, and hking nose gear for yaw mech.
Thanks to rcexplorer for sharing his builds.
I've flown it 2 times fpv and a few crazy Los flights. I...
Finally tried FPV.
Test 1 - FPV with TX
Test 2 - FPV with Joystick (OPLink connection)
Info:
Quad with CC3D
Default PIDs
Unbalanced props... (do the harlem shake)
3.5" LCD with 16:9 cropped... (something missing up and down…)
[s]2.6mm 3.6mm lens... (very narrow view to fly a quad...)
and I think the camera is out of focus...
Test 1 - FPV with TX
Test 2 - FPV with Joystick (OPLink connection)
Info:
Quad with CC3D
Default PIDs
Unbalanced props... (do the harlem shake)
3.5" LCD with 16:9 cropped... (something missing up and down…)
[s]2.6mm 3.6mm lens... (very narrow view to fly a quad...)
and I think the camera is out of focus...
Step 5 - Make a Few Mods...
Posted by YouMadeMeDoIt in Second Quadcopter Build - Jago's Heavy Lift,
23 March 2013
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Just made a few mods on the Jago Heavy Lifter!
I re-attached the front servo arms via heavy rubberized mounts, and scratch designed some new landing gear that will hold the copter precisely 4" off the ground to make room for my lowered camera mount.
If anyone wants the landing gear, they were 3D printed by Polakium Engineering and ran me around $42 shi...
I re-attached the front servo arms via heavy rubberized mounts, and scratch designed some new landing gear that will hold the copter precisely 4" off the ground to make room for my lowered camera mount.
If anyone wants the landing gear, they were 3D printed by Polakium Engineering and ran me around $42 shi...
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