Monthly Archives: September 2017

3S, 4S, 5S, 6S ?? — nah… Let’s go 12S/50A (240A Peak)!

It’s all about power — At least you get the impression when you follow the latest builds showing up on youtube. When I started with building quadcopters it was quite common to use 3S batteries with three lithium cells in series. Right now most quadcopters (other than micro builds as e.g. my pepperFIISH) will be… Read More »

Tutorial: Replacing stiff motor wires with flexible ones — no more breaking wires [BR1103B]

UPDATE: There is a follow up post on how to remove the stiff wires alltogether. I have been building micro brushless quadcopters like my pepperFIISH for a while now. Over the last builds it became more and more clear that one of the weakest spots are actually the motor wires: Most of the small brushless… Read More »