Any reasonable built quadcopter consists to 30% of zip ties, duct tape, hot glue, and of course heat-shrink tubing. The latter is often processed with a gas lighter. I must admit that most of the time I used a lighter as well. Once you figure out how much heat (or fire) your heat-shrink tubing and… Read More »
As spring is about to approach the southern hemisphere it’s time for spring clean! Or autumn cleanup for the unlucky northern people like me 😉 If you fly a lot you have probably piled up large amounts of broken FCs, ESCs, motors, … Those parts can eat up a lot of space and reduce the… Read More »
I have used a variety of different soldering irons over the years. I started with a simple, fixed temperature iron during my childhood days to burn wholes in my mom’s carpet and came across different soldering iron brands the last years. I used them for heavy duty stuff such as soldering Li-Ion cells, delicate fine… Read More »
This post was last edited on 1st of April I recently ordered a set of Pagoda antennas on SeeedStudio. It is ridiculous cheap, 160 antenna sets for $40 plus importing tax. I can crash my copter for years now without ever having to buy a new antenna — finally! Having a solid background in microwave… Read More »
I think everybody of us has tried one of those third hands or helping hands. The idea is simple but I have to say that I never liked those too much. They do not have enough clips, they are easy to tip over and not that flexible that I would like them to be. I… Read More »
I just uploaded the design files for the pepperF1SH to armattan productions. I ordered frames designed by others in the past, they come in very good quality and the shipping time to germany is quite fast. I think they ship from Taiwan. You can visit my store and buy my pepperF1SH designs following this link.… Read More »
When you build a tiny and lightweight indoor quadcopter, every gram counts. It is nice to see that there are very nice camera and video transmitter all in one combinations available. One example of such a nice set is the VM275 camera. It is sold under different names, most of the times you can spot… Read More »
This is a previous revision, please have a look at the more recent revision 0.5. In this post I am going to share all the parts you need to build your own super tiny tinyPEPPER 4in1 Blheli_S ESC. All the following information applies to the current version 0.4 of tinyPEPPER (tagged as revision 0.4). If… Read More »
When you buy a BLHeli_S ESCs, the factory has pre-programmed those with the BLHeli_S firmware for you. This firmware comes in two parts, the BLHeli_S bootloader and the main firmware. The bootloader is the code that allows you to upload the latest BLHeli_S firmware using the blheli suite or -configurator. When you build your own… Read More »
We had some time at a nice flying spot. This church has been deconsecrated and will be demolished soon… Thanks to all that make this possible! Testing pepperF1SH 🙂Watch this video on YouTube Pilot: Sebastian Quadcopter: current pepperF1SH prototype, 30.7g AUW, 56mm props, X frame!