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Sorry for the long delay… I finally managed to find the time to fine-tune the camera mounts for my super lightweight pepperF1SH quadcopter design. You can find the source files in the FreeCAD format and STL files at my pepperF1SH github repository. In addition to that I also uploaded the STL files to thingiverse, you… Read More »
The last weeks have been quite busy, the move is still not completed and most of my gear is still in cardboard boxes — phew… Nevertheless I found some time to work on my tinyOSD project. Once assembled this thing weights only 0.4g. The best part: It does not use this glowing hot max7456 chipset!… Read More »
I am happy to announce that the next generation tinyPEPPER 4in1 ESC will be available shortly. The folks at Furious FPV are manufacturing and are going to sell the 2S version of my tinyPEPPER design soon, see their product page: FPV-0252 Fishpepper 4in1 ESC. You might be yelling what has happened to the open hardware… Read More »
It has been a long time without new posts. I was fully occupied with our move. Most of my quadcopter equipment is still packed in boxes and I traded my soldering iron with a brush and I am still busy painting walls. At least my desk is partially finished and I can start to work… 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 »
Well, it finally happened. China took one of my designs, removed my logos, renamed it (what was wrong with tinyFISH FC?), and started selling it as their creation: The “Racerstar” F3D8! But let’s start from the beginning: On November the 21st 2016 I started to blog about my tinyFISH FC. I developed it because I… Read More »
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 0.5 of tinyPEPPER (tagged as revision 0.5). If you are wondering what makes this thing so special, have a look at the main… Read More »
In this post I am going to share all the parts you need to build your own super lightweight tinyFISH flight controller with an integrated, FrSky compatible rx. All the following information applies to the current version 0.2b of tinyFISH (tagged as revision 0.2b). Changes compared to the previous revision 0.2: fixed the numbering of… Read More »
After posting about my script that panelizes a 4×4 grid of pagoda antennas into a single gerber files I recently get a lot of mails how to order those on Seeedstudio. By using my script, you can order 160 antennas for around $ 40 — perfect for people that fly as good as I do… Read More »
pepperFIISH I finally found some time to take my new 2S version of the pepperF1SH quadcopter for a walk fly: Watch this video on YouTube It was quite gusty that day but most of the time I did not notice it in flight. This was just some thrust testing, turn on the speakers, it sounds… Read More »