May 27
Today it was Eurovision song contest – there is no better opportunity than solder some antennas – yes I know we won… I soldered a Cloverleaf and a Skewplanar antenna for my 5.8Ghz videolink. Soldering the antennas is kind of tricky when you have no jig or fixture to hold your wires with. I only …
May 18
Some time ago I ordered Lithium Ion batteries @2400mAh I soldered them into a 2S battery that replaces my current 900mAh 2S LIPO in the Turnigy 9X radio. I added connectors for charging as well as balancing but my old charger does not like these batteries. The crappy charger I got bundled with the Lama …
May 09
I want to sum up my initial thoughts about the 450 v2 clone from RcTimer. The frame is nice, well finished and the parts fits well together. The kit comes with a rather crappy hex and you should apply some blue Loctite to make sure the screws do not fall off. They are rather special. …
Mar 24
PatrikE wrote a good summary how to get MultiWii running for your airplane. Here is the text from his article. How to setup a Multiwii Airplane Same Hardware as a MultiWii copter. Arduino PRO MINI. 5V 16MHz – Gyro Ex Nintendo Wii motion plus. – Accelerometer Ex Nintendo Nunchuck.(Optional) Acc only needed for Auto leveling. …
Mar 23
I have been waiting long time for misc parts for the Bixler build. Finally the Motor/ESC arrived and I can now start assembling the fuselage. I have plans for a shelf that fits inside the fuselage – under the wing so it can be a mounting plate for Receiver, UBEC, OSD or other items. I …
Jan 06
I was asked to explain how I did the LED modifications. Here are more images to show how the LED-strips are inserted into the foam. The winglet LED’s (red and green) are mounted with the supplied sticky-tape this way the red and green does not make the foam glow but they are more directional. This …
Nov 10
I have been working on the Crazy Sukhoi a few times. Here are a few more updates – I hope the pictures says it all…I like Lego Here are some pictures: [ad#Google Adsense]
Nov 07
I had some spare time after dinner so I started the assembly of the Crazy Sukhoi from autopartner. I think you know by now that I was very happy with my previous build and there is going to be no difference this time I assure you. This time i will make minor mods to improve …
Aug 05
A friend of mine at aeronautikhobby is sending me an Flyduino shield along with some Flyduino plates for evaluation. I will build a new QuadCopter based on the Flyduino parts and see if I am saticfied with them or not. The goal is a complete Quadcopter for yet another customer. The only specific need is …
Jul 29
I have been posting in several forums about my modifications to the Turnigy 9X radio and this is a way to summarize all modifications. I started by purchasing items from HobbyKing: Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter w/ Module & 8ch Receiver (Mode 1) (v2 Firmware) FrSky DHT 8ch DIY Telemetry Compatible Transmitter Module FrSky D8R-II 2.4Ghz …
Above is one of my playlists on Youtube with some selected highlights. I think I included most of my FPV flights with the Skywalker.
