After having built many quads of the Avantquads brand, I wanted to build a lightweight 5” quad with good components. I immediately stopped on the latest model Avantquads Xero S5M – a 5” frame weighing only 63 grams in total. The components for the drone build: Motors: Proton-X 2204 2750KV ESC: Aikon 4in1 30A
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Recently we decided to update the firmware of our non-EU FrSky Taranis X9D, so it will be fully compliant with European regulations. In this tutorial, we will explain the differences between the international and EU firmware as well as show you how to flash your Taranis with the latest firmware. The latest EU firmware for
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BLHeli_32 was announced a few months ago and currently more and more ESC manufacturers are presenting their BLHeli 32 ESC. Before we start with the comparison of the current best BLHeli32 ESCs, let’s have an overview what is new in the BLHeli32 firmware. BLHeli32 Overview Lead developer: Steffen aka sskaug Firmware source code: closed Supported
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Just a few years ago when I was at the university I can remember how happy I was about student discounts for Microsoft, Apple or HP products. At that time DJI was just starting to get more popular with the first Phantom, but no discounts were available. Nowadays DJI is offering a great 10% discount
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More than an year ago I published an article about the best Cleanflight flight controllers. I have listed a lot F1, F3 and some F4 flight controllers, which were available at the end of 2015. Meanwhile Betaflight is the more popular and developed firmware, which is used by most FPV pilots. The upcoming Betaflight 3.2
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If you look at most famous FPV pilots almost all of them use the FrSky Taranis X9D plus. For a very long period it was the only and best choice for FPV racing. However the price was high, so it was not an option for beginners with limited budget. Some were using an upgraded Turnigy
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If you are looking for a new FPV micro drone, you may have a look at the EMAX Babyhawk. It is a small micro brushless FPV quadcopter with integrated FPV camera and transmitter. The micro drone is great for indoor flying and at the same time is big enough to fly outside as well. We
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