The FrSky Taranis is, in my opinion, the best radio transmitter money can buy. It’s not cheap, but it’s completely open source. I have a spare Turnigy 9x, but after a half year my gimbals are still almost rock solid, and the Turnigy receivers are to big. So, if it’s your first radio and you
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Today I am going to review the Holybro Shuriken 180 FPV Racer. Normally I build my own drones and choose the parts I need accordingly. It is a lot of fun and I like building new quads, but you nee know-how- and time. If you are beginner and want just to start flying, you may
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Hello, my name is Stef aka Dutchwalnut_fpv and I love to build quadcopters! I really enjoy soldering and selecting parts for a new quadcopter. Because we can never learn enough. Did I found my sweet spot yet? No, there are a lot of frames out there. I just stumbled upon this QAV-X clone and preordered
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If you are starting in the FPV and multicopter hobby and want to choose the RC transmitter for your copter, you maybe already know about the popular FrSky Taranis transmitter. In this article I will compare it with the “old” Turnigy 9x transmitter, that I have used for almost four years. While buying the parts
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FrSky has released a new S.BUS and CPPM receiver – the FrSky XSR. It’s like the FrSky X4RSB full duplex telemetry receiver. The new XSR is physically smaller and lighter than the X4RSB, so it will be more suitable for FPV racing copters. Specification: Dimensions: 26×19.2x5mm Weight: 3.8g 1-16 S.BUS channels 1-8 CPPM channels Operating
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I had a crash with my FPV quadcopter last week and broke the FrSky receiver antennas. I didn’t wanted to wait for a new receiver, so I decided to repair the antenna. The connector of the second antenna was totally destroyed and it couldn’t be repaired. In general you have to possibilities: buy a new
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In this article I will describe, how to update the FrSky D8R-II Plus or D4R-II receiver with 27ms CPPM firmware. By using CPPM signal you only need one wire for all channels and not separate wires for every channel. You can buy the FrSky Update Cable or you can use your Arduino board. You can
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