Few months ago DJI has released their newest gear for FPV enthusiast – the DJI Digital FPV System. It aims to revolutionize the drone racing industry by providing low-latency HD video transmission. We decided to test it and build a new FPV quadcopter with 3rd party recommended components offered by DJI on their webstore. The
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Aikon Electronics, the company which brought one of the first BLHeliS capable ESCs on the market last year, announced their new BLHeliS ESC – Aikon SEFM 30A 4-in-1. We are happy to be one of the first, who have received prototypes of the new ESC for testing. Specification: Silabs EFM8BB2 MCU Size: 36mm x 36mm
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The world leader in drone technology DJI has entered the Drone Racing market with the new DJI Snail racing propulsion system. The DJI engineers optimized the motors, electronic speed controllers (ESC) and propellers for the needs of the FPV racing pilots. I am going to review the propulsion system, make some thrust tests and finally
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BLHeli_S is a new custom ESC firmware based on the most popular BLHeli firmware – it is an improved version. Here is an overview of the new features and which ESCs support the new BLHeli_S firmware. Improvements: Very smooth throttle response Generally does startup better than base BLHeli Only damped light mode Synchronous motor PWM
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HobbyWing XRotor 20A ESC has been on the market for multirotor ESCs for a while. However its Silabs F396 MCU is now getting a trend among other ESC brands. It allows the ESC to run high KV motors without problems. This is why I decided to make a review of the XRotor 20A. Let’s start
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Today I received the new LittleBee 20A Pro ESC from FVT. Thank you very much for that, Jenny! My review is not going to be very long, because the only difference with the old LittleBee 20A is the Silabs F396 MCU. Its core operate at 50Mhz, instead of 25MHz on the old F330 MCU. The
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DJI, the leading drone company, has announced two new electronic speed controllers – DJI Takyon Z318 and Z420. It has been a long time, since DJI lastly offered DIY drone parts. Obviously it is going to enter the rapidly growing FPV racing market and these two ESCs are just the beginning. The DJI Takyon Z318
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