Cleanflight best flight controllers

As Cleanflight firmware is getting popular among the multirotor pilots, I wanted to make a summary of the flight controllers that can use it. The question is not anymore “Naze32 vs. CC3D”. At the end of 2015 there are more powerful flight controllers with additional features. All supported flight controllers use STM 32bit processors. Most
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10 Tips for LiPo batteries

Here are my 10 Tips for better performance and longer life of your LiPo battery. It is good to read the basics about LiPo batteries first. Don’t over discharge or over charge the cell. Minimum voltage (Vmin) should not drop below 3.3V and maximum voltage (Vmax) should be 4.2V (4.35V for HV batteries). If you
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RC LiPo Battery Guide

LiPo batteries are the power source for most RC drones. If you are going to build your first drone, want to achieve longer flight time or have better performance in a FPV race you need to understand the LiPo batteries technology. General Information LiPo stays for Lithium-Ion Polymer battery. These are rechargeable batteries with three
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CleanFlight stick deadband

Have you experienced slow side drift on your quadcopter? Or maybe a yaw drift? To achieve a stable hover of your quadcopter first your RC Roll, Pitch and Yaw channels must be at the default midpoint of 1500μs. To achieve this, calibrate your transmitter sticks (if you have never done this) and then use the
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