Few weeks ago FPVmodel.com opened the pre-order for the new Betaflight F4 flight controller. It is the next generation of an F405 MCU based AIO flight controller and is finally in stock right now. The “processor” / MCU of the flight controller was upgraded to the STM32 F4, which runs at 168MHz compared to the
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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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Finally, I received my new Cleanflight flight controller with integrated OSD – the Illuminati 32. Sadly HobbyKing didn’t provide any information about the board. There is no manual included, just a product specification from Quanum. Here are some of the hardware specifications, that I can confirm: Specifications: Hard case size: 38.45×38.45x11mm Board only: 35x35mm Weight:
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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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FPV and FPV Racing are the trends in the last two years in the RC Hobby. In this guide I will try to explain the basics and what do you need to start flying FPV. Definition: First Person View. Imagine you are sitting in the cockpit of your drone. You get the view from the
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HobbyKing just released a new CleanFlight flight controller with built in OSD. It is called Illuminati 32. I don’t have no idea why they choose that name, but it is not so important for me personally. Sadly there is no detailed specification on the HobbyKing website of the exact processor and sensors. Probably it’s the
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