The Quadcopter Battery Quadcopter and drone batteries are typically Lithium Ion batteries. Lithium with it’s 3 electrons is naturally a very unhappy metal. It is reactive. It really really wants to get rid of it’s electrons to stabilize it’s outer shell. Lithium is not a naturally occurring element, but is always found as a compound […]
Lumenier QAV250 Quadcopter Battery series and parallel EXPLAINED! 4S3P 34-50C burst 1600 mAh? What do all of these strange things mean? Where do I start when trying to select the best battery? What should a noob do? This is confusing!? I don’t know where to begin! Help! Which battery do I need for my QAV250? […]
Drone laws Denver Well, its bad news for drone owners, kids, people having fun, and anyone trying to play horseshoes in Denver. See section II article 35 FLYING OBJECTS on page 9. As with any law, it is up to you to know it and abide by it…and try to change it. In a nutshell, the […]
OK, so you are ready to take the quadcopter plunge. Where to begin? This hobby can be daunting, but luckily, there are guys like me out there to help! This post is a followup to another post that I did about the basic components of a quadcopter but it is more specific towards a […]
There is a Problem with level cameras on Quads. You can’t see where you are going during fast forward flight. I have been working to figure out a fundamental problem with FPV flight on Mini Quads. When you fly these machines, you are limited to seeing what is ahead of you at a fixed angle. […]
Please see the video above for my comparison of the SunnySky Vs Cobra Vs Titan 2204 2300kv motors. The motors are extremely popular right now but some have serious advantages over others.
My favorite pilot is Charpu. He is a Lumineer team pilot and he takes some serious risks with his quad, but he has better footage than any other pilot out there. http://www.youtube.com/user/CharpuFPV Please take the time to subscribe to Charpu’s channel and up-vote his vids! Charpu lives somewhere in California… And although active in the forums he […]
Quadcopter Components While there are many options for store bought quads, nothing compares to hand built open-source quads. Hand built quads can be built for thousands less than store bought quadcopters and their performance is the same or better. There are many options out there and many things that can make a quad unique. This […]
The Multi-rotor revolution is upon us. The advent of newer technology (in particular cell phones and video game systems) has led to this new age of FPV multi rotors. I had one of the first multirotor quadcopters 10 years ago. It was called a Draganflyer and was very similar to this one: The Draganflyer […]