LARK LC-589: DIY modular educational drone for kids
Similar to the Eachine Tyro79, the LARK LC-589 also comes in parts and requires to be assembled. While the Tyro79 is suggested for more experienced pilots, the LARK LC-589 (CX Model CX-002) is suitable for totally newbies or even by kids.
The LARK LC-589's gift box includes all the parts you need to build your DIY drone. You got remote controller, battery, flight...
iFlight Chimera9 ECO: Let’s Build a 9″ Long-Range FPV Drone
Every time I build a new FPV drone, it's like an adventure that begins with acquiring the parts and ends with a maiden flight. In this review, I will focus on how you can build a professional-looking 9-inch long-range drone on a budget using the iFlight Chimera9 ECO frame kit.
Usually, every DIY drone project should start with your needs...
Propeller mod for Eachine QX70
3-leaf propellers on Eachine QX70 (aka Tiny Whoop)
Having some free time, I decided to mod my QX70 by replacing the stock props with Hubsan 3-leaf propellers.
I got this mini FPV drone about a month ago but, due to its limited flight time and noise operation, I kept it in the box till now. Doing some research, I found out that these shortcomings...
Flytec T11S DIY building brick drone
Building brick drones like this Flytec T11S doubles the fun. In my opinion there is no kid that never have played with a Lego - it was my son's favorite toy too for few years.
The Flytec T11S DIY drone comes in parts and needs to be assembled by yourself. All the electronic components come with connectors, so no soldering required.
Compared to...
Coming soon: Eachine Tyro109 DIY FPV racing drone
As we have already been accustomed to Eachine's Tyro series, this new model is advertised for exactly what its product name says. While the Tyro79 is sold for $79, the Tyro99 for $99 and you can buy the Eachine Tyro109 for $109.
The Eachine Tyro109 is the direct successor of the Tyro99, which was been for long time one of the...
REDCON Phoenix 210 review
As this summer I'm planing to organize some drone racing with my friends, I started to look for cheap racing quadcopters. I do not want to lend them my precious Walkera racing quads; if it crashes, at least it is done by my hand. Among the wide variety of racing drones, I found this REDCON Phoenix 210 ARF (almost...
Holybro QAV250: DIY Pixhawk 4 Mini FPV drone
The Holybro QAV250 DIY FPV drone kit is the perfect way to get started developing on Pixhawk 4 Mini flight controller. It pairs a carbon fiber 250 racing frame and essential electronics with a Pixhawk 4 Mini autopilot. The kit is easy to assemble and no soldering is needed.
Holybro offers their QAV250 kit in multiple package versions. The ARF...
Syma X5C Auto Cut-off test
Today, I read on the rcgroups.com forum about some complains regarding the auto cut-off issues on the X5C quadcopter.
I decided to test this problem by myself because it can produce some unhappy things like the flyaway.
Syma X5C Auto Cut-off video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jENVXhkRgqM&feature=youtu.be
After few tests, the results were promising, every time I stopped the remote controller (resulting remote signal loss), in 2-3 seconds all...
Syma X5C spare parts
Syma X5, X5C and X5C-1 spare parts
Unavoidable, after several crash lands, you will need some spare parts to repair your Syma quadcopter.
After my last crash land I recovered my Syma X5c only after few minutes. Unfortunately, because the motors didn't stopped after hitting the ground, the propellers have hooked in 20cm high grass.
As I am a beginner flyer, of course I have had some...
GTENG T908W review: Wannabee DIY drone
GTENG T908W it is advertised as to be a DIY quadcopter but, if you ask me, it is more like a modular drone. You don't need to solder or something like this, just put together the main parts and you are ready to fly.
In my opinion, the fact that a drone can be easily split into parts should not...
FrSky receivers with PPM, CPPM and SBUS: XSR and D8
Today, I will review two FrSky receivers, the mini D8 and the XSR ACCST. While the Micro Frsky D8 features PPM and SBUS, the FrSky XSR has S-Bus CPPM output.
For those who are new in the field, let me say a few words about radio receivers. Their main function is to interlink wirelessly the flight controller with the transmitter...