Jun 26, 2019
In this article you will learn how to set up your receiver with your flight-controller. Setting up your receiver consist of physically attaching the receiver to the flight-controller and software setup within Betaflight.
There are different protocols enabling receivers to communicate with the flight-controller. Some only work in one direction, others work bi-directional, so that the flight controller can send data back to the receiver and the receiver on the other hand can transmit this data back to the transmitter.
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Jun 22, 2019
The Caddx Turtle V2 is a very popular micro HD, FPV camera. Most of the cine whoops like the Cinebee, Mobula7 HD or the Bushido are equipped with this camera.
Unfortunately the default settings are in my opinion not the best. Luckily you can change quit a bit when you have the control board for the Caddx Turtle. Not all of the models do include this control board. And before you get tempted: the Runcam control boards will unfortunately not work.
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Jun 19, 2019
DaVinci Resolve is very picky when it comes to container formats, video and audio codecs - especially in the Linux version. The first step after reviewing my FPV footage (and deleting what I will definitely not use) is converting it into a format that resolve can handle.
My main cameras are a GoPro Session 5 on my five inch rigs and a Caddx Turtle V2 on all smaller rigs and my brushless HD whoops. But this guide will basically work with any source material you have problems opening in DaVinci Resolve.
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Jun 13, 2019
As you might know, I am personally a big fan of the Taranis X-Lite - I don’t like the big clunky breadbox transmitters. I initially started out with a Turnigy evolution and then transitioned to the Taranis X-Lite simply because I wanted to use the OpenTX firmware.
The Taranis X-Lite comes with an expansion bay on the back. This is not the typical JR module bay that you might know from other transmitters like the Taranis X9D - instead it is a smaller version, custom to the X-Lite.
Nonetheless, there is still a couple of different external RF modules available for the smaller port of the X-Lite.
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Jun 11, 2019
In this article I will show you how to upgrade the firmware of your Taranis X-Lite. This might seem intimidating at first, but once you know what you are doing, the hardest part is to plug in the USB cable.
The most recent OpenTX firmware version (as of June 2019) is 2.2.3 I will try to keep this howto up to date as versions progress, but the basics should apply no matter which version you are using.
I always like to upgrade my firmware as soon as I get a new gadget, after that I usually only upgrade if the newer version has a feature that I really want to try or fixes a bug that is annoying me. Other then that I live by the mantra: Never touch a running system.
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Jun 10, 2019
A lot of brushless whoops came out lately, but which one is the best? In my opinion there is no one single best brushless whoop - it depends on what you want to do, this is why I decided to go with different categories.
Are you just starting out, do you want to fly indoors or do you prefer to fly outdoors, do you want HD footage or is DVR enough for you?
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Jun 7, 2019
Let’s have a look at the components on an All in One Flight Controller. What components are needed to make it work and how do they interact with each other?
The flight-controller we are looking at here is the CrazyBee F4 V2.0 with integrated FrSky receiver. I chose this flight-controller since it is a one PCB solution that comes with all the electronics needed to operate a quadcopter.
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Jun 6, 2019
There is a new version of the Tinyhawk coming out, the Tinyhawk S a 2S version of the Tinyhawk.
It is already listed on bangood as pre-order for less than $100. It is expected to ship June 19th.
It looks very similar to its predecessor but the features speak for themselves: This version, apart from being able to run on 1S or 2S will also allows for the camera tilt to be adjusted. Further EMAX decreased the size of the motors, so the Tinyhawk S 2S will be rocking 0802 15500KV motors.
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Jun 3, 2019
As you might know, most of the FrSky receivers and transmitters are available in two versions, they are sometimes referenced as EU or non EU or EU LBT and FCC.
FrSky themselves calls the EU version LBT and the non EU version FCC. When you download firmware files for flashing your receiver they will be named accordingly.
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