Nov 23, 2020
The Happymodel Crux 3 is a super light weight 3” toothpick based on Happymodels CrazybeeX all in one board. And light weight is not just a buzzword in this case - the model weighs in at just under 42g without a battery (just 70g with a 2S 450mAh GNB battery).
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Nov 20, 2020
The FullspeedRC TinyPusher is, as the name suggests a pusher whoop, meaning that the motors are mounted upside down and are pushing the air down. This is done in order to have more space on top of the whoop to mound an HD camera platform of your choice, making it a cinewhoop.
Instead of going for an all in one cam, which is responsible for FPV feed and HD recording, this model is intended to be used with a dedicated HD camera. There are mounts available, one for a naked GoPro and for the Insta360 Go.
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Nov 8, 2020
Nov 1, 2020
The AE65 is the Aniversary Edtion of the US65. Aniversary in this context means anniversary of Eachine as a company, not the copter itself. So: Happy 7th birthday to you, Eachine.
According to the product description the AE65 is limited to 500 pieces, but you can basically get everything as a spare part and build it from scratch, once the “limited edition” is sold out.
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Oct 17, 2020
When I first saw the URUAV UZ85 on Banggood, I could not believe it - a 85mm copter for 78$? I have to try this one! When I received it, I was wondering about the package - why is it so small - did I get the wrong item?
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Oct 12, 2020
The Geelang Anger 85X 4k caught my eye, not only for the 4K recording. Also I liked the previous Geelang product I reviewed - the Geelang Wasp 85X quite a lot - currently my favorite toothpick sized quadcopter - so I had very high hopes for this one.
As the name suggests, this is a 85mm sized whoop, very similar to the iFlight Alpha A85, with one major difference - it can record in up to 4K to the onboard DVR.
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Sep 30, 2020
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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Sep 23, 2020
In this article I want to talk a little bit about battery connectors. Battery connectors - you wonder? Yes! What might at first sound like a boring topic with not much to say, turns out to be a quite interesting one, especially when it comes to brushless whoops.
Every mechanical connection is a place where electrical energy can be “lost” - or to be physically correct - translated into heat. You want your plugs to be as lossless as possible, so that all the energy can reach the place where it should be used - mainly the motors.
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Sep 21, 2020
The iFlight Alpha A85 is the big brother of the A65. As the name suggests, this one is 85mm from motor post to motor post. And is capable of recording HD footage to the onboard DVR.
The quadcopter is advertised as “Indoor” - I don’t really think that this is true for any 85mm quad, except if you really have a big indoor space. At least for my apartment, 85 mm is way too big. I mean, I can fly it - but it is simply no fun. In a bando on the other hand, this is obviously a different situation - any place that you can explore, you will have a lot of fun with this one.
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Sep 14, 2020
RSSI is the abreviation for Received Signal Strength Indicator - this sounds pretty self explanatory, but let’s look a little bit more into it. With wireless signal the RSSI metric is often used with wireless signal to get an idea about the strength of a received signal.
There is no standardized relationship of any particular physical parameter to the RSSI value, vendors usually define that for themselves. But what is standard is, that higher is better and 0 is the lowest possible (and thus, worst) value.
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