3D printed 3" Whirlygig tricopter by 1Smug_Bastard using PLA and an Ender 3 Pro. Choose your flight controller carefully. I wasn't able to get DRonin to work with this stack but BF 3.2.2 out of the box works well enough. It's so small I don't know if I miss the Auto Tune and Servo Calc functions in DRonin. Working on a remix with integrated prop guards. I should have used a smaller VTX but its what I had lying around.
AirbladeUAV has done it again and this time they've brought long range to the 5" class! Based on the popular Transformer Mini, the new Transformer 5" Ultralight adopts a lot of the same design philosophies with larger props and more payload capacity. It can fly upwards of 20 minutes on a 4 cell Li-Ion battery pack and in ideal conditions it's got a range of over 4 to 5 miles. In this guide I'll walk..
Read moreWith the release of the DJI FPV Drone cinematic FPV has become a lot more accessible, but you certainly don't want to crash a $750 drone! The QAV-CINE Freybott is a compact, lightweight cinematic FPV drone that can take a hit and keep going. It's a lot safer to fly indoors and around people. With a naked GoPro or the SMO 4k you can capture some great stabilized footage. In this guide I'll show you..
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If you point the rear servo downwards you can make it into an inverted-tail tricopter and enjoy big tuning benefits: https://www.flitetest.com/articles/inverted-tail-tricopter