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Helimax Voltage 500 Setup Tips [VIDEO]

From Hobbico: There’s no building to be done, but the Voltage 500 needs some TLC before you can hit the air. Check out this step-by-step video to ensure your Voltage makes an impact in the sky, not on the ground. Visit Hobbico.com

Regardless of your battery pack’s C-rating, job one is to safely charge your batteries. Ideally, you don’t want to be in a hurry, so use a 1C charge rate.

Battery Speak

What C-rating means and why it’s important Most rotordrones and quadcopters we’ll ever encounter will be powered by batteries, and more specifically, Lithium Polymer (LiPo) battery packs. It is always important to follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for charging. One question that is often asked is: “What is a battery’s C-rating?” The short answer is that […]

From the computer, to the printer and then to the quadcopter, making a part like this takes only a few hours or less. I wasn’t happy with first version, so this is my second try. 3D printing allows you to quickly create several prototypes at low cost. Consider using PLA filament for those experiments that end up in the garbage, since PLA is biodegradable.

Get Into 3D Printing

Draw it, print it, fly it! 3D printing and model aircraft are a match made in heaven. I started using a 3D printer this summer to create parts for a multirotor aircraft, and a new world of possibilities just opened up to me. Some people have printed entire frames in this fashion and maybe you […]

Drone assembly tips

Assembling your first racing drone can be a bit intimidating but learning how to solder and knowing what needs to be soldered can make the job a little easier.

Soldering Equipment

This is a short video on what equipment you may want to have to do a good soldering job on your quad. Because soldering is so vital to the construction of most racing drones, having the right equipment can make that job a lot easier.

Telemetry 101, Getting data from your multirotor in real time

One of the really nice features of modern-day remote-control radios is the fact that they can send signals to an RC multirotor to control it. Plus, they can receive signals back from the same aircraft, allowing us to monitor important information about that aircraft. This feature is what we refer to as telemetry. We can use this to […]

Drone Flying Erratically, what could cause that?

Question: I was flying my drone the other day when it started flying erratically. What could have caused that? Answer: Experiencing a sudden loss of control while flying your drone is not uncommon. Sometimes while navigating your drone, you might have seen it drift in the opposite direction and fly erratically. If your drone refuses to respond to your […]

Goggle Neck Strap – Quick Tip

Now that you can wear your goggles for FPV, what do you do with your glasses? Here is one idea that you can try:

Goggle Diopters – Quick Tip

What do you do if you wear glasses but still want that total immersion feel you get from wearing goggles? You have two choices, get a large screen set of goggles or try this.

FPV Essentials – The Pilots View

I’m sure that most of us have wished that there was a way to shrink ourselves down so that we could just hop on our multirotor and go fly it around. Unfortunately, that technology isn’t quite here yet, but luckily there is something that’s almost as good: first-person-view (FPV) flight. Within the last couple of years, the explosion of […]