About a year ago I made 3 videos about Open.HD and they are still sat there on YouTube if you’d like to take a look. in the first video, I talk about what Open.HD is and what sort of equipment we’ll need to get the system set up. In the next video, I connected everything […]
Category: Builds
Skyhook Discovery 2.6 build – Part 4 (Camera mount, securing the tail, and finishing off)
In this final build part of the Skyhook, there wasn’t actually much left to do. The electronics were mostly in place, but there were just some annoying pieces to tick off the list. First up was the camera mount. To start with, we had a slightly confusing set of parts along with my camera – […]
Skyhook Discovery 2.6 Build – Part 3 (Installing electronics, finishing the wings)
After installing (most) of the servos in the last part of this build, I seemed to be caught up in a circular dependency situation where everything I wanted to start installing seemed to depend upon another already being present. I had the flap servos, receiver and VTX to install but how could I do this […]
Adding the RunCam Micro Swift camera to a Micro quad
If there’s one thing the current crop of micro quads have in common (and for the purposes of discussion, I’ll class micro quads as up to 130mm motor-to-motor) it’s the quality of the camera in the all-in-one VTX/Camera combos. That’s not to say they are awful – in fact that fact we get a tiny camera […]
Moving from the Aurora 100 to a Firer 110 Frame
The Aurora 100 has become my favorite quad, after getting one sort of out of the blue from Banggood to review…. and that’s not just favorite micro quad, I mean quad of all dimensions. I was out a few weeks ago flying with my friend Neil (he also had an Aurora) when disaster finally struck. We […]
Skyhook Discovery 2.6 Build – Part 2 (Installing the servos)
Next part of the Skyhook build was the servo installation. On your regular foamy style plane, it’s a job that takes a few minutes – often you can just pop the servos straight into a pre-cut hole, maybe you’ll need to trim a little extra out. With the Skyhook, there’s a little more to do. […]
The MiniRaceWing build and FPV maiden
I’ve been championing the MiniRaceWing for a while now. For those not familiar with the background, it started as a Kickstarter project for a new type of wing. The basic premise was to use a mini-quad like carbon fiber centre section with wings that would detach in a crash to avoid any damage. I made a […]
Skyhook Discovery 2.6 Build – Part 1 (Mounting the motor)
I’d touched on the Skyhook Discovery back in a previous post, and if you’d watched the accompanying video, then you’ll know that I was nervous about building it. Basically, I didn’t want to screw the build up, and destory what is a lovely looking model. I guess the build intimidates me a little because it’s […]
Martian III Quad build – Part 3
In the previous part of the build, we’d installed all the electronics into the frame, and had pretty much completed the physical build – I’d stopped at the top plate and it’s four risers just so they weren’t in the way for heat shrinking the ESCs. We’ll come to that part in a little while, […]
Martian III Quad build – Part 2
In the first part of the build, we discussed the parts I gathered to build the Martian III, so let’s actually get on and put it together now. First off, this means disassembling most of the frame down again – just leaving the legs and the base plate – I’ve done this so I can […]