Proper Test Flight
The carbon props arrived the other day so I fitted them and did a hover test in our back garden. It managed a smidge over 20 minutes which is abou...
Posted in quadx450 on 02 October, 2016

GoPro Gimbal Holder
With this build coming to a close, I’ve been getting down to the final tweaking, testing and tuning. One thing I found while doing this is that th...
Posted in quadx450 on 02 October, 2016

The First Leg
The servos and other leg hardware arrived and I’ve printed the various parts (coxa, femurs and tibia) over the past few days. The original tibia w...
Posted in hexapod on 28 September, 2016

Starting the Hexapod
With the quadcopter close to completion, I’ve started looking at my next project - something fun for the autumn and winter nights. Last year I mad...
Posted in hexapod on 25 September, 2016

FPV Camera Gimbal
The last design task on this build is the FPV camera gimbal. I also needed to incorporate the MinimOSD board as it wouldn’t fit in the main body b...
Posted in quadx450 on 24 September, 2016

New Motors & Battery
Since my last post, the new motors and 8000mAH battery have arrived and been fitted. Compared to the last motors, these are monsters! The battery...
Posted in quadx450 on 22 September, 2016

We Have to Talk About the Motors
Alright, I’m going to be honest here - the results of my first test flights earlier in the week have left me rather disappointed. In terms of sens...
Posted in quadx450 on 11 September, 2016

New Brushless Gimbal Controller
When I bought the 2-axis gimbal around this time last year, the only controller on the readily available cheap gimbals was a SimpleBGC clone so tha...
Posted in quadx450 on 10 September, 2016

Power Module Mount
A quick post showing the mount I’ve designed to secure the power module below the receiver rather than having it flapping around in the breeze. Th...
Posted in quadx450 on 09 September, 2016

Voltage Sensor
While doing the initial flight tests, I noticed that the low battery alert I’d set up on the handset wasn’t working. To be honest, it’s been so lo...
Posted in quadx450 on 06 September, 2016