Typhon 6S Speed and Dirt
Took out the 6S Typhon for some light bashing and dirt racing. Had fun until lost control at about 80’ish mph. Watch until the end for damage pictures.
Some kool pandemic projects
We spent our pandemic time and quarantine time working on projects and making the best we could of social distancing.
Zeus F722 Manual
The Zeus controller is perfect for most quadcopters. HUD, Telemetry, plenty of connectivity for ancilliary systems, 2 camera with Uart switching, 4 LED controls, GPS, TBS, and even digital video. Click the link below to open the manual for the Zeus F722 Controller. https://xrokets.com/documents/ZeusF722Manual.pdf
Monogram F-15C Eagle build… Skill Level 2
Even though this isn’t part of our typical hobbies, it has become a bad weather/broken plane/broken RC car time replacement hobby. One evening I was going through Ebay.com and saw this Monogram plane posted for sale. Previously opened, and it asserted that no missing parts to the kit. I purchased it, some paints, some glue,…
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EACHINE RD200 5.8GHz 48 CH FPV WEARABLE DVR/FPV SCREEN 2″
At one point in this items history it was selling for something like 35 USD. I recall purchasing it for personal enjoyment. NO….. this is not an eachine or Alibaba sponsored advertisement, just a review of my experience with it. I got it of course 3 months later, and had completely forgotten about it. One…
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Waterproofing electronics (the easy way)
Waterproofing electronics is something that have been coveted for as long as PCB’s have existed. One of the enemies of PCB’s has always been water. Water can easily breakdown the pressed silicon boards commonly used by cheap manufacturers. Also, in many situations the actual resistors and capacitors and so on, can conduct electricity when placed…
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Rocket Systems Development Series – Part 3 – TBS Crossfire
From a friend in the hobby all the way from Chattanooga, TN. Advice from Vinny’FPV was that Crossfire has been absolutely outstanding. He has specifically recommended some Team BlackSheep gear. The gear as reported by our colleague is that at 19 miles, RSSI didn’t drop below 96. With a review like that, I am truly…
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Rocket Systems Development Series – Part 2 – Long Range Ground Tracking Station (LRGTS)
As we work on the development of the rocket itself we must keep in mind that without the ability to track it we wont be getting very far. Tracking can be done several different ways. The basics indicate that we need a long range antenna which means narrow field antenna, that can maximize on range.…
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