Propwashed Articles
Build tips to improve durability
The relative “crashability” of miniquads is my favorite aspect of this type of aircraft over all others. I not-so-fondly remember the days of my obsession with RC helicopters, where I absolutely dreaded the maiden flight or learning new maneuvers because they risked...
EXUAV Flytower AIO Review
All-in-ones and "flight stacks", which combine many components into a single package, have been trending. We wanted to see whether the simplification in build and setup is worthwhile vs. sourcing separate components, so we're taking a look at the EXUAV Flytower F4 Pro...
Quadcopter Electrical Connector Guide
This week, we're bringing back an old favorite article of ours. Enjoy! Connectors are slowly finding their way back into our racing quadcopter parts. While video transmitters and FPV cameras have always had connectors, many of the best flight controllers on the market...
Five Favorite Drone Videos – July 2018
It’s time for another episode of Five Favorites! In this series, we pick our five favorite drone videos from the past month and talk about them for a bit! There are no real qualifications for our selections – these are videos we liked...
Hypetrain Riot Control Flight Controller Review
We were recently contacted by the Rotor Riot crew and offered the chance to review the new Hypetrain Riot Control flight controller. Hypetrain is the brand name for products developed in close connection with the Rotor Riot pilots of YouTube fame. Whether or not you...
Build tips: securing LiPo balance connectors
One of the early learning experiences I had flying small quadcopters was seeing how easy it was to sever balance connectors from my LiPo batteries. Sure, crashes and repairs were expected in the early days, but I was unaware just how often I found severed balance...
Miniquad Propeller Thrust Tests – Part 2: Results
After assembling our truck-mounted "wind tunnel", we visited El Mirage dry lake bed to begin testing some props, per our last article. We spent two days on the lakebed doing two different tests, which I describe below: Test Procedures (Day 1) Tyler and I arrived at El...
Lap Timing Solutions: Delta5 Race Timer Review
For our series on race timing, we're taking a look at another VTx-based lap timing system: the Delta5 Race Timer. This open-source project offers professional-grade features and performance—but you'll need to build and set it up entirely on your own. If you haven't...
Miniquad Propeller Thrust Tests – Part 1: Set-up
I've long been frustrated by the lack of publicly available information on how miniquad propellers perform. Sure --- several folks have done thrust tests in their garage with different props, but these tests have all been done in still air. Our quadcopters rarely, if...
Eken H5s Plus Review
Flying FPV is a very sharable experience. YouTube and Facebook are packed with race laps and freestyle edits from all kinds of locations and skill levels. What do all of these video producers have in common? A drone-mounted HD action camera, of course. Eken sent us...
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