Propwashed Articles
Protecting your electronics with a “Smoke Stopper”
If you're like us, one of the most nerve-wracking parts of any build is the first time you plug your battery into your quadcopter. Will it all work or it will it - literally - go up in smoke? We've long been an advocate of devices the community calls "smoke stoppers",...
ImmersionRC Power Meter V2 Guide and Review
If you're experiencing a video problem, it's hard to know where it might be coming from. So many factors affect range: your transmitter, antenna, receiver, receiver antenna, and even receiver software. If you need to diagnose video issues quickly, you might want to...
Upgrading a Starter Quad to a Purebred Racer
A lot of early ARF/RTF quads used proprietary and specially-engineered parts. These days, manufacturers are finding it easier to assemble starter kits with off-the-shelf components. One of the best benefits to this for a hobbyist is that many of these parts now work...
How to Modify Fat Shark Goggles to Support RapidFIRE and Fix Power Issues
I am getting ready to upgrade the trusty LaForge module in my Fat Shark Dominator v3's to the new ImmersionRC RapidFIRE. While looking over the manual for the RapidFIRE module, I noticed that it says older goggles (mine included), do not supply enough power through...
Blade Inductrix FPV RTF Review
The famous “Tiny Whoop” was born by sticking a micro camera/transmitter atop a Blade Inductrix. Now, Horizon Hobby offers the Inductrix FPV; an upgrade to the Inductrix with camera and transmitter already installed. We put it through its paces.
RadioLink AT10 Radio Review
Radio Control Transmitters are one of the most costly pieces of gear you'll need to buy up-front when getting into the hobby. As such, we're always on the lookout for a good entry-level radio. RadioLink recently reached out to us to offer us a review sample of their...
Drone gift ideas
Is your significant other or friend obsessed with racing drones? Do you want to get them a gift that excites them? This article is for you! This guide aims to help educate those looking for a gift for someone who likes drones. This hobby can be daunting to those...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 Drone Deals
It’s that time of year again – where people line up outside stores at 3AM and scour the internet for those sweet Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Lucky for you, we are putting together a Black Friday and Cyber Monday drone deals sales list so you don’t have to do...
BetaFPV’s 1200 TVL Micro Camera/VTx
BetaFPV is certainly pushing the limits in the micro FPV space recently. All of their equipment seems to be getting a constant stream of updates and redesigns, reaching to become among the best of what the industry can offer. We really enjoyed their 65mm brushless...
Channel Packing with OpenTX and Betaflight
Want to enable RC filtering but have too many features configured? Learn to pack switch actions together to reduce the number of AUX channels.
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