by Michael Niggel | Jan 1, 2019 | How To
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...
by Michael Niggel | Dec 3, 2018 | Reviews
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. Even if you’ve never heard of...
by Michael Niggel | Nov 12, 2018 | Reviews
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...
by Michael Niggel | Nov 5, 2018 | How To
Right now, the hot performance tip for those chasing after super smooth flight is to enable RC channel filtering properly. Part of this process is to reduce the number of channels in use to 8. The reasons are covered in the Betaflight wiki article SBus FPort and RC...
by Michael Niggel | Oct 29, 2018 | How To
Sooner or later, your control link is going to fail. No radio control system is perfect, and we collectively tend to stress the limits of them from time to time. What will happen when that link finally breaks? You’d best know the answer before you take off,...
