Propwashed Articles
FAA to expand LAANC on July 23
Back in May, the FAA wiped a lot of airspace for modelers right off the map. Though heavy-handed, this was a temporary measure. Later this month, the FAA plans to open LAANC for recreational flights—giving us back much of the airspace we lost, under a different...
SabotageRC Dingo5 Review and Build Log
The Dingo is a no-frills freestyle frame from SabotageRC. It's not flashy, complicated, or even highly innovative—but we think this frame is still worth a look, especially for the builder on a budget. SabotageRC sent us the Dingo5 for review. The Dingo uses a fairly...
Choosing a Freestyle Frame
Freestyle vs. Racing What distinguishes a freestyle frame? Anything that isn't specifically designed for racing is often considered a freestyle frame. Race frames are designed for pure performance at the expense of almost everything else: light weight and minimal...
FAA Establishes Massive No-Fly Zones for Modelers
The FAA has just made much of the country a no-fly zone. An official notice in the Federal Register posted today states that all recreational flights within controlled airspace must be specifically authorized. In a separate post on the FAA's site, it's made clear that...
Aomway Commander V1S and V1 Video Goggles Review
The AOMWAY Commander V1 video goggles are often cited as a great option for FPV racing based on their price and feature set alone. Thanks to Gearbest, we're taking a deep look of our own. The V1S shares much of its components and functionality with the original...
Cinewhoop: Beta85X HD Review
The Beta85X HD is a rather different beast to what we usually review. It’s slow and hard to control—but it’ll do things that almost no other quad will.
Finding Common Problems with Blackbox
While Blackbox logs may be most well known for their tuning applications, they can also be used to diagnose many common problems that occur with our quadcopters. This is the reason we recommend that you always keep Blackbox enabled for your first few flights. In our...
Community Spotlight: How to repair ESCs
We've had our fair share of burned out ESCs over the years. For me, an un-working ESC has meant a one-way trip to the "prop box" - a box full of busted props and other quadcopter refuse. However, it appears that I was wrong to be trashing these ESCs - they can often...
Advanced Racing: Introduction
Racing a quadcopter is amazingly complex and nuanced. It's hard enough getting started learning to fly, and if you're flying in stability mode then switching to acro/rate mode feels like starting over. Getting the quad to do exactly what you want takes hundreds of...
Update to the FAA Drone Registration Laws
You may remember our previous article on drone registration from a couple of years ago. In it, we discussed the FAA’s policy on registering and marking your drone. I think we can all agree that it was a tremendously successful program that has prevented countless...
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