Flying RC Vehicles
My self-made Quadcopters and other model stuff
In the last couple of years I built multiple quadcopters and some other related flying remote-controlled model vehicles. It started with a 500mm span Quadcopter, followed by a smaller Tricopter, then a brushed, as well as a bunch of brushless, micro copters, a flying wing, and lastly a more serious 5" copter. All of these I'm flying with FatShark Dominator v3 Camo Blue FPV goggles and a FrSky Taranis X9D Plus SE Camo transmitter.
Of course I'm not flying illegally, I have a model flight insurance and I am a registered UAV pilot in the European Union! 👮
- xyLX5 (2017 - 2023)
4S LiPo, 220mm frame, 2205 2300KV motors - xyBeast (2017)
3S LiPo, 100mm frame, 1104 6500KV motors - xyAurora90 (2017)
2S LiPo, 90mm frame, 1103 8000KV motors - Flying Wing (2016)
2S LiPo, Soaring Wing, 2206 2200KV motor - Brushed Micro (2016 - 2022)
1S LiPo brushed copter with 3D printed frame - Tricopter (2016)
3S LiPo, Quanum Trifecta frame, 2204 2300KV motors - xy666 (2015)
3S LiPo, HobbyKing X666 frame - RC Equipment (2015 - 2022)
My gear and the modifications I did to it
The following projects and blog posts are also related to my Quadcopter endeavours.
- Flying again after five years (2023)
Returning to the FPV hobby after a long hiatus - GTA: San Andreas Unity Drone Simulator (2017)
Extremely rudimentary quadcopter sim based on SA:Unity
- Arduino FrSky Telemetry (2016)
Custom telemetry display for cheap RC remotes
- Arduino USB Host CPPM (2016)
Controlling quadcopter with USB joystick
- Flysky Mac OS X joystick driver (2015)
Using cheap RC remotes with PC simulators
You can find all my Betaflight configuration dumps and related files here.