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DIY 350mm quadcopter

Hello and thank you for allow me to share my experiences with you. I am selecting my components and it's my first quadcopter. After some research I have the following components:

Frame 330mm: (160g)
Propellers 8045
Motor 2212 1400kv (192g)
ESC 30Amp Read

Fever issues in the motor.

Hi everybody,

I made a diy drone and specificatino is as below.

FCC : pixracer r15

ESC : Hobbywing Xrotor micro 60A 4in1

Motor : T-Motor 1300KV

When I tried to take off the drone, it can fly somehow.

But after flight Motor is too hot.

Is there any probl

Need help to complete drone.

Hi, 

Guys, I need help completing my drone.

I have a naza, ran into problems with my taranis qx7 with and naza. 

Will pay to setup.

Thx. 

PhD Research

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Complete Kit for Education

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FS-x6b not communicating with F4 V3s Plus

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serialrx_halfduplex=OFF

serialrx_inverted =OFF

I did set the receiver to IBUS as well as on my FS-i6 RC.

That did not solve the problem.

I tried another app

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Vision-based navigation

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I’m in desperate need of help with my 2 year lasting chinese-knockoff-nightmare-quad build!

Hi everyone,

First of all, let me say that I think this is a fantastic forum / platform. I've been following it for a while without the use of an account and decided it was about time to sign up. The reason I signed up is because I am in desperate n

Heavy Lift (20-60Kg) Frames ... who has one?

Over the last three years I have been monitoring the web for evidence of large, heavy lift, commercially capable systems, for loads in excess of 10Kg


As many of you may know, there are a lack of larger frames on the market, that can handle more than 1

DIY Drone Start-Up Feedback

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Step 1: Choosing your quadcopter frame sizes:

There are many different size frame, the most popular is 180mm-250mm(180mm frame means the diagonal axis distance is 180mm), they are also used for FPV racing quadcopter; more bigger one is from 280 mm to

Is ardupilot military/commercial grade?

I recently suggested in this thread:
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How important is Calculus for drones, such as programming.

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Simple IMU - My quaternion based complimentary filter

Hi all,

  I have recently started writing a series of blog posts that detail how I have chosen to program my own IMU complimentary filter.  I have done this for my own entertainment and as a learning opportunity.  Hopefully others will find this inter

3DR Solo parts into a Y6?

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Brushless DC motor specfications table

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