I got my start on DIY Drones, first building a tricopter with the help of people on this form. So, I figured, I my as well shamelessly plug my latest project on here as well. Some pictures attached! Meet Tanky Drone!
We have a ton of photos and a vid
Read more…I just finished building a tricopter today and started setting it up. It is running APM 2.6 with Arducopter 3.1.5 firmware. At the moment it can barely hover at full throttle. It looks like after 1/2 throttle the APM simply ignores the inputs from th
Read more…I have a 2.4GHz FrSky transmitter and receiver combo and a 915MHz telemetry module from 3DR. After plugging in the telemetry module, I noticed a twitch in the tail servo on my Tricopter. It twitches every 1 second or so in a little pattern. like T-T-
Read more…So, maybe a silly question, but what are my chances on getting a good, well functional APM 2.6 clone from eBay. A few days ago I decided to build a tricopter to come back to the RC hobby after some time. I did my "research" by finding a tricopter I l
Read more…I am building a small Tricopter. I purchased a 3DR telemetry kit from eBay to go with my APM 2.6 board. It comes with an antenna that looks like a 2.4GHz antenna from a router. I don't know much about antennas, but from what I do know, the antenna sh
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