Category: Electronics
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FuriousFPV Piko BLX Flight Controller
Check out this flight controller and PDB combo: FuriousFPV Piko BLX. Not only does the FC+PDB integration makes sense. but it’s a F3 with SPI gyro in a 20×20 mounting format. Made for micro multirotor frames. And supports quad or hex configuration. Since FuriousFPV came on the scene, I swear it feels like there’s finally […]
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Airwolf RX-F801 and RX-F802 vs X4R-SB
Got some new receivers in that are compatible with the FrSky protocol. No doubt thanks to midelic’s work on RCGroups. Hoping the sqaurish format will allow me to bury it into micro FPV quadcopter builds. It was difficult finding a location for the regular FrSky X4R-SB. The RX-F801 and RX-F802 were purchased from BangGood. I […]
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FVT LittleBee 20A (MRM ZEUS 20) VS KISS 18A ESC
The new “Favorite” FVT LittleBee 20a arrived into the HacksMods lab. So it’s time to take some clear shots of them and compare with the Flyduino KISS ESC. Which is still one of the highest performing multirotor electronic speed controller. The small size and light weight are great for putting on racing quads. Or burying inside […]
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ZTW Spider 18a Lite vs KISS ESC
With DYS/RCTimer SN20a and BL20a possibly having a bad manufacturing batch. Plus, you lose about 10% thrust versus competiting ESC. One of the new ESC some of us have started buying instead are the ZTW Spider 18a Opto Lite as some retailers are calling them. Performance seems good so far. We’ll learn how their fare […]
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RCTimer and DYS SN20a ESC versus KISS
I got the new RCTimer SN20a ESC in today. These are the new crop of ultralight and small ESC, using the latest MOSFET tech. It all started with Flyduino’s KISS ESC. The first thing I did was desolder all the wires. Then gave it a quick inspection. Follow by some photographs of them sidebyside with the KISS […]
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HiSky HCP100S BLHeli Brushless ESC
Pivotal moment for those of us who loves the opensource BLHeli brushless firmware from Steffen. HiSky’s new HCP100S double brushless micro CP helicopter comes with BLHeli firmware already flashed onboard. Not only that, the programming pads are big and accessible. BLHeli toolstick connection points… Main ESC was flashed with BLHeli 12.1. Governor modes are disabled. […]
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AlienWii Flight Controllers Lands
Check out the AlienWii FC from Lance. They run MultiWii and has MOSFET that can handle direct driving 8.5mm brushed motors without blowing up. Here are pictures of the latest shipping AlienWii boards: Here’s a shot with the LemonRX Satellite receiver installed. Plug and play. You can get them and the awesome Chaoli motors from […]