If you like your quadcopter looking like a rat’s nest, read no further. If you are sophisticated and proper, read on. This is a quick visual how-to for managing and tidying wires on a multicopter or drone. Here is a wiring harness for a Flip 32 Deluxe flight controller. I only need 3 of the wires here. Step 1 - Cut Cable Test fit and cut to length. Leave some extra length. ...
I could have gone from 1,000 crashes to 100 crashes with a few simple pointers. There are two big reasons why you are crashing. This is for the pilots who moving from beginner and intermediate. Reason 1 - Your Brain Imagine flying a microquad in a gymnasium. You can practice a banked turn and go wildly off target without crashing. Then you bring it back toward you and try again. ...
The title says it. And you can 10x your skill development as a quad flier with the same amount of practice time. 1 - Spatial Tasks are Hard It’s easy to keep a position in 2D space, because you can place a marker or a cone on the ground. In the air, you can’t mark the spot you are trying to hover by. Targeting a point in 3D space and maintaining a quadcopter is difficult, because it’s hard to remember where that point was, especially when a little quad is zooming all around that point. ...
The same scene plays out everytime I see someone fly a quadcopter indoors… They lift it off the ground, hover for a few seconds, move back and forth, then a spectator roars. “Land it in my hands! " This is not easy. First, it is a not simple to hold a microquad in one position for 5-10 seconds as you lower into someone’s hand. Second, hands are small - much smaller than the floor. Third, you get some Ground Effect and maybe Vortex Ring State from hitting your own prop wash; all make holding a precise position that much harder. Fourth, if you bought a microquad, the motors heat up and slow down mid-flight - throwing off the trim you wasted an entire battery perfecting. ...