Quadcopter on PCB Isolation

How To Sleeve Cables and Manage Wires on a Quadcopter

Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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.

You Don’t Suck At Flying A Quad – Part II

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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.

5 Reasons Why Hovering a Quad is Really Difficult

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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.

You Don’t Suck At Flying A Quad – You Just Don’t Know What You’re Doing

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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.