Hornet Maiden Flight
All system checks completed. Time for a gentle first flight to see if it holds together!
3″ Hornet drone ready to fly!
After a month of construction my Hornet drone is now completed, and ready to fly! It comes in at 165 grams without battery, or about 270 grams with a battery.
Adding a Runcam Split S 4 to an Armattan Gecko frame
The Armattan Gecko 3″ frame has a 20 x 20 mm mounting pattern, and the Runcam Split S 4 has a 25.5 x 25.5 mm mounting pattern, so by default they don’t fit.
Wiring a Matek F722-MiniSE to Runcam Split 4, Matek VTX-Mini and Holybro Tekko32 F3 Mini ESC
Here’s a wiring diagram for interconnecting a Matek F722-MiniSE to a Runcam Split 4, Matek VTX-HV, Holybro Tekko32 F3 Metal 4-in1 ESC, FrSky R-XSR, GPS and buzzer
It’s 3″ time
Time for a new drone build … enter the Hornet build, based upon the Armattan Gecko 3″ frame. Capable of running on 4S LIPOs but supporting a RunCam Split 4 4K instead of a GoPro.
Drone Loss
Rest in peace for the two year old Cragon – crashed in an inaccessible location in the Swiss mountains. It suffers the curse of the Cragon v1, which crashed and drowned into a river
New Drone Regulations coming to Switzerland in January 2021
Switzerland is introducing new regulations for flying drones. Depending upon circumstances, registration is required.
Fixing a drone after a water crash
That moment of horror when your custom-built drone crashes into the water. If it hasn’t sunk to irretrievable watery depths, you may have a chance to rescue it.
Liftoff! When you’re stuck at home
The Steam-powered “Liftoff” drone game/simulator is pretty neat. You plug in your controller (the Taranis X-Lite is automatically identified) and can then enjoy a virtual practice or race.
Variable throttle power with OpenTX and X-Lite Pro controller
Here’s a way of using one of the X-Lite sliders (potentiometers) to dynamically configure the power output for the drone