Repairing Turnigy X900 Tricopter – Motor Mounts
Posted on April 10th, 2014 in Custom Projects, DIY CNC, Multicopter, Radio Control, Technology, Video
I’ve been working on a tricopter using a Turnigy X900 frame for some FPV fun-flying this year and having some fun putting that together. Unfortunately I had a bad motor and during my first test I damaged one of the fiberglass motor mounts beyond actual repair. I could (and still may) have made a home […]
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High Density WS2812B Panel Project
Posted on March 16th, 2014 in Arduino, Custom Projects, DIY Equipment, Electronics, LEDs, Lighting, Teensy, Video
The WS2812B RGB LED chip is a wonderful little device. It contains Red, Green and Blue LED elements and also a WS2811 RGB LED driver. The chip has only 4 pins. Power, Ground, Data In and Data Out and can easily be chained to another chip. With enough of these chips chained together your can […]
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Toaster Oven Reflow Controller Project
I had a project I was working on which needed to be reflow soldered because there were too many parts too close to each other to solder by hand. I needed to get a reflow controller up and running quickly. I made the little controller shown below by mixing a few easily available kits and […]
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3D Printed Landing Gear and Camera Mount for my DJI F550
Posted on September 29th, 2013 in 3D Printing, Custom Projects, FPV, GoPro, Multicopter, Photography, Radio Control, Science, Technology, Video
Several weeks ago I ordered a new Naza-M V2 for my DJI F550 Flame Wheel multicopter. I originally had the DJI Wookong-M controller but had to sell that. The Naza v2 has all of the stability of that more expensive model and works great. Another feature I wanted to add was a brushless stabilized camera […]
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Casting Silicone in 3D Printed Molds
Posted on September 26th, 2013 in 3D Printing, Custom Projects, Mold Making and Molding, Multicopter
Yeah yeah, it’s been kind of quiet lately but I have a few projects I’ve been working on which I’ll post up here, starting with casting silicone in 3D printed molds. I’ve been working on a new hexacopter multirotor project the last couple of weeks with a lot of fresh 3D printed parts for a […]
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