Recent content by Benjinl

You actually want to make your own flightcontroller and software from scratch? Or will you use a ready made ardupilot? Of you are going from scratch, do you know what is required for a quadcopter to fly? Do you understand the algorithms that make sure the quad can actually get off the ground and...

No worries then, just thought I'd give a heads up :) Proffesional deformation, I guess. About 50% of the complaints I get at work (QA engineer) are related to rechargeable batteries.

If the transmitter requires 4 batteries, means 6 volts is the nominal requirement, it will probably accept a little less as batteries drop in voltage. Rechargeable AAA's are 1.2 volts each (nominal voltage). You could have very short life with rechargeables if the TX is not prepared for it. Seen...

Whoa! I'm sorry for replying to an old post, but how do you manage to crash in the ONLY tree on that field? That's some tough luck, dude!

Well, the king was dancing in Brazil, so it appears we are back in South America again!

Whoa, another Dutchy! So, our quest to take over the world again is actually taking off? Cool.

Thanks for the advice! Yeah, have a couple units on a wishlist, would like something with a cam on it so I can see how I crashed but it's not a hard condition. Still looking at my options, not in any kind of rush. For the longer term I am looking at building my own copter, which may or may not...

Hi guys, Thought I'd say hi before throwing my thoughts out there. I'm from the Netherlands, 33 and love anything electric. Especially if RC is involved (used to race truggies quite some years back, the smell of nitro and high pitched sound of the engines still gives me goosebumps, but €300,-...