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Not entirely true. With good design, good infill and ABS you have a pretty strong quadcopter even for winter. Bonus when you add carbon inserts. 3D printing is great for the cost of replacement and rapid prototyping, however generally carbon is an all around winner. I have 3D printed arms...

Hate to ask being as this is a form for quadcopters and I understand that this would be a cool solution. Is this the most practical solution to your problem? Would a camera on the trailer or a camera on the trailer that could boom out be better in this case? Even a tripod camera that you...

If the ESCs were being over-worked then the ESC that is also acting as BEC could very well be the first to go up. The black thing is a FET, they handle switching the DC to make it into the 3 Phase AC that the motors use. Once one started to fail the heat would cause it to draw even more...

You shouldn't test without props. Between the PID loops going wild and the lack of resistance to spin it is easy to damage the motors. The coil shorting due to either the higher RPMs or the heat is probably what caused the ESC to catch on fire. What props are you going to be running on...

If you have a way to monitor voltage I'd just do that and not try to push it too much on the throttle. It would likely be really docile which could be fine to fly around a little on, you just will have to be careful. The voltage sagging should be a good indicator if you can't feel it in the...

While that is true a LiPo batteries will generally provide more than enough current to damage themselves. What is a dead short if not an over-draw of current past the battery's rated capabilities? When going beyond these capabilities the battery's life span will shorten, and voltage drop...

They not clean the blood off before stitching?

Anyone else just waiting for something to come loose and hit the prop? I think he does a lot of this for effect, but I really do love the aesthetics hahaha. Wonder if he balanced those zipties :P, must have had good control to fly in that tight spot.

I'd consider asking around or look for local facebook groups hahaha. Must be pretty nice to be using NV. Might try an IR sensitive camera or something without the IR filter to see if you can see light coming from it. That would be able to confirm the NV part. Might also look for...

You could lower the throttle end point, change expo, or have a switch that changed either of those. What transmitter are you flying with? I'd suggest Changing expo to be more beginner friendly rather than setting a cap on the amount of power you have available as that could become a problem...

What do you have loaded on the Arduino? That is very relevant, receiver type needs to match what is expected by the flight controller (I assume that is what you are using the Arduino for?). Is this your first build?

Even if you just do the basic exercises like 'walking the dog', it can really help. From a safety standpoint you really should learn LOS, but you can pick FPV up without it, and FPV is considerably easier. The problem comes in the possibility of loosing the quad when flying in unfamilar...

Make sure you are in the right band and not just on the correct channel, and that your antennas connectors match (SMA to SMA or RP-SMA to RP-SMA). Sounds like you are cycling through just the channels and not the bands.

Hahaha, always good to have multiple, and really can you ever have enough? :p Before you order the wire be sure to look at the gauge requirements for stranded alujminium at that legnth and current. For the shorter distances we use you can generally get by with a lot, but when you increase...

Risky situation, really do love to see experimentation though in spite of that. Also glad to see that it didn't end in destruction of the model as new things sometimes do ;) . My biggest concerns would be cutting the wire due to a loss of stabilization, the extra resistance, or the wire...

Check your gain on Yaw, particularity the I gain. Also you might try lifting it off the ground a little more and see how well it does.

I'd suggest a little bit of fingernail polish, you probably just scratched the solder mask off. As long as you are on standoffs you should be good. The flight controller shouldn't be against he frame anyways.

RMA flux should leave behind less residue and still be non-corrosive. I use some R for the low impedance characteristics and a good bit of RA but it is pretty messy. There are desirable and required characteristics for your solder, RA would only give you some desired properties so here...

The main problem is weight. At some point the extra weight of the battery cost more power than it gives. Problem with two smaller capacity batteries vs one equal to the two is that you have packaging, wires, and a plug that add the weight for each pack you have. Some companies make xS2P...