Tag: mini quad
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HOVERSHIP ZUUL RACEHOUND REVIEW | PART 2: The Build
It feels like Christmas whenever I start a new mini quad build. In part 1 of this 3 part Hovership ZUUL Racehound review, we looked at the frame. Part 2 we’ll hit the highlights of my setup. This is not mean to be a step-by-step how to build a mini quad post. I will do…
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Are your screws loose? Check your motors.
The first thing you should do when you get new motors for your quadcopter is to check to see if the manufacture put thread lock on the set screws holding it to the motor shaft. I noticed my QAV250 quad was flying really strange. It was having a hard time flying in a straight line…
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Quadcopter Basics
When I first wanted to get into quadcopters I had no clue where to start. I have a degree in electronics engineering but all this talk of kv, PIDs, flight controllers sounded alien to me. There is a big learning curve when you start so here is a simple breakdown of the basic parts of…
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Hovership ZUUL Racehound Review | Part 1: First Impressions
[custom_headline type=”center” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true”]ZUUL Racehound[/custom_headline] The release of Hovership’s ZUUL Racehound couldn’t have come at a better time. The day before they released the quadcopter (Valentine’s Day 2015) I had broken my second frame on my Lumenier QAV250 in two weeks. It was getting too expensive to spend $45-$55 every time I broke an…
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Quadcopter Flips on Takeoff: Naze32 Orientation
I learned this the hard way. If your quadcopter flips or pirouettes on take off, there could be three reasons for this: The motors are spinning the wrong way. Use the motors tab in Baseflight or Cleanflight to check the motor directions. To reverse a motor, switch any two of the three motor wires. *Take off…