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F4 boards are only and spread since one year only and now F7 board are already in the corner: https://www.banggood.com/Omnibus-F7-V2-Flight-Controller-STM32-F745-MCU-2-4S-Built-in-Betaflight-OSD-Dual-Gyro-30_5x30_5mm-p-1215667.html Not only CPU clock are one more time increased versus the F4 but now a dual 6-axis IMU is present to improve even more the stabilization’s performances. More, the gyro-accelero chips are installed on a dampening gel and should absorb any vibrations transmitted by motors. The F7 board is large (36mmx36mm) and weigths 10g so clearly for >130mm machines. With this board, no problem to push the machine up to 32Khz. OMNIBUS F7 V2 now with inertial damping gyro jacket. The case mass absorbs & resists by inertial damping the vibrations coming from the motors, props, frame, ect… – The added crash protection. The case is mounted by Gell tape and not hard mounted to the airframe in the same way a normal gyro is isolated. In our testing this does work better then soft mounting the whole Flight Controller. Description: Item name: Omnibus F7 V2 flight controller MCU: STM32 F745 (Spi connected to Gyro) MPU6000 (the 6 axis SPI Gyrometer + Accelerometer) IMC268 (the 6 axis SPI Gyrometer + Accelerometer) D-shot Support Dual Gyro Baro BF OSD microSD Blackbox Size: 36x36mm Mount holes: 30.5×30.5mm Weight: 10g Default firmware: betaflight_3.2.0_OMNIBUSF7V2 SBUS, IBUS, DSM2, DSMX Receiver configuration: UART2 Features: F7 MCU – faster than the current F3 and F4 processors. Two gyros on the flight controller: an MPU6000 for sampling up to 8khz and ICM20608 for sampling up to 32khz. Built in betaflight OSD 36x36mm, mount holes 30.5×30.5mm. SD card reader for recording black box data (SD card not included). Supports 2-4S natively 5V/3A regulator Port for easy connection to 30A 4-IN-1 ESC (SH1.0 8P) Package included: 1 x flight controller 1 x SH1.0 6P cable 1 x SH1.0 8P cable Cet article NEWS: Flight Controller F7 Omnibus V2 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

As you already noticed, few news/tests appeared the last 2-3 days ….. Don’t worry nothing serious just I have to move 20 tons of concret with a simple 500Kg trailer …. :(. I hope to resume all testings … very soon. Especially the long waited Walkera Vitus 320. Cet article FYI: Drone-Maniac in slow motion recently est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

WARNING !!!! DO NOT CHANGE ANY SETTINGS OTHER THAN PIDs AND ONLY WITH BETAFLIGHT CONFIGURATOR 3.1.1 INTRODUCTION The Eachine Q90C represents the new revision of the Eaching “Flyingfrog” Q90, a 2S brushed FPV racer with boosted 8520 motors. For this second edition, the Flyingfrog still integrates a 1000TVL CMOS camera but the 200mW 40CH VTX has been replaced by a 8CH/25mW where the Vfreq can be selected via the radiocommand. The full open F3 board is modified is also replaced by another variant integrating a more limited version in term of Betaflight interaction: only PIDs can be ajusted. The new revision includes a transmitter where a vibration’s motor is here to warn when the quadcopter is in low voltage sitation or when the transmission is lost. One major adding is the possibility to select angle, ratitude and acro flight modes from the transmitter directly. The Q90C is also sold with the VR006 3″ inch FPV mask. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Cheerson CX-10C (with a 1S 120mAh LiPo directly soldered) + 1 x Transmitter (using 4xAA batteries not included) + 1 x 2S 300mAh/25C LiPo with microLOSI connector + 1 x USB charging cable + 2 x Stick extender + 4 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 4 x Prop guards + 1 x Wrench remover tool + 3 x Spare battery rubber bands + 2 x 3M double side tape + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW In term of visual aspect, no real change… still the same 95mm full plastic chassis but now the plastic is fully transparent. The 2.4G and the 5.8G antennas have been installed vertically in the read side. It will boost the control and FPV range at least in the horizontal plan. One difference at least about the upper canopy part. With the new version, the pastic is more rigid, more based on a recycled plastic. Another major adding is now the usage of “Hubsan” triblades to boost the general thrust. -FRONT VIEW -SIDE VIEW The microUSB is still located on the right side, where you will be able to connect the machine to Betaflght. -REAR VIEW -UPPER VIEW The VTX board is installed on top. No visible button to select the Vfreq. It’s normal since the selection must be done with the dedicaced transmitter button. -BOTTOM VIEW The rubber band is more a classic one… Three spare are offered in the bundle. No sign of buzzer installed….. a must to install for such compact and light machine…. It’s super easy to lost in tall grass. -WEIGHT Motors and props 2S edition of the 8.5mmx20mm motors are installed. No RPM indications… but in anycase, it’s strongly advise to stock at least one CW and one CCW motors in advance. 44mm triblade props are now installed. They are efficient but relatively fragile. It’s strongly advise to stock a lot in advance. LiPo Here “only” a 2S 300mAh LiPo with also a downgraded discharge rate to 25C. For the the original Q90, a 350mAh/30C was provided Camera module The same 1000TVL CMOS camera locked in PAL system. The field of view is relatively large about 110 degrees…. The lens is in M7 format. As its ancestor, no possibility to set the lens orientation and for high speed manoeuver it’s a real drawback. Transmitter A basic chassis …. without shoulder buttons. 6 front panel buttons. Each time you press on one, you have a vibration feedback. Three speed modes are here. The bind button need to pressed and hold while turning on the radiotransmiter. The bottom left button selects one of the eight Vfreq in the racerband. The three right buttons select respectively the classic 6-axis stabilized angle mode, the rattitude and a real acro mode !!!! Perfect for FPV flight. No specific need to configure it in Betaflight. Acro is here out of the box. Good news, on the RF daughter board, associated with the XN297L, a Power Amplifer module to boost the transmission range. SPI data can be easily grabbed and the radio protocol if not yet deviated can be probably without problem. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS, BETAFLIGHT OVERVIEW, RESCUE/RESTORE PRECEDURE AND DEMO FLIGHT As for all my Betaflight based machine, I always dump all command … and first bad surprize with the new Q90C… any CLI command work…. so no possibility to dump any settings. More no information about the specific Flight controller installed. Officially in the instruction it’s possible to change PIDs settings… but no extra indication if we can change or not other settings ….. Especially it’s surprizing to see that the failsafe is set to “land” instead of classic “fall” …. Now the main problem is as soon as you change any other setting than PIDs ones …., you will change indirectly some other important settings for motors. The machine will let spin the motors at full speed and also will be flipped. breaking main probably some props!!!!… !!!!!!!! Incredible !!!! no specific warning about to not touch other settings. in the instruction !!! . Super weird for beginners. How to solve this ? You will need to manually install the older BF 3.1.1 and press the reset button!!!!. In betaflight whatever the version, only the four first channels are visible. Ok, as soon as the misadventure away….. since there is no specific arm button, the arming procedure is non-traditional: the throttle stick down and the right stick to the right. The machine take off smootlly from 40% of input. The Q90C is relatively powerfull for a brushed motors and the help of the hubsan triblade props. Thrust are compatible with acro figure style without problem. Ok ok it’s not yet comparable with a real brushless machine…. but it’s already not bad at all. The rates associated with each speed mode are well balanced but in expert mode, I would prefer more velocity’s angle… The yaw command is proportional with the speed mode. I am very pleased with the FPV feedback. For a 25mW VTX module the signal is strong and the 1000TVL camera rendering superior to other classic 600TVL. Light sensitivity is also above the average. As expected, after a nominal crash, props will be damaged/broke fast. The flight time in average are far from the 6 min advertized… we have something more about 4min-4min30 in practice. One remark with the panel buttons: there are not easy to pressed when you wear a FPV goggles/mask. you will probably press on a neighbour one… Shoulder buttons would have been a better choice for the speed and flight modes. Notice, when the battery voltage is about 3.7V, the transmitter vibrates…. so there is a kind of telemetry feedback. Strange because the XN297L AFAIK can’t support two way protocols. CONCLUSIONS The Eachine 90C is a good RTF brushed FPV machine as soon as you use it out of the box without betaflight modification attemp. The 2S brushed compatibility coupled with these triblades props boost general performances. stronger than the first Q90 edition. The Eachine 90C flies very well , stable and can handle moderate breeze without problem. Both the control and FPV range are good but I don’t advise long FPV flight since no buzzer is installed. The durability of the pastic structure is acceptable but arms will break easily when impacted on hard surfaces. The bundle including the VR006 FPV mask represent a good deal only if you have a perfect view…. PROS + Powerfull brushed machine + Fast machine + Good 1000TVL FPV camera + Acro & Rattitude flight modes + Cheap full RTF bundle + Good control and FPV ranges + Antennas pre-installed vertically + Wireless simulator feature + LVC vibration alarm on transmitter CONS – MOTOR LOCKED AT FULL SPEED IF ANY NON-PIDS SETTINGS ARE CHANGED – No possibility to change the lens orientation – No builtin Buzzer – No Failsafe “drop” preset in BF – Eat a lot of props without propguards – Need to desolder for motor maintenance – Downgraded LiPo versus first Q90 edition – Full plastic structure This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 63USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Q90C-Flyingfrog-FPV-Racing-Quadcopter-1000TVL-Camera-VR006-Goggles-Switch-Freq-Transmitter-p-1194257.html Cet article TEST: Eachine Q90C Flyingfrog est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. 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INTRODUCTION The Eachine EV100 is probably the cheapest binocular FPV goggles recently introduced. Here is the dedicaced external EV100 DVR module for them. The module will be connected by a jack cable for the AV signal and by the balancer plug of the EV100 to power the module. Let’s discover this module. BOX CONTENT + 1 x EV100 DVR + 2 x 3.5mm to 2.5mm jack cable (4 positions) + 2 x Double side tape + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW Like the HMDVR and the Eachine Pro DVR, the EV100 DVR module can record with three different output resolution. Clearly the highest is playing with interpolation from a D1 NTSC or D1 PAL source. It’s mentionned to write in 720×480 for the D1 resolution, probably associated with an NTSC camera source. Three buttons can be found on the front panel. The left one (<< backward) trigger the DVR recording. When pressed, the red light will flash and become solid with the recording is stopped. The central button when long pressed in DVR mode will pop up the DVR settings menu. The 2.5mm jack port represents either an AVin when the switch is in “1” position or an AVout when in “0”. To record a file, the module must be in “1”. To replay a file or to change a settings, the switch must be in “0”. in “0” position, you must click on the right joystick of the EV100 more than 6s (until the third beep) to display the DVR’s OSD informations. The microSD port where is class 10 card id prefered. The module can be powered via a microUSB port or by a 2S balancer plug. For the connexion, it’s super easy… power the module with the remaining balencer plug of the EV100’s battery. The AV connexion is done via one the two jack 3.5mm to 2.5mm cable. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND TESTING In order to measure the amount of cropping, thanks to betaflightOSD, some OSD informations are spread in the four corners of the screen. PAL source PAL layout Files are recorded in 720×480@25fps for PAL source. Well if the AV source is present before to turn on the DVR, files will be recorded in 720×576@25fps. Here is a screenshot of the Aomway rendering. We can guess at least partially the top four informations on each corner. and for the corresponding EV100 As you can see, the EV100 crops some top and bottom informations. But let’s check if the DVR module standlone don’t introduice extra cropping. This videos shows the recording of the PAL source with EV100 DVR plugged on the EV100 compared with the Aomway Commander V1 builtin DVR on the same PAL source… Clearly some informations are missing for the EV100 recordings… but some were already missing for te AVout. So I decided to plug the EV100 DVR on the ACV1…. and here again the bottom part is cropped…. Definitively, the EV100 DVR has probably the old HMDVR firmware cropping PAL sources. More you can guess some diagonal lines, some interferences. NTSC source NTSC layout Same 720×480 resolution but this time @30fps Let’s check the EV100 recording for this NTSC source versus the ACV1 Good news for NTSC…. no extra cropping in the recording… The DVR menu is a fax-simili of the HMDVR one …. exactly the same settings and option Clearly the probability is high to be able to flash the HMDVR firmware fixing PAL issues. CONCLUSIONS A pretty good DVR module super easy to plug to the EV100 requiring 0 soldering job. More it’s also compatible with most FPV goggles as soon as there is an AVout with a jack plug. My concern is about PAL recordings cropped for the bottom part. It will be main probably fixed by a firmware update (to be inserted in the root folder of the microSD card) PROS + Plug and record + Playback functionalities + Light + 3 records formats + HMDVR based + Compatible with a lot of other FPV goggles CONS – Cropping bottom PAL sources This DVR have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 15USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Micro-AV-Recorder-1280480-Mini-DVR-Support-32G-TF-For-EV100-Goggles-p-1196134.html Cet article TEST: Eachine EV100 DVR module est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

A very interesting brushed board for TinyWhoop class machines. Here is the new Beecore revision now including a builtin Betaflight OSD !!! and some stronger FET (> 10A): https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Beecore-Upgrade-V2_0-Brushed-F3OSD-Flight-Control-Board-For-Inductrix-Tiny-Whoop-E010-E010S-p-1212231.html This new board can be adapted on most recent machines. Three choices of receivers are proposed: FrSky D8 (with RSSI ?), FlySKy AFHDS-2A and Spektrum DSM2/X. Sound to be a great revision. This board is the original upgrade version, update with OSD. It is designed to work with current BeeDuctrix / Tiny Whoop / Inductrix setups/Eachine E010 E010C E010S, just replace the current board with our new BeeCore mainboard and experience the next level of flight control. Specifications: CPU: STM32F303CCT6 Six-Axis: MPU6500 ESC: All FETs are rated at 10A maximum Work voltage: 3.7v-5v / 1S Lipo battery input Firmware Version: BETAFLIGHTF 3.2.0 OSD: Built-in BetaFlight OSD (STM32 controls OSD chip over SPI in DMA mode) Size: 26mm x 26mm (Fully compatible with the Inductrix quad and Eachine E010/E010S frame and mounting pattern.) Weight: 3.2g Receiver option: -Frsky 8CH protocol D8 Mode (SBUS) -Flysky 6CH AFHDS 2A protocol (IBUS) -Spektrum DSM2/DSMX protocol Features: 1.The world’s first F3_EVO controller compatible for Frsky/Flysky/DSM2 (Optional). 2.BETAFLIGHT ready, born for acro flight controller for the BeeDuctrix / Tiny Whoop / Inductrix quad! 3.Full Cleanflight/Betaflight compatibility on a STM32 F303 F3_EVO 3×1 style processor. 4.Fully programmable through Cleanflight / Betalfight using the onboard USB port! Tune all the parameters, PID’s, and rates to your perfect settings! 5.High discharge battery connector wire for more power and performance. 6.Can fly your Inductrix style quad in full rate mode (or even air mode!), fully execute flips/ rolls, and shoot the smallest of gaps with precision! Tuned to give you that locked in feeling you get with standard race quads. Compatible: 1.Frsky Receiver Support FRSKY X9D/X9D PLUS(D8 mode),and XJT (D8 Mode),DJT DFT DHT Transmitter. 2.Flysky Receiver Support Eachine i6, FS-i4, FS-i6, FS-i6S, FS-i6X, FS-i10, FS-GT2E, FS-GT2G, FS-GT2F, Turnigy Evolution Transmitter. 3.Spektrum DSM2/DSMX Receiver Support Spectrum/JR(DSM2/DSMX protocol) DEVO10/DEVO 7E(with deviation firmware). Package Included: 1 x Beecore V2.0 Flight Control Board 3 x Power Cable (For Inductrix x1, For E010x1, For QX Serials x1) 4 x Rubber Shock Absorber 4 x Screws Cet article NEWS: Eachine Beecore Upgrade V2 (F3+OSD, 10A FET) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Kinkong one more time is updating super fast his micro-mini brushless FPV racers catalog. In fact, it’s a the ET’s series which is introduced with three different models respectively the ET100, ET115 and the ET125. For the three, we can find the same structure and common electronic elements. First of all, one of the advertized novelty is the new super strong carbon based prop guard system. It should resist really to hard impact. The ET’s serie also introduced a new 800TVL CMOS FPV camera with better performances. The associated field of view is about 150 degrees. The associated VTX is a 25mW/100mW 16CH 5.8G model, the same used for the last recent KingKong models. In term of flight controller we have a F3 PikoBLX board. Seems no builtin OSD is present. At least a buzzer is here… very important for outdoors applications. For ESC, some 10A BLheli_S/Dshot600 ready up to 3S LiPo. Four choices of receiver are proposed: FrSKy XM (D16) w/o telemetry, FlySky AFHDS-2A, Spectrum DSM2 and Futaba FASST. All the three machine are powered with a 2S LiPo. Well without making a breakthrough in term of introcuded technlogies… the new ET’s serie seems to be super strong/solid. I hope new brushless motors will boost performances coz the systeme is a 2S one. ET100: Description: Brand: Kingkong Wheelbase: 100mm Weight: 71.9g (without receiver or battery) Package weight: 637.9g Propeller: 1935 3-blade Brushless motor: XT1103 7800KV Flight controller & ESC: PIKO BLX FC + BLHeli_S 10A 2-3S, 20*20mm Video transmitter: Q100 25mW/100mW 16CH Camera: OV231 800TVL 150° NTSC Receiver: optional compatible Frsky XM, compatible Flysky FS-RX2A, compatible Spektrum DSM2 Battery: 2S 7.4V 450mAh 80C Features: OV231 camera, used OV solution and high definition. The structure uses 2.5mm thick carbon fiber and super prop protector cover, especially suitable for novice flying. Product performance and wheelbase for indoor through the special design. 4 in 1 10A 2S-3S AIO ESC support multishot, oneshot and dshot provides a better user experience. Modular design, PIKO BLX FC, with the latest betaflight firmware. Package included: 1 x Kingkong ET100 BNF 1 x carrying case 2 x 1935 3-blade propeller white CW 2 x 1935 3-blade propeller white CCW 2 x 1935 3-blade propeller yellow CW 2 x 1935 3-blade propeller yellow CCW 1 x 2S 7.4V 450mAh 80C battery 1 x USB cable 1 x unloading paddle 2 x rubber ET115: Description: Brand: Kingkong Wheelbase: 115mm Weight: 89.1g (without receiver or battery) Package weight: 669.7g Propeller: 2345 3-blade Brushless motor: XT1104 7500KV Flight controller & ESC: PIKO BLX FC + BLHeli_S 10A 2-3S, 20*20mm Video transmitter: Q100 25mW/100mW 16CH Camera: OV231 800TVL 150° Receiver: optional compatible Frsky XM, compatible Flysky FS-RX2A, compatible Spektrum DSM2 Battery: 2S 7.4V 550mAh 80C Features: OV231 camera, used OV solution and high definition. The structure uses 2.5mm thick carbon fiber and super prop protector cover, especially suitable for novice flying. Product performance and wheelbase for indoor through the special design. 4 in 1 10A 2S-3S AIO ESC support multishot, oneshot and dshot provides a better user experience. Modular design, PIKO BLX FC, with the latest betaflight firmware. Package included: 1 x Kingkong ET115 BNF 1 x carrying case 2 x 2345 3-blade propeller white CW 2 x 2345 3-blade propeller white CCW 2 x 2345 3-blade propeller yellow CW 2 x 2345 3-blade propeller yellow CCW 1 x 2S 7.4V 550mAh 80C battery 1 x USB cable 1 x unloading paddle 2 x rubber ET125: Description: Brand: Kingkong Item name: ET125 FPV racing drone Wheelbase: 125mm Weight: 93.2g (without receiver or battery) Package weight: 672g Propeller: 2840 3-blade Brushless motor: XT1104 7500KV Flight controller & ESC: PIKO BLX FC + BLHeli_S 10A 2-3S, 20*20mm Video transmitter: Q100 25mW/100mW 16CH Camera: OV231 800TVL 150° Receiver: optional compatible Frsky XM, compatible Flysky FS-RX2A, compatible Spektrum DSM2 Battery: 2S 7.4V 550mAh 80C Features: OV231 camera, used OV solution and high definition. The structure uses 2.5mm thick carbon fiber and super prop protector cover, especially suitable for novice flying. Product performance and wheelbase for indoor through the special design. 4 in 1 10A 2S-3S AIO ESC support multishot, oneshot and dshot provides a better user experience. Modular design, PIKO BLX FC, with the latest betaflight firmware. Package included: 1 x Kingkong ET125 BNF 1 x carrying case 2 x 2840 3-blade propeller white CW 2 x 2840 3-blade propeller white CCW 2 x 2840 3-blade propeller yellow CW 2 x 2840 3-blade propeller yellow CCW 1 x 2S 7.4V 550mAh 80C battery 1 x USB cable 1 x unloading paddle 2 x rubber Cet article NEWS: KingKong ET’s serie (ET100, ET115, ET125) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

A new model from UPair will be introduced soon (september/october). It will be simply the UPair 2. Here we will have a 3-axis gimbel (2-axis for UPair 1), a 3D/2D(4K) camera combo instead of a basic 2.7K. Not a lot of are available yet… Just basic photos where we can see the original new 3D/2D camera combo. Well … first thing… I reviewed the very first UPair 1… and one its multiple revision. I really hope UPair learnt from its error. Basically the UPair 1 at least with the basic APM 8bits flight controller was a very instable machine …. with a lot of flyaways reported or battery massive brownout. The 2-axis gimbal’s work was already pretty bad with a lot of remaining vibrations. Now with the UPair 2… they shifted from the analog 5.8G FPV to a more HD 5.8G WiFi based. I hope tethering will be here especially for Android devices where 5.8G WiFI connexion can be problematic. Notice they add a Visual Positionning system for better Z-altitude stabilization. Well …I got another concern for the 3D system…. From moderate altitude or distance to object (>20m), in general the 3D effect is almost inefficient… The interest of the 3D camera can be raised. Specifications: -3 Axis Gimbal -Optical Positioning -3D + 4K Camera -1Km HD Wi-Fi Video Transmission -3Km Remote Control -20min Max Flight Time -4S Intelligent battery Cet article NEWS: UP Air 2: 3D/2D (4K), 3-axis gimbal, Visual positionning est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Between a plane and and a multirotor, Vtol (Vertical Take-Off Landing) machine starts to become popular especially thanks to new flight controllers managing now correctly transition between vertical to horizontal positions. Here is the new XK “Sky Wizzard F-500”: https://www.banggood.com/XK-SKY-WIZARD-F500-VTOL-Vertical-Takeoff-And-Landing-3D6G-FPV-EPP-RC-Airplane-RTF-p-1210336.html This new XK model (deluxe devision of WLtoys) includes its 3D6G flight controller with three specific flight mode: one more for indoors application where the machine is vertical and is controller more like a quadcopter, the second more for outdoors and the machine is more similar to a plane and the last one so-called “stunt mode”. The machine is equiped of two brushless motors and is powered by a 2S LiPo. As for most XK models, the associated radio protocol is compatible with the Futaba S-FHSS (Jumper compatible too). I would like to test such kind of machine…I never flew one… Can be interesting. Description: Brand name: XK Item number: XK SKY WIZARD F-500 Wingspan: 520mm Flying time: 15min Charge time: 50-60min Transmitter: 2.4G transmitter Remote control distance: more than 150m Motor: 1307 *2 ( Brushless ) Battery: 7.4V(950MAH) 20C Features: – 1307 brushless motor, 2.5g high-precision digital servo, flight distance of 150 meters or above. – With 2.4GHz comminication technology,can be compatible with FUTABA S-FHSS – 6-axis gyroscope, 3D / 6G mode conversion, suitable for different scenes of flight, more suitable for beginners to practice flight. – Multirotor versatility and sport plane agility – Takes off and lands vertically in small areas – Fly slow or fast and perform aerobatics in airplane mode – Can be hand launched and belly-landed like a conventional wing – 3D6G technology makes VTOL flying easy – Outstanding speed and climb performance – Lightweight and extremely durable EPP airframe. – The aircraft has multiple flight modes 1) indoor vertical flight, the aircraft can flying like a four-axis aircraft or helicopters, vertical flight, hover flight, forward, backward, left and right side fly, spin flight. 2) outdoor mode. The aircraft takes off vertically, one key switch, the aircraft will climb 3-5 meters and chang to horizontal flight automatically (6G self-stabilizing mode), just like a fixed-wing aircraft to control the aircraft climb down and turn around, suitable for beginners. 3) outdoor stunt mode, after The plane flew horizontally in the air, switching 3D / 6G key, the aircraft will get into 3D stunt mode (3D lock mode), Easy to make Somersaulting, Rolling, Death spiral, and other stunts. – The front three points landing gear, can be used for the special case of glide landing, or outdoor glide takeoff, directly get into the fixed wing mode. – Customers can choose 720P HD, 2.4G WIFI or 5.8G VTX, the camera angle is adjustable, vertical shooting and 30 degrees before and after shooting can be carried out. Package Included: 1X XK SKY WIZARD F-500 VTOL 3D EPP FPV RC Airplane 1X Transmitter 1X Charger 1X CW CCW Propeller 1X Battery Cet article NEWS: XK Sky Wizzard F-500, 2S brushless VTOL machine est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Another RTF basic brushed 5.8G FPV racer is introduced by Mirarobot with the S60: https://www.banggood.com/Mirarobot-S60-Micro-FPV-Racing-Drone-Quadcopter-Acro-Flight-Mode-Switch-with-CM275T-5_8G-720P-Camera-p-1209375.html It’s a super compact machine, a tinywhoop size with a max weight of 27g with the battery included. The originality with this machine is the support of the angle/rattitude and acro modes. Good point :). The FPV rig is based on the CM275T, the well known ultralight weight 25mW 48CH AIO module. For the 2.4G the announced output power is “only” of 4.5mW…. so far to the max 100mW allowed for the 2.4G band. The main question what will be the max control range in practice (announced to be bounded to 120m)? Notice there are some telemetry buzz feedbacks sent to the radio ringing when the machine is close to out of range or when the LiPo is under 2.9V Specifications: Aircraft Size 90x75x30mm Weight(Battery included) 27g Motor hollow-cup 615 Battery 3.7V 200mah Flight Time 5mins Charging Time 30mins Maximum Tilt Angle 30° Remote Control Battery AA*3 Operating Frequency 2405MHZ-2475MHZ Max Transmitter Power 4.5dBm Control Distance 120m Image Tranmission Module Product Name CM275T Modulation FM Channels 48 Maximum signal distance 150m Lens H: 120° V: 100° Image resolution PAL: 720*540 NTSC: 640*480 Camera Standard NTSC/PAL Operating Frequency 5645-5945MHz Frequency Control PLL Frequency Stability +/- 100KHz(Typ.) Frequency Accuracy +/- 200KHz(Typ.) Transmitter Power 14+/-1dBm Antenna Port 50O Power dissipation 200-215mA@5V Operating Voltage 2.9V-5.5V Highest Harmonic -50dBm Size 14.5*12*9.22mm Weight 4.1g Features: – It can be switch 3-axis and 6-axis control modes (3-axis – Angle Self-stabilizing flight mode, 6-axis – Semi-stable flight mode), and 3-axis Mode is suitable for professional traversing fans. The 6-axis Mode is suitable for the novice user. – The new generation of 2.4GHz two-way remote controller has a great improvement in accuracy and distance, maximum distance reaches 120m. – Low voltage alarm feel at ease while flying. – If the receiver does not receive the signal for 2sec, it will gradually reduce the throttle value until 1080. – The remote control support low-voltage prompt.(Transmitter beeps under 2.9V. Return to Low-voltage condition over 2.95V.) Package Included: 1 x S60 FPV Racing Quadcopter 1 x Remote Control 1 x 3.7V 200mAh Lipo Battery 3 x AA Battery 4 x Propeller 1 x USB Charging Cable 1 x User Manual Cet article NEWS: Mirarobot S60, a TinyWhoop class brushed RTF FPV quadcopter est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Hubsan just announced a new brushed compact FPV racer (~100mm), i.e. the H122D: https://www.banggood.com/Hubsan-H122D-X4-STORM-5_8G-FPV-Micro-Racing-Drone-Quadcopter-With-720P-Camera-HV002-Googles-p-1209363.html Well nowdays a strange to see a brushed model while brushless are now everywhere… but they advertize about boosted performances of their brushed motor. The general structure is in carbon and the FPV cam can also record builtin videos in 720p resolution (without EIS of course). Well the small originality, it seems the FPV part also includes the 5.8G digital WiFi module. So it means you can either fly FPV with a classic 5.8G analog FPV goggles … or fly the machine via your smartphone/tablet via their excellent Hubsan Appz. The follow me is even announced ….Another originality, the radio control works with bluetooth protocol…and the max distance range about 100m… I want to see if it’s possible to maintain alive a bluetooth connexion over 100m. Notice also there is a deluxe edition where a small 4.3″ 5.8G analog FPV screen is provided as well as an FPV mask where the screen must be inserted. The flight time announced to be around 6min….. Well…. in general I am a bit sceptical about this new Hubsan product except if all advanced flight modes promised via the app work well. Description: Brand: Hubsan Item No.: H122D Item Name: Hubsan H122D Micro Racing Drone Material: Carbon Fibre Motor: Coreless Quadcopter Size: 112.5*111*62mm (3.7 inch X 3.7 inch) Weight(Including The Battery): 116.5 g Battery: 7.6V (2S) 710mAh Lipo. Camera: Built-in 720P HD Camera Flight Time: Around 6-8minutes Charging Time: 150 minutes Max Flight: 100±10 meters Memory card: 4G TF card. Max support: 1- 32GB card class 4 (not included ) Transmitter: 2.4GHz Bluetooth TX 4 LED indicators & Rubber feet 4.3inch LCD Screen(Goggles Version) APP WIFI Real Time Video Transmission Waypoint flight (settable waypoint and altitude) One key takeoff Follow me mode Orbiting video/photo Function: Flips & Rolls,Low Battery Protection,Compatible With FatShark Cet article NEWS: Hubsan H122D a dual analog/digital 5.8G brushed smart FPV machine ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

– AOSENMA CG035 Double GPS Optical Positioning WIFI FPV With 1080P HD: https://www.banggood.com/AOSENMA-CG035-Double-GPS-Optical-Positioning-WIFI-FPV-With-1080P-HD-Camera-RC-Quadcopter-p-1193495.html – TopFX F7X: https://www.banggood.com/TOPSKY-F7X-2D-3D-5_8G-40CH-169-FPV-Goggles-Video-Glasses-With-Battery-Support-HDMI-DVR-p-1187507.html Cet article NEWS: SeByDocKy’s weekly news #73 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The XIANG YU XY017HW is a new brushed 2.4G WiFi quadcopter. You can think… one more in the very long long list. This model introduces some improvements especially for the WiFi FPV feedback. The WiFI preview is in 720p resolution and a wide lens installed on the camera sensor to enlarge to field of view. More with the HW version, a builtin DVR can record directly 720p video files. The XY017HW also includes a barometer for altitude hold stabilization. Headless and on key return features are also included. Announced to be sold around 50USD, let’s check if this quadcopter can be the perfect first beginner machine. BOX CONTENT + 1 x XY017HW + 1 x Transmitter (using 4xAAA batteries not included) + 1 x 900mAh proprietary battery with JST connector + 1 x USB charging cable + 4 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 4 x Prop guards + 1 x Phone holder + 1 x Screwdriver + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The XY017HW is a brushed geared machine with large 6″ props. The general quality build is good… 100% plastic based of course. -FRONT VIEW With folded arms… Unfortunatly the landing gears can’t be folded too … The feet are transparent to diffuse the lights. -SIDE VIEW -REAR VIEW We have a proprietary casing for the battery. But good news, we have a classic JST connector. So no problem to insert instead another 1S LiPo with JST connector. Probably a 1000mAh+ can be use in replacement. -UPPER VIEW -BOTTOM VIEW It’s always a good point to have a central powerswitch… Nearby the powerswitch … almost hidden the microSD card slot We can find some green lights on rear arms and blue on front… There are relatively visible in day light conditions but they can be stronger. -WEIGHT 151g in total …without propguard. You can add close to 12g with. So it’s not a super light machine but we have a geared machine with large props. It means that motors will be under stress….. It will be very important to inspect them regulary and detect any potential extra friction. Motors and props Both the motor’s pinion and the main gear are nylon based. A good point for durability and meshing. 8.5mm x 20mm brushed motors… Be sure to stock at least 1CW and 1CCW in advance. With 6″ props, they are really under stress. Unfortunatly no ball-bearing… but a basic bronze bushing rings are installed. Be sure to inspect them and grease them regulary. 6″ inch props … LiPo A 900mAh 1S cell LiPo jailed into a proprietary plastic casing. Adviertized flight time is about 12min… a bit too optimistic for a 150g+ machine. JST connector Camera module It’s rare … but it’s a so good news to see a lens offering a wider Field Of View….. Here bye bye pinhole lens with 70 degrees. Here we have more something 120 degrees. Cherry on the cake, the lens orientation can be ajusted from 0 degrees down to -35 degrees approximatively. Disassembling Under the piece of foam the barometer chip. Nearby, a 2-in-1 chip from FAST SOFT including an 32bit ARM core and a 2.4G RF chip. I never heard about FAST SOFT before. Transmitter The design is original with this central hole. The gamepad style radio can be grabbed very easily and the general stick’s precision very acceptable. I appreciate that each button are labeled with a small logo very explicite. 4xAAA batteries are required to feed the radio. NiMh model are working. Here also a 2-in-1 chip including the 2.4G transmitter from FAST SOFT. No information found about the performances of this module. The bad news with 2-in-1 solution… it will be almost impossible to capture SPI data for a future DeviationTX hacking UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND DEMO FLIGHT First you will need to download the “WIFI-UFO” appz. Be aware, by default 720p preview is not turned on. The FPV WiFi is based on the 2.4G band only. At least no risk of imcompability with the new 5.8G WiFi… where it’s not really possible to find a channels working for china, US and europe simultaneously especially for android devices. As many WiFI toyquadcopter machines, if you want to control the machine with the radio, you will need first to bind the radio with the quadcopter before to connect your smartphone to the device. You can also control the machine with the appz too. Since the radio and the appz for the FPV link share the same 2.4G link, when controlled with the radio, the max control range obtained is about 60-70m. When the connexion is lost, the machine enganges a slow descent after 3s. So if you are relatively high, there is a potential flyaway. The machine offers three speed mode and even for the beginner mode, the yaw rate is a bit too fast IMHO. In sport mode, funnels are so easy and the machine is relatively fast. Faster than other WiFi competitor for example. I was also super pleased to observe almost no Jello in the FPV video. The WiFI link is really good. No problem over 30-40m…. Of course over distance, the frame rate will drop and some little freezes will appear. Notice also the max frame rate is bounded by the native 720p camera. For close distance, the WiFi frame rate converge to the one provided by the 720p DVR and unfortunatly closer to 15fps than 30fps. The larger FOV is a big plus …. not only to practice FPV more easily but also it’s improving the Dynamic Range of the camera to handle light transition zones. The general color rendition is good and the light sensitivity correct …. but far to reach the best CMOS cameras and far far far away from any CCD cameras. Another drawback… the video recording can be triggered only via the appz… The dedicaced radiocommand buttons are inefficient…. It’s a pity if you want to use the machine without any FPV link for pure LOS flights. 720p recording stored in the class 10 microSD presents a frame rate about 15fps….You wan’t be able to record videos in this case. In term of flight caracteristics, the machine is fun and well equilibrated. Flight times are about 8-9min in practice. Maybe we can regret that the appz don’t offer a Selflie flight mode with inverted command. CONCLUSIONS At the end, we have an acceptable WiFi brushed quadcopter with a camera FPV offering a more wider FOV than 99% of other competitors model. It’s insame that we had to wait 2-3 years to see models with a such important element, at least to hope fly FPV more or less normally. Don’t expect too much with a WiFi FPV machine… The frame rate is too slow and sometime erradic to hope to fly FPV in real confortable conditions. The WiFi link is more here to monitor the current scene you want to film. The XY017HW integrates also a 720p DVR module shooting jellofree videos but with a framerate about 15fps. For a 50USD machine, the XY107HW can be a real canditate for being a first WiFi machine. PROS + 720p WiFi feedback + 720p recording + Lens with wilde angle + Jellofree + Efficient altitude hold + Sporty machine in expert mode + Foldable arms + 8-9min of flight time CONS – Too fast yaw rate in beginner rate – Not possible to trigger camera/photo recording from the radiocommand – Phone holder limited to 5.5″ models – Potential flyaway (slow descent after 3s) – New RF chip… Very weak probability to be Deviated – 720p recordings with frame rate ~15fps This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 53USD at https://www.banggood.com/XIANGYU-XY017HW-WIFI-FPV-With-2MP-Wide-Angle-Camera-High-Hold-Mode-Foldable-Arm-RC-Quadcopter-p-1195757.html Cet article TEST: XIANG YU XY017HW est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Want a super light DVR to plug to your favorite Goggles mask/binocular ? Or to record in clean condition the direct raw output of your FPV camera ?Have a look to the shrinked version of the HMDVR “S” version: https://www.banggood.com/HMDVR-S-DVR-Video-Audio-Mini-FPV-Recorder-for-Micro-FPV-Multicopters-p-1208562.html The module is annouced to weight 5g with the plastic casing … probably around 3-4g without…. One unique button to start/stop recording so no playback functionalities. Notice whatever a NTSC/PAL source, everything is downscale to 640×480 resolution…. So I really hope no specific cropping is added. One unique 4 position port for GND, +VCC, Vin and Audioin…. The module accepts voltage from [3.6V-5.5V]…. so maybe at very low 1S voltage, the module will stop to work. From 2S, you will need a voltage Step down Description Item name: HMDVR-S DVR Video Audio Recorder for Micro FPV Multicopters Size:29mm*22mm*9mm Weight:5g Power Supply : 5.0v (3.6V-5.5V) Current Consumption: Max 260mA. Operating Temperature: -10~+65 ºC Video Output Size: VGA (640×480) Video output formats: NTSC/PAL Light frequency: 50HZ/60HZ Compress Format : MJPEG Records the picture frame rate: 30Frames Audio input : support Micphone input TF Card support: Max.32G Interface: JST SH1.0 or 1.25 pin headers Package Included 1 x DVR Cet article NEWS: HMDVR “S” Mini, a 5g DVR module est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

After their first Brushless Tiny Whoop B05, boldclash will introduces next generation: http://www.boldclash.com/boldclash-b06-fpv-racing-drone-f3-blheli-esc-15000kv-m0703-800tvl-camera-25mw-48ch-vtx-p133.html. Here bye-bye the TinyFish FC … and they prefered this time a more classic F3 board …. I was hoping to see a builtin OSD but seems it’s not yet here with B06. The total weight with a 80C 450mAh 1S LiPo is announced to be around 40g. The machine comes with 0703/15000Kv …. I hope they will be strong enough to boost performances. For all the machine equiped with such motors, motor’s thrusts were not impressive. Maybe with the 80C battery, it can be a different story. The expected flight time between 4-6 min (so probably closer to 4 than 6). Four choices of receivers are proposed FrSky D16 XM/ Flysky AFHDS-2A, Spektrum DSM2 and FUTABA FAAST one… The 4-in-1 ESC board is a 2A “only”… I hope the peak is at least 3A. Oneshot 125 suport but no information if it’s BLheli_S/Dshot600 seems not … :(. The FPV rig is the F2H, I just reviewed… so a pretty good combo. Features: 1.Extremely Lightweight:27g (w/o battery),40g(w/ battery) 2.Brushless motor:0703 15000kv brushless motor;No sodering,easy change motor! 3.Power System:4-6 minutes flight time, 80C/160C 3.7V 450mah 13.3g battery supplies more powerful flight experience;High Current PH2.0 supply consistent current to motors. 4.Camera & Video Transmitter:25mw 800tvl 120° Cam&VTX FPV AIO;Select button to change channels from the hood top; 10°camera angle make FPV easier;No sodering,Cam & VTX connect Flight Control directly;Super light 5.5g with canopy 5.Durable:PP material EDF airframe more;canopy fully protects the camera, video transmitter, and flight controller 6.Betaflight FC&ESC:Flight controller comes pre-flashed SPRACING-F3;4in1 BLheli 2A PWM oneshot125 Specifications: 1.Wheelbase: 77mm 2.FC: F3 3.ESC: 4 in 1 BLheli 2A Brushless ESC 4.Motor: M0703-15000KV 5.VTX: 25mW 48CH 6.Camera: 800TVL 120° 7.Receiver: XM(Frsky)/DSM2(Spektrum)/FS-RX2A(Frsky)/FM800(Futaba)/Without 8.Prop: 40mm 9.Battery: 3.7V 450mAh 80C 10.Dimensios: (3.94 x 3.94 x 1.45)” / (10 x 10 x 3.68)cm (L x W x H) 11.Weight: 0.93oz / 26.5g(Without Receiver and Battery) Package Includes: 1 x PNP 2 x Canopies(Clear x 1 & Black x 1) 6 x Pair of Propellers(Black x 2 Pairs & Red x 2 Pairs & White x 2 Pairs) 1 x Charger 1 x USB Cable 1 x Battery 1 x Wrench Cet article NEWS: Boldclash B06, a new brushless TinyWhoop machine est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Boldclash B06-06 F2H is the perfect compagnon of your last brushed/brushless Boldclash TinyWhopp class (65mm) quadcopters. It’s a complete 48CH 5.8G 25mW 800TVL CMOS camera fully integrated into a profiled canopy structure.. The B06-06 is not only reseved for the Boldclash models and can be in practice installed on any other TW models. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Boldclash B06-06 5.8G FPV-VTX cam + 1 x Inductrix TinyWhoop accessories’s bag + 1 x Boldclash B06 TinyWhoop accessories’s bag + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The complete specification of the module: We have a 800TVL 1/4″ CMOS camera with a wide FPV (HFOV = 120 degrees, VFOV = 100 degrees but no informations about corresponding light sensitivity. The full canopy structure is completly jailing all electronic. Only the M7 format lens exits from the structure. The lens is uptilted with a [+5-+10] degrees angle without the possibility to set it manually without modding. The camera and the VTX are physically separated and linked togather via three wires. For the VTX, a foilded 5.8G linear is installed directly soldered to the VTX module, no uFL/iPX connector. The camera’s rear panel shows a large white button to select the NTSC/PAL format if pressed more than 2s. The Vfreq/Vband is deported on the top of canopu structure with a central transparent button. Short press on it to select one of the eight frequencies associated with the current selected band. If you press the same button more than 2s, you will cycle between the six supported Vband. The list of each six VBands and their corresponding Vfreqs 36mm of distance between holes…. so the module can be attached to most TW’s existing frames The module fits directly for example the B03-pro … Uses two O-rings and two flat scews provided in the B06’s bag. I drilled a small hole in the canopy structure to let the antenna pass through for a better 2.4G control range. -WEIGHT 5.4g … so it’s not the lightest canopy AIO FPV structure I saw … but probably the more durable in the other hands. UNBOXING AND TESTING Well in practice … a super simple module to use. Thanks to the JST-ph 1.25 connector you can connect it plug & fly on almost all TW machines. As you can see on the FPV footage, the video is clean free of any motor’s interférences. Despite being aligned horizontally, the FPV range is very good for a 25mW model. The light sensitivity also pretty good for a CMOS sensor … No real drawback can be found in practice… Good job Boldclash. CONCLUSIONS With a good FPV range, good lights handling and with a solid canopy structure as well as the possibility to install it on almost all TW machines with 36mm of distance for attachement….. the B06-06 F2H can be you special TW AIO camera module without any restriction. PROS + Good FPV range + Good CMOS camera + Solid and durable canopy structure + 48CH + NTSC/PAL switch button + Accessories bag CONS – No uptilt lens angle ajustable This AIO FPV cam have been courtesy provided by Boldclash in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 24USD at https://goo.gl/WkLNKp Cet article TEST: Boldclash B06-06 F2H, the AIO FPV cam Tiny Whoop module est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Power Genius C610 is a new entry model charger. It’s a compact 120mW module, so strong enough to recharge several 4S LiPo in parellel. More, the OS includes some advanced new features: Internal resistance meter, cell balacing mode, servo tester and even programmable DC output generator. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Power Genius C610 + 1 x Balencer board + 1 x XT60 Female to XT60 male cable + 1 x DCconnector to crocodile connectors + 1 x CD-rom No instruction manual printed…. but can be found online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fT4WR6E_HdbWZJbzdTTi1icG8/view?usp=sharing OVERVIEW The C610 is a compact and square box, relatively light including a two rows white and blue display. As many chargeurs, four buttons are here to control all freatures and the menu navigation. According the instruction, the max amperage is limited to 10A for charge and up to 15W to discharge. For LiPo, Life and LiHv, batteries up to 6S can be handled. The bundle comes with basic cables. A fan is here to cool the 120W power unit. The main lead connector is a XT60 model…. I would prefer more a classic banana plug where a lot of difference Y cable converters are available. More for some 1S LiPo with inverted polarities plugin, it’s often useful to invert banana’s connexion. With the XT60 connector, this trick is no more possible. On the left side of the XT60 connector, three plugs are here to connect the charger to the USB for a firmware upgrade or to export data. a temperature strobe and a servo plug. -WEIGHT UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND TESTING As power unit, I used a simple 15.5V/3A power unit. Of course we have the classic four modes: Charge, Balance charge, Discharge and Storage. If you press on the + button, internal resistance for each cell is displayed. Individual cell voltage is also displayed but expressed in mV. Another original option, you can even change to max cell voltage associated with each type of battery. Can be interesting if you don’t want to overcharge a specific battery. I was delighted to find too a servo tester function available as well as the internal resistance meter, an important tool to measure the health of your battery. You have also a specific program to fine tune the balacing of each cells of the battery togather. Finally, the C610 can be used as a DC generator. You generate a power source from 3V up to 24V by 0.1V step !!! great :). Can be very usefull for DIY electronic project. More, you can even calibrate the voltage measurement if you find a small voltage deviation. CONCLUSIONS I am really impressed to find so much features …. into a 28 USD charger. Everything is here…. especially new interesting modes: the internal resistance tester and the fine-balancer. With 120W, this compact module is strong enough to charge big batteries. This charger will be probably my new main one from now. PROS + LiHv battery supported + Individual cell Internal Resistance measurement + Compact and lightweight + 120W module + Servo tester + Cell balancing mode + DC output generator [3V-24V] step 0.1V + Voltage calibration + Cheap CONS – XT60 main lead connector – Few accesories This Battery charger have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 29USD at https://www.banggood.com/PG-C610-120W-10A-Lipo-Battery-Balance-Charger-Support-4_35-4_40V-LiHV-p-1185535.html Cet article TEST: Power Genius C610, a cheap 120W charger with new advanced features est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Jumper T8SG is probably the product that I was the most waiting during the last year. Why ? it’s a compact lightweight radiocommand clearly inspired by the Walkera Devo 7E but integrating the 4-in-1 multimodule, four 3-away position switches, two extra pots and even a vibration system!!!!! In fact the Jumper T8SG integrates all the different mods developped during the last three years for the Devo 7E. So no more tricky soldering job to do !!!. The compactness of the Jumper is ideal for micro/mini brushless FPV racers and thanks to the multi-module most popular protocols are supported: Spektrum DSM2/X, FrSky D8/D16, FlySky, Futabe SFHSS, Hubsan, WLtoys, Cheerson and many many more The list is long and almost every week, a new protocol is added…. This is probably the first “quasi” Universal Radio.. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Jumper T8SG + 1 x Neck strap + 1 x Transportation bag Nice to see a transportation bag included in the bundle :). OVERVIEW In term of dimension, the jumper is compact, the same size than the Devo 7E…. so far more smaller than a FrSky Taranis for example… On the right my modded Devo 7E with two extra 3-way switches and two builtin extra RF chip… With the 4xAA battery, the Devo 7E is much more heavier than the Jumper. In term of plastic quality, the Devo model is ahead… Don’t worry, the jumper is very well build… For the T8SG, out of the box, four 3-away switches are here…. their respective metal bar are short…. There are referenced are Sw A, SW B, SW C and SW D in DevatioNTX. Cherry on the cake, you can find two pots … ideal to control a gimbal for example !!!! Here are the dimensions DeviationTX 5.0 is installed by default. The OS has been release close to 6 months ago at least. Since this date, many new build are available. We can hope it will be possible to update…. Switches are visible from meny -FRONT VIEW Paradoxally, the look is clearly inspired by Futaba chassis….. but in fact, all electronics are largely copying the Walkera Devo 7E ones… Compared to the Devo 7E, the navigation buttons are inverted… A unique large power button and two lights indicates the power status. -REAR VIEW -UPPER VIEW A RP-SMA connector…. so you can attach your favorite 2.4G antenna There is also a jack connector bo be used as trainer port. Ideal to fly your Simulator with yoru Jumper. -BOTTOM VIEW The battery tray is compact. Yoy can fit a 1000mmAh model maybe a 1300mAh maximum. The LiPo must be connected via the balancer plug Unfortunatly, there is a miniUSB port (for future firmware upgrade) but is hidden. Good news, for the new batch of Jumper, the miniUSB port is now positioned in diagonal and directly available from the battery bay. Anyway, it’s possible to drill a small hole to free the access of the miniUSB port. -WEIGHT With a 900mAh LiPo inserted…. only 384g … close twice more lighter than my modded Devo 7E… Impressive… Ideal for long FPV racing session. With the 900mAh, I can enjoy my Jumper more than 1h. Disassembling 5 screws to open the chassis. The design is largely inspired from the Devo 7E. For example, the voltage regulation circuit is the same, the bootloader the same too… On the central part, the huge 4-in-1 multimodule convered by a metallic shielding/heatsink. The advantage of this builtin 4-in-1 multimodule is the SPI connexion…. so communication will be done much more faster than via PPM as for some multimodule for Taranis radio. A 50ohm coaxial cable directly soldered on the cip Good news, the STM ARM core is a 256Ko version…. so no more problem to fit DeviationTX OS into memory. The original 7E got a 128Ko chip and now don’t offer enough space to include all features developped in the last DeviationTX built. In practice, the DeviationTX’s build currently implemented is derived from the “Ultimate 7E” build… just few lines in two C files are specilized for the Jumper T8SG. In a very close future, the Jumper will be directly supported by the Ultimate 7E… The 3-way switches … UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND FIRMWARE UPGRADE In practice, the Jumper looks just a bit more cheapy than the original Walkera 7E in term of quality build… the gimbals offers just a bit less precision but far beyond any < 90USD radio competitors. As soon as you turn on the radio, the jumper T8SG vibes. As for the 7E, the Jumper can store only 30 model files .... it's not enough but it's a limitation of the OS. You are impressed by the number of protocol supported and more some other are available via suboption of the parent's protocol.... Good news, I was able to install the custom build done by Vlad_yy with last source codes: https://www.deviationtx.com/forum/builds/7346-jumper-t8sg-builds Notice that for all protocols based on the CYRF6936 (DSM2/DSMX, Walkera protocols), the Power Amplifier part of the RF chip can be pushed up to 150mW. Here is the Multi-module the PA is probably shared with all other three RF chips… so with a bit of luck, they can also enjoy of such extra boost… The range obtained with the 4-in-1 is as good as individual chip… It’s great More for some two ways protocols (Speltrum, FrSky, Hubsan), some telemetry information are sent and displayed on the radio. You can set some specific alarm. For example on the RSSI or the Vbat for example. CONCLUSIONS For a first universal radio, the jumper T8SG is almost the perfect product… Perfect integration of the 4-in-1 multimodule, MCU upgraded to 256Ko, 4 x 3-way switches, 2 extra pots, a trainer port and even vibrations’s module is here. The radio is compact and light and cheap !!!! No more need to do super tricky soldering job (the ARM core swapping is very hard to do, the diode mode too for the CYRF6936). My only regret is the bad location of the miniUSB port but it’s already solved in the incoming new batch. What we could expect next ? A new model with Hall gimbals, color touchescreen and a voice module…. I am pretty it will be relatively soon available but of course not so cheap. I highly recommand the T8SG for a good first radio… compatible with hundreds of machines. PROS + Builtin 4-in-1 multimodule (connected via SPI bus) + 4 x 3-way switches + 2 x pots + Vibration’s motor + 256 Ko MCU + Comes with DeviationTX 5.0 + Compact + Lightweight + Cheap + Powered with a 2S LiPo + Trainer port + Can be updated with Nightly Build CONS – No easy miniUSB access (solved from the second batch of the T8SG) – Gimbals slightly less precise than the Devo7E ones – Small swiches metal bars – Small pot buttons This Radiocommand have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 86USD at https://www.banggood.com/Jumper-T8SG-Multi-Protocol-2_4G-10CH-Compact-Transmitter-for-Flysky-Frsky-DSM2-Walkera-Devo-Futaba-p-1189811.html Cet article TEST: Jumper T8SG, the “quasi” Universal radiocommand est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION After the Eachine E010S, the Eachine E013 represents another 65mm TinyWhoop clone. The E013 still integrates a non-open flight controller with 6-axis stabilized flight mode only but the FPV AIO camera is upgraded for a 1000TVL CMOS model. Two E013 options are proposed one with a 3″ FPV VR006 mask and one without . The massive argument for the E013 is main probably its price: about 66 USD for FPV quad, the radio and the FPV mask. This E013 clearly targets beginners who want to be introduced into FPV with a small indoors machine. Let’s have a look to this tiny whoop competitor. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine E013 + 1 x 200mAh 1S LiPo with JST ZH 1.5mm connector + 1 x Transmitter (using 3xAAA batteries not included) + 1 x USB charging cable + 4 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 1 x Screwdriver + 1 x VR006 3″ FPV mask + 1 x Headstrap + 1 x 5.8G linear antenna + 1 x Sticker + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The advertized caracterics indicate that we have 6mmx15mm brushed motors installed but no information about their corresponding RPM. Of course, we still have a duct prop system in theory boosting the powerlift but also impacting negatively the maximum foward/backward velocity. It’s not a big deal since the E013 target pricize indoors FPV flight in very tiny spaces. -FRONT VIEW The E013 now offers a full canopy covering & protecting the AIO FPV camera. The linear 5.8G antenna is installed vertically, a good point to optimize the FPV range. The M7 lens is well protected from any type of crash. -SIDE VIEW No miracle, no sign of microUSB port for a potential firmware uprade. The system is a closed one with a proprietary FC. So no (easy) way to change PID settings for example. -REAR VIEW -UPPER VIEW on the left of the antenna, a unique button to control the 40CH 5.8G VTX. -BOTTOM VIEW With the battery inserted via the JST-ZH connector Just a small blue light indicates the power status. In practice, the battery blocks a bit the LiPo insertion. “2310” MOSFET are installed on the bottom side of the main PCB -WEIGHT 25g in total, so with a 200mAh LiPo is one of the lightest machine in the market. Motors Standard 0615 motors…. and no information about their RPM…. In practice, they are a bit disapointing…. The machine requires tp push the throttle at least about 70% to gain altitude…. Clearly some stronger/faster motors are required for a future upgrade. LiPo A 200mAh 1S LiPo with 35C as discharge rate. It’s a good discharge rate, strong enough to handle both motors and the AIO camera even for low voltage conditions. JST -ZH with a pitch of 1.5mm Camera module The E013 integrates now a 1000TVL CMOS camera, but no information about the light sensitivity and the general SNR, two others important parameters to check. The lens is in M7 format with 120degrees of Field Of View. The lens is almost aligned horizontally with any specific uptilt angle. In practice, the camera offers vivid colors and the light sensitivity is really acceptable. A good camera Here is a raw video sample (turn off sound) FPV mask The full bundle comes with the Eachine VR006, a 3″ FPV mask. Despite being based on small builtin LCD screen, the monitor is able to display 500×300 resolutions. So not enough for natice PAL (720×576@25fps) or NTSC (720×480@30fps) résolutions. A 3.5mm jack connector is installed on top for AVin sources. In fact, the mask is not exactly the same as for the VR006. Here we have only one antenna connector while the VR006 got two. A plastic pad covers the room for the second RP-SMA connector. It’s not a big deal because even for the VR006, we don’t have a true diversity system. The VR006 has one unique receiver but with two antenna’inputs. The two signals are merged into the RC chip. I don’t have information how the merging is done, but the operation must be done super carefully, especially the phase difference between both signals must be coorectly estimated. If not the merged signal can be even weaker/destroyed than one signal individually. The right button is the on/off button if you press on it more than 5S. Is shortly press, it runs the scanning procedure. Yoy may need to run the scan severail time to pick up correctly the right Vfreq. If not, your FPV range can be drastically reduced or you receive a corrupted signal, in black and white for example. WIth a 3″ LCD screen the immersion feeling is clearly less impressive versus any 5″, 7″ model. More since the screen is in 4:3 format, the FOV seems even more limited. Here is an internal view In another hand, the rendition is really good for a 3″ model…. The main problem is the short distance betwwen the Fresnel lens and the top facial sponge…. just a couple of cm…. It means, you will need a perfect view (> 10/10) to enjoy the FPV signal perfectly. If you don’t have such (I would say for most of us, it will be blurry. The opening is also narrow…. so almost impossible to wear corrective glasses with the VR006. A lot of YouTube VR006 mods are already published to fix/improve to focusing. Disassembling A proprieatry FC….. where we have a large 2-in-1 module including the main ARM core and 2.4G receiver chip The other chip is the accelero/gyro chip. The 2.4G antenna is installed horizontally … a pretty bad orientation to maximize the control range. With the antenna mod Transmitter A compact radio with metal stick extender (one of missing in my parcel ). Two shoulder buttons…. the left to select one of the three speed modes while the top right engages a 360 flips In practice, the rates are fast…. especially for the yaw command. IMHO, the yaw rate is too fast to fly super precisely in super tiny spaces. A headless mode is here via the top left main panel button. It’s possible to calibrate the gyros by pushing both sticks in lower-right position. Unfortunatly also for the transmitter, there is a no-name 2-in-1 chip as MCU + RF chip. It will be almost impossible to capture SPI data for a potential protocol hacking. More the E013 don’t bind any existing other radios AFAIK …… so no possibility to fly this machine with a better radio at least in a close future. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND DEMO FLIGHT First remark, it’s not possible to guess the current selected Vfreq/Vband by transparency through the canopy. You will need to detach the top canopy element to see them well during the VTX Vfreq/Vband definition. To definitively bind the machine, you need to push up and down the throttle stick until yoy hear a beep. The machine take off from 50-55%…. so clearly motors are very standard without high RPM value. No specific boost can’t be obtained from them … By consequence, the machine has a poor ascent rate….. and be aware to recover some altitudes…. there will be some inertia in the throttle command. Anyway, the E013 is super stable and hover amazingly well…. Despite the fast yaw rate, it’s possible to obtain relatively precise controls for tiny spaces flight slaloms …. The quality of the FPV signal is very nice…. but the range not the best among the 25mW AIO VTX I was able to test. Don’t worry, it’s largely enough to cross several walls of an house…. As you can see on the video, I was able to fly around the garden while being Inside. Some statics appears after crossing 3 walls…. but all indoors FPV signal was really good. A good point. With the ultra simple antenna mod I performed, the control range was hugely boosted…. not problem to fly above 30-40m…. It’s enough for most indoors FPV applications. So the receiver antenna mod is the minimum mod highly recommended. In term of durability, I crashed it many time without any problem. The flight time for the charges of the battery is about 3min30. then after few cycles will increase to 4min-4min30. If you want longer flight time, a 250mAh battery model can boost flight duration up to 5min without problem. If at beginning, we could regret the absence of any acro flight mode, since the motors are just standard, they wouldn’t be really compatible with acro style figures…. so no real regret to have here. CONCLUSIONS A very pleasant tinywhoop clone with better FPV camera than their former Eachine E010C. A serious candidate for being the first compact indoors FPV trainer for beginners… Winter is coming so….. At least standalone, the E013 is recommanded over the E010C. Now if you are not interested by the FPV mask option, is the E013 better than the E010S ? IMHO no …. due to the presence of weaker motors and a non-open FC. For the FPV mask bundle, the total price is very interesting for a complete bundle but…. I would advise only if you have a perfect view. If not, to mod the VR006 to obtain a better focusing can be a bit difficult. My last little concern is about the introduction one more time of a new radio protocol. Here bye bye the Banyang comptability as for the E010C…. so no DeviationTX support. PROS + Good indoors FPV trainer + Cheap & complete FPV bundle + Good AIO FOV camera + Good 3″ builtin LCD scren for the FPV mask + ~4min of flight time + Look CONS – Lack a bit of powerlift – Only 6-axis stabilized flight mode – FPV mask will be out of focus for most of users – YaP (Yet another Protocol) This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 66USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E013-Micro-FPV-Racing-Quadcopter-With-5_8G-1000TVL-40CH-Camera-VR006-VR-006-3-Inch-Goggles-p-1182628.html Cet article TEST: Eachine E013 “Small Pepper” est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

– Boldclash B06-06: http://www.boldclash.com/boldclash-b06-05-f02h-camera-vtx-aio-800tvl-5-8g-25mw-48ch-clear-canopy-4-5g-55-44-16mm-p128.html – PG C610 120W: https://www.banggood.com/PG-C610-120W-10A-Lipo-Battery-Balance-Charger-Support-4_35-4_40V-LiHV-p-1185535.html – XT30 1-3S parallel board: https://www.banggood.com/XT30-1S-3S-Plug-Parallel-Charging-Board-For-IMAX-B6-Charger-p-1186011.html – ISDT BG-8S: https://www.banggood.com/ISDT-BG-8S-Smart-Battery-Checker-Balancer-Receiver-Signal-Tester-Quick-Charge-Function-p-1177825.html?p=YL2512105842201212FR – Jumper T8SG: https://www.banggood.com/Jumper-T8SG-Multi-Protocol-2_4G-10CH-Compact-Transmitter-for-Flysky-Frsky-DSM2-Walkera-Devo-Futaba-p-1189811.html – Eachine E013: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E013-Micro-FPV-Racing-Quadcopter-With-5_8G-1000TVL-40CH-Camera-VR006-VR-006-3-Inch-Goggles-p-1182628.html – Walkera Vitus 320: https://www.banggood.com/Walkera-VITUS-Lite-5_8G-Wifi-FPV-With-3-Axis-4K-Camera-Gimbal-Obstacle-Avoidance-AR-Games-Drone-p-1153627.html Cet article NEWS: SeByDocKy’s weekly news #72 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Do you have a Xiami Mi drone ? If yes, this accessory will probably interest you, i.e. an handheld gimbal to attach your 3-axis Xiaomi Mi gimbal-camera: https://www.banggood.com/Xiaomi-Mi-Drone-RC-Quadcopter-Spare-Parts-Handheld-Gimbal-p-1203889.html This “stick” inclides a 5000mAh internal battery in order to power the video system. Really interesting product. No information if it’s working for both the 1080 or only for the 4K camera. Wait & See. Description: Brand Name: Xiaomi Mi Drone Item Name: RC Quadcopter Handheld Gimbal Input: 5V 2A Power: 8.4W Battery: 5000mAh Size: D36*176mm Weight: 183g Operating temperature 0?~40? Usage: spare part for Xiaomi Mi Drone RC Quadcopter Package Included: 1 X Handheld Gimal 1 X USB Charging Cable 1 X Manual Cet article NEWS: Xiaomi Mi Handheld gimbal est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The SimToo Moment is another selfie drone with foldable arms system where props are fully protected by a massive sourounding propguard. The Moment integrates a 12mpx sensor shooting videos in 4K@25fps and in 1080p@60 resolutions. More Electronic Image Stabilization is advertized as well as targer tracking and a new original feature: SLAM for Simultaneously Location And Mapping. SLAM allows to built in real time a numerical mapping of the quadcopter’s environnement. Promoted flight time are announced to be around 15min. Let’s discover this new Zerotech Dobby competitor BOX CONTENT + 1 x SimToo Moment + 1 x 2900mAh 2S LiHv battery + 1 x Charger + 1 x USB to microUSB cable + 1 x Screwdriver + 1 x Instruction manual (English) A basic packaging but at least a nice transportation bag. No microSD card in the bundle or spare props. There is another bundle including a second spare battery. OVERVIEW Let’s start with the full list of the technical caracteristics. The SimToo is 200mm machine so far far more larger than the zerotech Dobby. Clearly the indoors applications can be not very the best location to fly the SimToo moment despite the huge propguard system. ESC are 10A…. so no real problem for the 2S setup. The processor is a snapdragon, the same used for the Zerotech Dobby. So technically the EIS can be done since the Dobby got it already. Be aware, the machine requires a microSD card able to write up to 60mbit/s so clearly you need an efficiant class 10 U3. If not, you may have some choppy videos with some lost frames. You will need to install the “Moment drone” application and use the default password “1234567890” The machine présents an H-design where the smallest motor to motor distance is 15mm. Generally, the Moment is build with a high quality mat plastic super soft to touch at least for the central section. The main problem of this kind of plastic, they are dust catcher… and your machine will be relatively soon a bit dirty especially if you take off from ground surfaces. -FRONT VIEW The machine is really large…. especially for a selfie drone… Far larger/bigger than the Zerotech Dobby and the Alphacam 4K. The main camera is installed into a tiltable camera support. Be aware since the tilting control is done by a digital servo motors, it’s not advise to touch it manually if you don’t want to break the internal gear system. The propguard system is huge completly jailing the triblade props. No real risk to touch the props even when it’s armed. Palm landing/takeoff are almost 100% riskless. When folded, the machine can fit barely the carrying suitcase. -SIDE VIEW To extract the battery, you need to push strong the two latteral plastic tabs…. In practice it can be hard …. and you even damage a bit the battery during the extraction. A microUSB port is here maybe for future firmware updates ? -REAR VIEW -UPPER VIEW The blue light is also used as the main power button… Hold it more than 4s to boot the machine. A couple of second laters, the ESC music will buzz. A microSD card is located front. You must absoluptly to insert the card before the battery… And I am sure there will be a couple of time after booting/binding the machine you will realize that your forget to insert the microSD card. One more time be sure to take a super fast card… a V60 or V90 is highly recommanded. -BOTTOM VIEW No specific metal element in the foldable system…. so be aware to gently open/close the system even if I didn’t observe any problem with. I am a little bit afraid if a crash occurs…. the weakest part of the machine are these closing system. A small camera for visual positionning and a ultrasonic sensor. Notice this sensor emits some acoustic impulsion modulated by the distance of the closest object. The further the object/surface is detected, louder are these impulsions. -WEIGHT With the battery installed…. More than 420g. It’s a lot compared to the 200g of the Dobby. Motors 1806 motors…. but any information about their corresponding KV With a large hub section for the props “à la parot”…. No spare props in the bundle ? but what will be the risk to break some with such propguard ? Very low IMHO. Battery A 2900mAh 2S model but not LiPo based but LiHv.. so boosting individual cell voltage. Just a unique blue light flashing when it’s charging. I regret the absence of several light indicating the remaining level of charge and also the absence of a smart storage mode. So be aware if you park this battery a long time to discharge it until 50% Camera module We have a 1/2.5″ CMOS sensor with native resolution of 13Mpx. The FOV is large: 147 degrees. So for EIS, it should be efficient after refocusing on the correct central zone of the image. The maximum photo resolution is 16mpx 4640×3480 so playing a bit with interpolation and video in 4K@25fps. We have more or less the same type of sensor than the zerotech dobby. – Raw sample at 4K@25fps Notice the choppy video linked my non-V60 (60mbit/s) microSD. It was recording on a Samsung Evo+ 32Go with a maximum writing speed of 20 Mbit/s. The precision is correct but far to be reach the quality of to the best 4K camera. Seems it’s probably be interpolated from a lower resolution. You can notice, currently no sign of EIS – Raw sample at 1080p@60fps For 1080p, it’s much more smoother …. but more blurry too …. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND TESTING After installing the last “Moment Drone” appz for android…. the FPV connexion is done in the 2.4G band so no problem with any smartphone like we can have for some 5.8G connexions. For the first time, a full tutoral tour must filled. The iOS appz seems to offer extra option not currectly available in the Android one. Probably some future harmonization will be done. Currently, at least for android, only RTH and two different target tracking modes are offered. No sign of SLAM for example. The two type of target tracking preocedures are “Bust detection” and “Hand gesture frame” respectively. Very important, full compass and gyroscope must be done the first time. Go in the settings on the top left corner to access to the main menu. After pressing the takeoff button the machine climbs first to 50cm then 1m high. For low altitude, the machine is stabilized by the Visual and ultrasonic sensors. The precision is correct … but not impressive, especially outdoors where you can have easily up to 1m of deviation in the z-axis. More and it’s already a first annoying point, the machine is not perfectly leveled in the air…. tends to be bent to the right direction…. impacting obviously the video’s horizon line. In term of control the appz offer only the “virtual button” one… it means with “0-1” small answer associated with some tap of the screen. It gives in practice some weird flight attitude non-smooth…. If long press on one button it can apply continuously a command …. but after relaxing it, you have an inertia in the last command taped. It can be problematic if you need an urgent stopping It’s not fantastic. I would dream an associated real 2.4G radio with this quadcoper. In term of FPV feedback the signal is a good with the first 30-40m then the video frame rate drop a bit but not disconnexion. I was able to reach up to 90-100m of distance. For the altitulde if you hold the throttle button, the machine climbs then slowy reduce the ascend rate… until you reach 10m….. but if you continue ti press in the second time, you can go more higher but it will be limited in any case to 20m. From the screen, any sign of EIS ….. at least it’s not chaotic like it is for the AirSelfie drone…. Without stabilization is relatively windfree conditions…. results are not so bad. Results with EIS should be impressive …. but actually it’s not here and not 100% confirmed it will be in a future firmware/App release. In term of video quality…. the 4K is correct without being fantastic… We can still see some compression artefact sand the 1080p looks a bit blured….. with probably a huge associated compression factor. With the actual appz android release, there are a lot of bugs or annoying procedures. For example if you are recording and you press the target tracking mode, the recording is automatically stopped. You will need first to stop recording, run the target tracking then restart the recording. Weird. If you want to control the gimbal, you can’t control anymore the machine…. until you leave the gimbal control mode…. Let’s speak about the performances of the Target tracking ….. Whatever the two modes, results are simply unacceptable. The less worst mode…. just managed to track the target for a couple of seconds if this one move super slowly….. It’s just the worst target tracking I never saw….. In the current appz release no sign of the advertized SLAM…… . More for a selfie drone, no specific selfie flight mode where commands are inverted to point the camera toward you. No other selfie pre-programmed flights…. too…. A lot of missing. In term of autonomy we have approximatively 10-11min of flight time before to reach 15% of battery level where an autolanding is automatically run whatever your current position. CONCLUSIONS In the current state, the SimToo Moment is a disapointement on almost any points. First … No specific selfie drone flight mode… and for a selfie drone pre-programmed camera trajectories… No EIS ….. and despite offering relatively stable videos, without EIS is far to be as good as the Zerotech Dobby or the Sunlytech ALPHAcam can offer with EIS. The target tracking is really not working… and is completly buggy/inefficient. No (yet) promised SLAM too …. In term of video quality … it’s correct but a huge compression factor is blurring even the 1080p recordings…… Well as you understood, I can’t recommend in the current state the SimToo moment at least until a major firmware/application update is not available. PROS + Foldable machine + Efficient prop guard + 10-12min flight time + Tiltable camera via the Appz + 4K@25fps + Transportation bag CONS – Buggy and crashing application – No specific Selfie drone flight mode – No sign of EIS – No sign of SLAM – Machine not perfectly leveled – Target tracking very inefficient – No possibility to control the machine while ajusting the camera tilt – Video record automatically stopping when target tracking is lunched – Virtual first altitude threshold limited to 10m – Lack a real transmitter This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 246USD at https://www.banggood.com/SIMTOO-MOMENT-Airselfie-HOSHI-007PRO-WiFi-FPV-with-4K-HD-Gimbal-Camera-GPS-Folding-Arms-Selfie-Drone-p-1184218.html Cet article TEST: SimToo Moment, another selfie drone est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Yet another microbrushless racer… This one comes from awsome… and is clearly copying the same design of their own Mini Youbi X95. Here is the Mini Bobi X115: https://www.banggood.com/AWESOME-MINI-BOBI-X115-115MM-FPV-Racing-Drone-ARF-Omnibus-F3-OSD-5_8G-25mW-Blheli_S-600TVL-Camera-p-1201247.html In the menu… classic classic and classic ingredients: 4-in-1 10A BLheli_S/Dshot 600 ESC board, F3 omnibus w/ betaflightOSD… Maybe the small originality is the presence of 1105/7000Kv motors instead of 1104 ones. It should boost performances a bit. This machine is powered in 2S setup… probably could handle 3S as well. The FPV rig is based on a 25mW/48CH VTX coupled with a basic 600TVL CMOS camera. The announced weight is 55g without battery so with the provided 500mAh, it should hit around 75-80g. No propguard included…. and my little concern is about the thickness of arms… Seems to be maximum of 2mm from photos…. Specification: Brand name: AWESOME Item model: MINI BOBI X115 Wheelbase: 115mm Wing length: 60mm Motor: 1105 7000KV ESC: 10A Blheli_S Flight controller: Omnibus F3 Propeller: 2435 FPV Transmitter: 5.8G 25MW 48CH Camera: 600TVL Color: Black / white Body size: 100x100x38mm Weight(without battery): 55g Package weight: 220g Package Included: 1 X MINI BOBI X115 FPV Racing Drone 8 X Propeller (4XCW 4XCCW) 1 X 2S 500mAh 25C Lipo battery Cet article NEWS: AWSOME MINI BOBI X115 micro brushless racer, yet another one !!! est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Eachine EV100 is announced/advertized to be a Fatshark FPV goggles killer at least in term of price. This binocular goggle is sold close three more cheaper than Fatshark models. To obtain such low prices the main trick for Eachine is to use builtin screens with smaller FOV: 28 degrees only where competitors offers a minimum of 30-32 degrees. No DVR as well but the EV100 is announced to have IPD and focus ajustements available for each eye. Builtin screens offer a resolution of 720×540. The 5.8G receiver welcomes two antennas and can trigger 72 different channels. I received a pre-release version with very little difference with the final product. I will highlight them of course. Let’s discover ths new model BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine EV100 + 1 x 1000mAh 2S LiPo + 2 x 5.8G linear antenna + 1 x Velcro band + 1 x USB to microUSB cable + 1 x cleaning tissus + 1 x Instruction manual (Chinese/English) As you can see, not a lof of accessories …. Since the EV100 is able to display an HDMI source via the 3.5mm jack port, I regret the absence of such specialized cable in the bundle. More the instruction manual is printed on a super small paper’s size ….. OVERVIEW The Eachine EV100 is on the paper a potential competitor of Fatshark, skyzone, aomway goggles in the sens we have here some features usually only available for 350+USD model. Here is the complet list of the technical paremeters. Impressive to find some 720×540 screens here …. but the real question is how large/big they are ? and what will be the associated Field Of View (FOV)…. Only 28 degrees. One will say that the Aomway are 32 degrees and even some Fatshark 30 degrees…. so 28 degrees in theory should be not a big deal. As screen settings, we can ajust only the brightness and the contrast via the top joystick button but the more important is the ajustement of both the IPD (x-axis) and the focal distance (y-axis) for mypia < 400 degrees and hyperopia < 100degrees... The last degree of freedom ajustement is just impressive for a so "cheap" product. A total of 72CH grouped into 9 different bands is supported by the receiver part. Notice the presence of two RP-SMA antenna connector ... so the presence of diversity seems to be here... Of course, only by disassembling the goggles will answer to this question. No builtin DVR..... so you will need to connect an external module via the AVout located on the right side. The general build quality is good with a good plastic. In hands, the EV100 looks super light, a good point for long FPV flight session, at least for the neck muscles.... (not sure for the eyes ) Installed on the EV100, a clipsable facial mask covered by a large foam element itself attached via a velcro band to the mask. In pratice the foam part is limiting the horizontal opening to 115mm … so it’s narrow and not adapted for large head. The trick is to cut/reduce the height of the facial foam at last with a factor 2. Without mask, the general opening is much more wide (> 140mm) and compatible with almost any head. The headstrap is good and can simple installed/removed thanks to the central hole of the latteral clipsing system. -FRONT VIEW Not a ton of buttons/port on the frontal/upper part. As expected for such price, no frontal camera too (as we can find for some Advanced Skyzone model). We can find just a basic Eachine Logo printed front -REAR VIEW Here, no possibility out of the box to install a diopter system since it’s possible to set the focal distance independently. Anyway for astigmatia correction, this possibility would have been a big plus. Centrally there is the hole fan -SIDE VIEW The left side welcome the 3.5mm jack earphone port and a microUSB port. This latter is used to power the EV100 via an +5V USB power source, a powerbank for example. The port can be used also to flash a new firmare too. The right side shows the main DC input port and another 3.5mm 4 positions jack port used by default as AVout. If long press /click more than 12s the central joystick button, you turn off the RF module and this port is transformed into an AVin to import an CVBS source of course but also, via a special cable, should also import an HDMI source. Unfortunatly this cable is provided.. You can assemble these twi products to input an HDMI source: i) https://www.banggood.com/1_5M-5Ft-HDMI-Male-to-3-RCA-Video-Audio-AV-Cable-Cord-Adapter-for-TV-DVD-1080P-PS3-Xbox-p-1049322.html ii) https://www.banggood.com/3_5mm-Mini-AV-Male-To-3-RCA-Female-Audio-Video-Cable-Stereo-Jack-Adapter-Cord-p-1111434.html -UPPER VIEW We can find from left to right: up/down Arrow buttons, the fan vent and the mini-joystick (four directions + central click). The up/down arrows buttons are used to increase/decrease the current Vfreq Inside the selected Vband if short pressed. If pressed more than 3s, you can cycle between the 9 supported Vband. If long pressed them togather than short press for example the up Arrow you can turn off/on the OSD informations displayed. For the joystick, the up & down direction increases/decreases respectively the brightness. The right & left directions are for the contrast settings. Beeps are emitted when you press in one of the four directions but I regret deeply there is no OSD indication of the current brightness/contrast value. The ajustement seems to be divided into 30 intervals. -BOTTOM VIEW Probably the most interesting part of the EV100. First of all, the noze section is compatible with large noze It’s a good news. But the more interesting is the possibility to ajust independently for each eye the IPD and the focal distance !!!! The horizontal slider set the IPD between 58-68mm… On can regret that range of IPD setting is a bit narrow, especially the upper bound. Something around 72mm… would have been great. The other button is a small Wheel tuning the lens distance to your eyes… and in practice the is super efficient to obtain a perfect focusing. My eyes start to be old, and got a small astigmatia… and I was able to obtain a crisp image. A very important point for those we were correction glasses. In general with Goggles Mask, you need to mod them in order to install between the Fresnel lens and your eyes a third party correction glasses. Here with the EV100. for moderate mypia and hyperopia, just use these wheels to set the focus!!! That’s great This tiny button is the on/off for the Fan. With the final EV100 product, is printed “on/off”. Notice than the fan is super quiet !!!! Another good point -WEIGHT 222g in total it’s at least 40-50g lighter than other competitors -BATTERY A basic 1000mAh 2S LiPo with DC connector. So it’s easy to find other battery with larger capacity. With the provided model, you can use it during 30-40min before to hear the LVC alarm buzzer. A small button when pressed will show the current emainung charge of the battery with 4 different blue light (25%,50%,75%,100%) The battery must be recharged via the microUSB port Don’t use the incomplete balancer plug. This latter must be use with the upcoming dedicaced DVR module. -SCREEN DISPLAY & OSD INFORMATION As you can see, no Diopter bay available out of the box…. so for correction > – 4…. you will need to mod your EV100 There is already a video showing such mod (Courtesy Albert King) A large green OSD shows the current selected Band, the #CH Inside the band, the Vfreq expressed in Mhz. For the final version, the battery level is also displayed in the top right. As written previously,, these OSD information can be turned off…. If you long click the joystick more than 6S, you run the autoscan procedure where all the 72CH will be visited and the channel with the stronger RSSI will be picked up. During this scanning, only a beep is emitted when going from a channel to another one. I regret the RSSI is not displayed for each channel as RSSI plot vs channels. Maybe it can be added by a future firmware update… UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND TESTING Ok after the first contact where I was impressed by the lightweight of the goggles, I plugged the battery and no sign of activity …. In fact the battery is shipped almost “flat” in term of voltage …. So can be partially damaged already even before to use it. It’s a known problem and this fact will be solved in the next EV100 batch according to my BG contact. So after charging the batttery for a while (You need to press on the button to check the current level of charge, no progression bar animation available in the battery), as soon as you plug the DC connector, the screen turn on …. and whaoooahhhhh it’s tiny !!!!! super tiny…. It look almost twicer narrowrer than the aomway in term immersion feeling … A side by side comparaison with the Aomway Commander Strange coz the Aomway are only 32 degrees for the FOV so should be just a lot more larger than the EV100. In practice it’s not the case ….. I really not sure we have 28 degrees FOV (even in diagonal)… for me look more closer to 20… …. So it’s a potentially problematic for close range low riding FPV when a lot of trees and branches. Small details can’t be seen perfectly…. In another hand, the quality of the screen are good, really not bad at all for a such price model. Better than my former Boscam GS922 in term of precision, color rendition but there are still far of the quality of the Skyzone V02 and the Aomway comannder … especially in term of black intensity….. In term of RF sensibility …. we have something in the average….. No micracle with these basic RP-SMA linear antennas. You will need to provide some much more efficient. When disassembling the EV100, we can notice the presence of one unique receiver chip but feed with the two antennas. Can we call this system a real diversity system ? no … why….. A diversity system will pick up the two RSSI values of two independant VRX to send them in a smart demultiplexeur taking the most powerfull/higher RSSI input. Here with the EV100, we have as inputs the two RF signals, not their respective RSSI…. It means that another integration is done. The best would be to “add/sum up” the two analog FM signal to have a stronger one. But it’s not an easy task for HF signals…. In practice, each antenna collects an FM signal… so basically a sinusoid where the instantaneous frequency is modulated by the data signal… If there is a small delay/phase between the two received signal…. the sum not only won’t be stronger than each individual one but can be destructive…. It’s proportional of cos(phi) where phi is the dephasage betwwen both. As you interstood, I really hope the two signal merging is done efficiently…. at least they need to estimate this phi value correctly… In practice, it’s often by a PLL circuit. To resume, the EV100 doesn’t have a real diversirty system but an hybrid circuit offering better results(as soon as phi is well estimated): mono-antenna and here is the layout I estimated from the EV100 until I can see clearly the four elements. As you can no massive cropping but up and bottom parts are slihgtly cropped for few lines (~10-20 max). Nothing really catastrophic, but you have to be aware, especially for machines where OSD settings are not available. The same for the PAL system. The theoric one: And the estimated one for the EV100… Here seems the level of bottom cropping is more ore less the same than for NTSC but the upper zone is less impacted. To resume… PAL suffers less than NTSC in term of cropping… but the general level is accaptable… In practice, especially for PAL source, there is no big difference between the aomway and the EV100. Anoter point, I observed at least with my pre-release version about the AVout used with a DVR. All recordings were more dark as we can see Inside the goggles…. Probably an impedance matching problem … at least in the pre-release circuit. According to some reports, the final version don’t suffer of such problem. That’s good CONCLUSIONS A very interesting first Eachine FPV goggles…. with a lot of interesting features already introduced. What I really like are the quality of the screen the distance lens ajustement system. I also approciate the lightweight of the goggles… and the different connectivity included. Are they a Fatshark killer ? Clearly not…… With such small FOV… it’s not as confortable to fly acrostyle FPV like with the Fatshark/skyzone/aomway one. So Is it hard to fly with EV100 ? no … but less confortable. More … If you don’t have any specific problem with your eyes, a good FPV mask with larger FOV can be maybe more interesting. For example the EV800D with an excellent builtin DVR. If you more problem with eye correction, the EV100 will probably fit your view without any extra modding required with mask… but your eyes with be more tired with the limited FOV…. No free lunch. I will rank the EV100 with an average of 12/20 ( with 17 for the Skyzone/aomway I own). In a future revision of the EV100, I think larger screen will be introduce, probably a builtin DVR … but the price will be closer to 300USD. The EV100 was a super deal when sold at 100 USD… Now at 150 it’s still ok … but the price is just in the border line between cheaper mask and more expensive efficient goggles …. PROS + Good 720×540 builtin screens + IPD ajustement + Focus ajustement + 5.8G 72CH receiver + Lightweight + Basic OSD informations (Vfreq, battery) + Quiet fog fan remover + Can be powered by a +5V source via the microUSB port + Competitive price CONS – Small FOV: 28 degrees but look even smaller – Small amount of cropping, especially in NTSC (both up & bottom parts are cropped a bit) – No real diversity system – No brightness/contrast OSD info – Basic band scanning OSD info – Potential AVout dark DVR recording (fixed in the final version) – Battery shipped almost flat – Small horizontal facial opening due to the large foam – Absence of a HDMI to AVin cable in the bundle – No diopter tray (for more severe visual correction) This FPV goggles have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 160USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-EV100-720540-5_8G-72CH-FPV-Goggles-With-Dual-Antennas-Fan-7_4V-1000mAh-Battery-p-1182469.html Cet article TEST: Eachine EV100 FPV binocular goggles est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The BlackBox D1M is a new DVR external module, a direct competitor of the Eachine ProDVR and the HMDVR. Here also we have a module able to record analog sources up to 1280×720 resolution. Unfortunatly no playback option for the D1M.. and it’s sold almost twice more expensive… Clearly, the only way to win the competition is to offer either better recordings with a higher frame rate or to not suffer of cropping artefacts in recording or better connectivity. BOX CONTENT + 1 x BlackBox D1M + 1 x JST-PH 2p (2mm) + 2 x JST-ZH 3p (1.5mm) + 2 x JST-ZH to 3.5mm female jack + 2 x Jack male to RCA + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The overview of caracteristics. From either a D1 NTSC (720×480) or D1 PAL (720×576) source, the module is able to downscale in VGA (640×480) or upscale up to 1280×720 résolutions. We will of course check if the rescaling stage from the native input resolution can be done without quality loose and frame rate drop. No software included in the bundle …. You can find it attached. On the front panel, a microSD slot and a unique button to start/stop recording. No other ones to playback a recorded file. The rear panel welcomes the DCin power port (with JST-PH connector), a microUSB port, and two JST-ZH ports as AVout and AVin respectively. You can directly connect the machine the module via a small soldering job Or use more the JST-ZH to RCA Cables To power the module from +5V up to +15V (so 3S compatible), a JST-PH 2p cable is given I deeeply regret that the jack connector of the JST-ZH to jack cable is a female model instead of a male. No possibility to connect directly any FPV goggles/mask with Jack output. Video formats Here the media informations of recorded file for NTSC and PAL formats – NTSC/VGA -NTSC/HD -PAL/VGA -PAL/HD More than 12Mbits for the bitrate for HD resolutions UNBOXING & QUICK TESTING As soon as you power the module with a compatible voltage input ((5-15]V), for the first 3-4s no real activity then the red light becomes constant then start to flash. In practice there is an auto-recording opton and it’s not possible to turn off via the dedcaced software. Be aware with the software…. if you update one parameter, I observed sometime the module refused to be turned on. To solve this problem, you need to press/confirm on each indivisual setting then press set. More … when you reconnect the module to the software, any previous saved settings seems correctly displayed. It’s a bug of the software definitively. But the good news, in practice settings are correctly updated on the module… That’s the more important. For the cropping test, I used the following OSD layout -NTSC -PAL The good news, whatever the final recording resolution and the input TV mode, any cropping can be observed Everything is not perfect, for NTSC HD recording, the image don’t occupy the full screen, a black band is present in the bottom side. Can be probably be solved in a firmware update. Another good news, for both PAL or NTSC souces, no desyncrhonization with HD sources can be notices. A good point for picture in picture video editing. The general quality of recording is good at least as good as for the Eachine ProDVR module. CONCLUSIONS The blackbox D1M offers good quality recording with high frame rate and without frame rate drop. The adaptation between NTSC and PAL works fine without any extra cropping. The module is a bit heavy and I regret mainly the choice of the gender jack connectors not adapted for FPV goggles. PROS + Good quality recording w/ higher bitrate + No HD desyncrhonization for both NTSC/PAL + No extra cropping for both NTSC/PAL + MicroUSB port + A lot of cables provided CONS – No playback feature – Configuration software bugged – Can be bricked with bad settings of NTSC sources – Twice more expensive than proDVR – JST-ZH to jack female instead of jack male Black Box D1M software This DVR have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 27USD at https://www.banggood.com/Black-Box-Micro-D1M-1CH-1280×720-30fs-HD-DVR-FPV-AV-Recorder-Support-32G-TF-SD-p-1187267.html Cet article TEST: BlackBox D1M, another external DVR module for FPV mask/goggles est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Eachine E56 is a new basic WiFi brushed quadcopter with foldable arms “à la” Zerotech Dobby/DJI spark. Versus other Eachine E5x’s serie, we have as novelty a 720p WiFi FPV camera module for a more precize video feedback and a new type of remote where the pitch and roll are controlled via a builtin IMU-gravity sensor integrated in the radiocommand. Let’s discover this basic WIFi camera machine dedicaced for beginners. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine E56 + 1 x Transmitter (using 2xAAA batteries not included) + 1 x 500mAh 1S proprietary LiPo + 1 x USB charging cable + 2 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 1 x Screwdriver + 1 x Instruction manual (English) The E56 comes with a nice transportation bag… a nice gift for such cheap quadcopter machine OVERVIEW The E56 is a 170mm machine unfolded. The main structure is based on thin, hard a bit “cheapy” plastic… probably a recycled one. When folded, the machine is 130mm long. It’s super easy to fold/unfold it. There are some “clics” blocking the arms in open position. No real risk mid-flight to have an accidental arm refolding. Important, the appz “EACHINE FLY” directly available in Google play is not working. You must QRscan the one given in the instruction manual. -FRONT VIEW The front side welcomes two large white LED lights They are brigth enough to keep well your orientation in daylight conditions and for night flights too. When folded, the E56 is compact and easy to park in the transportation bag -SIDE VIEW -REAR VIEW -UPPER VIEW A unique power button installed on top. Press more than 3s to turn on/off the machine. We can guess brushed motors installed inside arms horizontally -BOTTOM VIEW The battery tray is optimized for the proprietary battery with a 3 pads connectors comon with some Hubsan’s batteries. To attach the battery install it first in the lower position then push it up until you can hear a click -WEIGHT 85.2g in total Motors and props Brushed motors are install horizontally and for maintenance, you will need to split in two the machine. No possibility to open arm individually. Unfortunatly, no ballbearing or bushing are installed in the motor’s shaft section. It means the friction must be controlled very often to avoid to kill motor rapidely. Props are locked by a central screw LiPo A 500mAh 1S cell LiPo is jailed into a proprietary casing. In practice, it’s easy to swap the internal LiPo if you can’t find official spare batteries Camera module A basic sensor with unfortunatly as usual a narow field of view At least it’s possible to downtilt the lens Transmitter The main originatly of the E56. A wii remote style controler with a builtin gyro controlling the pitch & roll, renplacing the right stick of a normal radio. The unique jostick controls the throttle and the yaw…. like the left stick as for a normal radio. I regret there is not way to attach a smartphone of this radio…. With the four panel buttons, we have an emergency stop button killing immediatly motors…. a must to have when leaning to control with such new radop. There is an headless mode and the it’s possible to turn on/off the lights. To arm/desarm the machine you have to click on the central secion of the joystic. Three speed modes are available with proportional yaw command. 2xAAA batteries feed the transmitter. Rechargeable Ni-Mh works with UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND DEMO FLIGHT So after installing the working appz release, the FPV feedback offers a crisp 720p image with more or less correct and non-staturated colors. More light sensitivity is also correct to handle shadowed zones. It’s a major improvement versus older E5x’s camera model. When the auto take-off button is pressed, the machine hovers at 40-50cm of altitude. The altitulde hold is really efficient even in presence of wind. The control with the gyro takes a couple of minute to be understood…. No delay in the pitch and rolls cammands can be observed… but sometime you need to bend a lot the wrist to apply the opposite previous mouvement. It’s a bit more ticky when the camera is facing to you…. and I really regret the absence of a specfic selfie drone flight mode. At least you have a headless mode available….. and similar controls can be obtained with the headless mode. The 720p fpv link offers a maximum of 13-15fps even at close distance and the latency is minimym of 0.3s. Flight time offers a solid 6min. THe machine looses a lot of power at the end of battery even before the LVC alarm. So IMHO the machine should be flew with a timer to be sure to not damage the LiPo. In windfree/indoors conditions, the machine offers relatively stable videos but a a poor frame rate since there is no possibility to record in 720p video directly from the quadcopter. CONCLUSIONS Probably the most interesting Eachine WIFi FPV machine with a good 720p link up to 30m and correct flight time. The G-sensor brings something new… easy to control but not simplying much more the controls versus a normal transmitter. To be even more interesting, the E56 should include a lens with a wider FOV. PROS + 720p WiFi video signal + Easy control with the G-sensor controller + Stable machine + Efficient altitude hold + Foldable arms + Strong front lights + Transportation bag CONS – No selfie flight mode – No ballbearings – Proprietary battery – No really more easy controls than with a real two sticks radio – Narow field of view This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Banggood in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude. You can find it actually for 46USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E56-720P-WIFI-FPV-Selfie-Drone-With-Gravity-Sensor-Mode-Altitude-Hold-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1187787.html Cet article TEST: EACHINE E56 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article