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After the super original compact mini brushless 3D FPV RealAcc Horns 100, RealAcc (Eachine deluxe devision) will introduce another super original design, a Y4 design: https://www.banggood.com/Realacc-Scops-100-Micro-Y4-FPV-Racing-Drone-BNF-w-F3-OSD-10A-BLheli_S-Dshot600-5_8G-25MW-48CH-VTX-p-1152996.html It’s not a tricopter since you have this fourth upside down brushless motor and not an Y6 since front motors are not doubled. Really an original design. First thing, this machine now comes directly in 3S setup thanks to the 1104/6500Kv motors (slower so 3S capable). The main electronic is based on the Eachine Minicube, so a F3 omnibus integrating a betaflight OSD, a 4-in-1 10 ESC BLheli_S/Dshot600 ready. The FPV rig is based on the classic 600TVL 1/4th CMOS FPV camera coupled with a 25mW 48CH VTX. Four choice of BNF versions are proposed: FrSky D8+RSSI, FrSky D16 w/ smart port, FlySky AFHDS-2A and Spektrum DSM2/DSMX. I don’t know if the Y4 design is a real plus in term of flight caracteristic…. but at least it’s original. THanks to the 3S 550mAh with XT30 connector (the same as for the Eachine Lizard 95), the flight time are advertized to be abount 3-5min (huge standard deviation ) Description: Brand name: Realacc Item name: Scops 100 Micro Y4 FPV Racing Drone BNF Size: 120mm*120mm*65mm Weight: 66g (battery not include) Flight controller: Minicube Betaflight F3 Flight controller built-in OSD Motor: Realacc 1104 6000KV brushless motor Propeller: 50mm 5-blades propeller Camera: 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4inch VTX: 5.8g 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL vdeo transmitter Battery: 11.1V 550mah 40C lipo battery Flight time: 3-4minutes Buzzer Ready BNF receiver option: Compatible Frsky D8 mode SBUS receiver (RSSI ready) Original Frsky D16 mode SBUS receiver (Smart port ready) Compatible Flysky 8ch AFHDS2A receiver Ibus output with Failsafe Compatible Specktrum DSM2/DSMX receiver Minicube Betaflight F3 6DOF Flight controller built-in OSD 2-3S: Size: 27mm*27mm*5mm Mount hole: 20mm*20mm Processor: STM32 F303 MCU Sensor: SPI Sensor MPU6000 Built-in Betaflight OSD (Batt voltage, RSSI, Artificial Horizon, Fly mode, Flytime, Craft name etz.) Firmware version: Betaflight 3.1 Dshot600 ready Target: OmnibusF3 OSD: Betaflight OSD Work voltage: 2S-3S lipo battery Minicube 4 in 1 10A ESC BLHELI_S 16.5 2-3S: Size: 27mm*27mm*5mm Mount hole: 20mm*20mm Firmware version: BLHELI_S 16.5 BB2, 48MHZ Chip Lipo Battery: 2S-3S Con. Current: 10A Peak Current: 15A (10S) BEC: 5V @0.1A Programming: YES Betaflight pass-trough ready Dshot600 ready (Default) Support oneshot42 oneshot125 Multishot Dshot Damped light on Features: Y4 Frame with Betaflight firmware support. Extremely light and more powerful. STM32 F303MCU + BLHELI_S ESC make your operating feel more stabilly and silky. Adjustable angle of camera Jaw-dropping flight performance Acro mode / Air mode / Angle mode support. Built-in OSD (Using F3 MCU controls OSD over SPI bus in DMA mode). OSD configuration has been include in BETAFLIGHT GUI. Radio Stick to control PID Tunes. BLEHELI_S pass-through ready. Telemetry RSSI Output ready. Package included: 1 x Realacc Scops 100 Frame kit 1 x Minicube Betaflight F3 6DOF flight controller build-in OSD 1 x Original Frsky D16 receiver / Compatible Frsky D8 / DSM / Flysky AFHDS2A Receiver (optional) 4 x Realacc 1104 6000KV brushless motor 1 x Minicube 10A BLHELI_S 16.5 2-32S 4 in 1 ESC Dshot600 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CW 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CCW 1 x 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4 inch camera 1 x 5.8g 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL VTX 1 x 11.1V 550mah 40C lipo battery 1 x Buzzer (integrated in receiver) Cet article NEWS: RealAcc Scops 100, a first Y4 micro brushless FPV racer est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

As you may know, Pagoda’s antenna is novel type of circular antenna as can by cloverleaf and mushroom models. A new model from Emax is introduced: https://www.banggood.com/2-PCS-Emax-Pagoda-2-5_8G-50mm80mm-5cm8cm-LHCPRHCP-WhiteRed-FPV-Antenna-SMA-p-1152417.html The main advantage of pagoda antenna is the rejection rate of the dual circular polarization waves. For example, if you have a RHCP pagoda antenna, LHCP signals will be deeply rejected and won’t interfere too much with RHCP waveforms and by consequence will decrease statics and increase the FPV range. You have to know for example that first of all a RHCP cleaverleaf antenna emits part of its power with LHCP and second point each diffraction point can potentially transform a RHCP wave into a LHCP one. On the reception antenna, at the end a part of the RHCP signal is then corrupted by a non-negligeable LCHP signal level. Ideally if at emmission, the LHCP can be decreased as maximum and at reception LHCP can be rejected…. the general RX sensitivity will be even better. This Emax bundle offers 2 antennaes with either 5cm or 8cm of length and the two choices of polarization. Description: Brand: Emax Item Name: Pagoda 2 Antenna Center frequency: 5.8 GHz Bandwidth: 500 MHz (5.55 / 6.05 GHz) Matching: S11 < -20 dB VSWR < 1.22 (at center frequency) Axial ratio: < 1.3 Radiation efficiency: 95% Polarization: RHCP(Red)/LHCP(White) optional Connector:SMA-Plug Length: 50mm/80mm optional Weight 8g Color: Red(RHCP)/White(LHCP) Package Included : 2 X Pagoda 2 Antenna(SMA-plug) Cet article NEWS: Emax Pagoda-2 antenna est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION Toygrade clone of the Zerotech Dobby start to emerge in the market. The first one was the Eachine E50. Here is the new revision, the Eachine E52. We still have a brushed machine with foldable arms which can be controlled either with the an iOS/Android app or via a dedicaced radio control. The FPV part is based on a 2.4G WiFi link coupled with a 0.3M camera module. Let’s discover this bundle. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine E52 + 1 x Battery 600mAh LiPo with JST connector + 1 x Transmitter (using 4xAAA batteries not included) + 1 x Smartphone holder + 1 x USB charging cable + 4 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 1 x Wrench prop remover + 1 x Instruction manual (English/chinese) OVERVIEW The similiarities with the original Zerotech Dobby are obvious…. same ovale form when arm are folded, same location of the power button. In term of build material, the similarities stops here.. While for the Dobby we have a high quality ABS plastic stucture, here with the E52, all the main body and arms parts is based on a thin plastic… look a little bit cheapy and not super durable. Only the upper canopy structure uses a mate plastic. Except that, the Eachine E52 is slightly more longer, a 150mm long machine. -FRONT VIEW When arms are unfolded. No specific safety locking system to hold arms opened. They look fragile. When the machine is turned, a green front status LED can be found, not super bright… almost invisible in strong daylight conditions. When the light turn solid it means the radio binding is done successfully. -SIDE VIEW -REAR VIEW Another rear read light indicating also status can be found. A little bit more visible in daylight conditions. -UPPER VIEW In transporation mode, the machine can carrying into a large pocket without problem -BOTTOM VIEW Four small rubber pads as landing skid. Below them, the screws to disassmble the machine. The 2 pins where you will clip the JST connector of the battery. -WEIGHT 86.1g in total… Motors and props A gear system is present to boost general performances. A small originality, motors are installed inside each arm horizontally. LiPo The battery is like the Dobby model, need to be clipsed in the machine. To release it, press latteraly In fact, it’s a JST connector installed on this proprietary battery 1 Cell 600mAh LiPo is simply installed in this plastic housing Camera module Promised to be a wide angle model, in practice it’s not the case … Unfortunatly, it’s a basic pinhole model with a FOV upper bounded to 80 degrees maximum. Very disapointed. More the associated sensor is a poor 0.3Mpx model… clearly a five years old model maybe more. The only good news you can uptilt and downtilt the lens position. More recording’s resolution reaches the poor 640×480@15fps !!!! yes 15fps… Well no miracle with a 2.4G WiFI FPV based solution…. Weird A raw video sample of recorded files As you can see, color’s rendition is white saturated, the light sensitivity very very poor…. Unacceptable for a 2017 model, even for a super cheap one. Transmitter A basic rounded model without any smal LCD display. To control the machine with the radio, you must perform first the binding with the radio, then connect the machine via WiFi to the app. When controlled with the radio, the machine can’t be controlled via the App. Only the photo/video recording can be turned on/off. To calibrate gyroscope, push both sticks in lower right position. The left shoulder button selects one of the three speed mode when shortly pressed and cut motors if longly pressed. The right button run automatic 360 degrees flips. The smartphone holder is compatible with model up to 6″ size. I was not able to identify the RFchip. I unfortunatly was not able to bind the machine with an existing DeviationTX protocols and I don’t know if this machine is compatible with the former Eachine E50. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND DEMO FLIGHT First impression, as soon as you pressed the take off button when the altitude hold option is turned on, the machine quit the air quicky and is stabilized perfectly around 1m. The altitude deviation is small in both indoors and outdoors conditions. The machine is relatively silent, it’s a good point. In 30%, the machine is ultra slow… especially the yaw command. Generally, all the three speed mode don’t offer agressive flight attitudes… but more very smoothed controls. The main idea is to capture videos the less shacky as possible. In practice, in outdoors conditions, especially in presence of wind, can be probablematic for example to escape from a tree. The radio control range is good, > 70m. I don’t advise to go further since there is no strong light to help to keep your orientation in LOS conditions. As for all digital based FPV system, the frame rate drop versus distance and above 40m, first freezing appears. It’s not impossible to fly FPV with this machine, but only in large open spaces, at least far from trees. The flight duration are good, more than 6min. I like generally the interface. You can enable/disable a lot of option. For example, you can fly the machine without the barometer assistance for more advanced pilot. You can also control the machine with the “gyroscope” mode, where the position of your smarphone will control the x-y axis. As said previously, the altitude hold works pretty well but won’t disable the x-y drifts since no GPS is here. CONCLUSIONS A small and cheap foldable machine with a good flight time and coltrol/FPV ranges (~50m). Controls are optimized for beginners with smooth deplacements. The design is cool … but I deeply regret the super poor performances of this 0.3W builtin camera… If you plan to shoot super great videos… avoid this model. PROS + Foldable arms + 6min of flight duration + Efficient altitulde hold + Nice Appz + Good radio range with the TX + Lens orientation can be ajusted CONS – Horrible VGA camera – Slow controls even in 100% sport mode – No local video recording, only saved in the smartphone – Prorpriatary battery casing 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 37USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E52-WiFi-FPV-With-High-Hold-Mode-Foldable-Arm-RC-Quadcopter-p-1145572.html Cet article TEST: Eachine E52 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

After the excellent KingKong 90GT, here is the 95GT version… so a little bit more larger and heavier: https://www.banggood.com/Kingkong-95GT-95mm-FPV-Racing-Drone-with-F3-4in1-10A-Blheli_S-25mW-16CH-800TVL-ARF-BNF-p-1151825.html The general canopy design reminds me the Awsome Youbi model… In terme of caracteristics, we have a 50.2g machine (w/o battery and propguard), a microF3 board (you will need to remove the top canopy structure to access to the microUSB port ) some 10A 4-in-1 BLheli_S/Dshot600 ESC… and some 1103/7800Kv .. so less powerfull than classic 1104 in this category. The machine officially can welcome 3S LiPo … The FPV rig is the same as for the Tiny 6 and Tiny 6, i.e. an excellent 800TVL camera with a 16CH 25mW VTX…. I guess with the propguard installed and the 350mAh 2S LiPo, this machine should be around 80g…. Without OSD and buzzer, not sure it’s great competitor versus last ARFun 90/Lantian 90L…. The machine comes in ARF or 4 BNF versionss: Futaba SFHSS, Spektrum DSM2/DSMX, FrSKy D8 and FLysky ADHDS-2A. Wait & See. Specification: Brand name: Kingkong Item name: 95GT FPV racing drone Wheelbase: 95mm Weight: about 50.2g Package weight: 250.4g Size of package: 166*126.4*60.8mm Motor: 1103-7800KV Prop: 1935 (48.26mm) Battery: 2S 350mAh Flight controller: micro F3 ESC: 4in1 10A Blheli_S (Multishot, Oneshot, Dshot) VTX: 25MW 16CH Camera: 800TVL 150° Input voltage: 2-3S Receiver: DSM2(Spektrum)/ XM(Frsky)/ FS-RX2A(Flysky)/ FM800(Futaba) Package included: ARF version: 1* Kingkong 95GT FPV racing drone 1* 2S 350mAh battery 1* canopy 1* prop protection cover 4* 1935 props (yellow and white) 2* rubber 1* USB cable 1* wreach 24* M2X6 8* shim BNF version: 1* Kingkong 95GT FPV racing drone 1* receiver (DSM2/ XM / FS-RX2A/ FM800) 1* 2S 350mAh battery 1* canopy 1* prop protection cover 4* 1935 props (yellow and white) 2* rubber 1* USB cable 1* wreach 24* M2X6 8* shim Cet article NEWS: KingKong 95GT est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Want a brushless tinywhoop announced to weight about 32g ? Here is the Jumper X68S: https://www.banggood.com/Jumper-X68S-68mm-Brushless-F3-5_8G-Mini-FPV-Racing-Drone-with-32CH-25mW-VTX-600TVL-Camera-p-1151472.html Based on 0703/150000 Kv brushless motors, F3 flight controller with buitin 4-in-1 3.5A BLheli_S/Dshot300 ESCs, three choices of BNF will be available: FrSky D8, Spektrum DSM2 and Futaba SFHSS. The FPV rig is 25mW/32CH 600TVL CMOS 1/4″ AIO FPV camera module. The structure is clearly largely inspired by the blade inductrix model, with a top canopy jailing and protecting all the FPV and FC electronics. Comes with a 1S 350mah LiPo.. but the builtin ESC probably won’t allow 2S input. My concern is about 15000Kv of the 0703.. For the Eachine DustX58, some 20000Kv were installed and it was lacking a bit of power… I am afraid, it will lack some power but I WANT ONE !!!!! Specification: Item Name: Jumper X68S 68mm Mini FPV Racing Drone Model: Jumper X68S Wheelbase: 68mm Size: 82x82mm Flight Time: 3-4 Minutes Battery: 1S 350mAh 25C Lipo Take Off Weight: 32g Flight Control: F3 ( MPU6000) Motor: 0703 15000KV ESC: 3.5A Dshot300 ESC Propeller: 31mm 1.0mm Hole 4-Blade Prop FPV Transmitter: 5.8G 32CH 25mW VTX Receiver: compatible DSM2 Receiver/ compatible Frsky Receiver (Optional) Battery: 1S 350mAh Lipo Battery Compatible Frsky Receiver: Working Voltage: 3.5-5.2V Working Current: < 30mA Transmisson Distance: > 200m Output Sign: PPM 8CH Size: 20x14mm Weight: 1.5g Compatible for Frsky D8 Mode Radio Transmitter Compatible Futaba Receiver: Working Voltage: 3.5-5.2V Working Current: < 30mA Transmisson Distance: > 200m Output Sign: SBUS 8CH Size: 20x14mm Weight: 1.5g Compatible for Futaba S-FHSS Mode Radio Transmitter DSM2 Receiver: Working Voltage: 3.5-5.2V Working Current: < 30mA Transmisson Distance: > 200m Output Sign: PPM 8CH Size: 13×9.5mm Weight: 1g Compatible for Spektrum , JR, Walkera DSM2 Compatible Radio Transmitter Camera Specification Sensor: 1/4 CMOS HD Sensor Definition: 600TVL Resolution: 1280*960 Pixel: 5MP Min. Illumination: 0.5Lux SNR: >48db GAMMA: 0.45 Refresh rate: 60F/S NTSC, 50F/S PAL Shutter Speed: PAL1/50’1/100,000s NTSC:1/60’1/100,000s Working temperature: -40~+85? White balance: automatic Video output: 1vp-p75 Europe Synchronous system: Internal synchronization TV Format: PAL Package Include: 1x Jumper X68S Frame 4x 0703 15000KV Motor 1x F3 FC 1x Camera 1x Protective Cover 2x CW Propeller 2x CCW Propeller 1x Receiver 1x Battery 1x FPV Transmitter Cet article NEWS: Jumper X68S, the 32g brushless TinyWhoop machine !!!! est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

IMPORTANT: It’s very important to fasten correctly all M2 hexcrews and secure them with a drop of glue. INTRODUCTION The HGLRC XJB-80 is 80mm 3S brushless racer integrating directly a nylon plastic based prop guard. The XJB-80 is a direct competitor of the Eachine chaser 88 or the RealAcc Orange 85 for example. Here we have a machine equiped of a F3 Pikoblx board without OSD, super strong 4-in-1 25A ESC BLheli_S/Dshort 600 board, 1104/7500Kv brushless motors and for the FPV section, a 600TVL CMOS camera + a VTX with switchable output power. This machine can be found in PNP edition or with two choices of receiver: i) a FlySky AFHDS-2A or a ii) FrSky D8 model. BOX CONTENT + 1 x HGLRC XJB-80 + 1 x 3S 550mAh/35C LiPo with JST connector + 4 x 50mm pentablade props + 8 x M2x7mm hexscrews + 1 x 90 degrees microUSB extender + 1 x Instruction manual (English) The bundle is ultra minimalist … a basic packaging for example. No spare props offered … For the price of the machine, it’s definitively a drawback. OVERVIEW -FRONT VIEW The machine presents an X-design where the main electronic tower is rotated of -45 degrees. On top of it, a carbon FPV camera mount installed integrating a solid antenna guard. The main lower plate is 1.5mm 3K carbon based.. Not so bad but not rigid/strong enough to fly the machine without the propguard. The propguard is a unique structure quit robust. To remove this white structure, you will have to remove all the motor’s screws first. With the battery installed and be used as landing skid -SIDE VIEW The microUSB port is available on the lower left side. You will need to plug first the right-angle microUSB adaptor than your favorite microUSB cable on it. The carbon camera support is attached to the main tower structure via the two inner M2 hexscrews, not simply clipsed like for the Aurora 68/90. But be aware, out of the box, these screws were partially loosen. Pay attention to that. The RHCP cloverleaf antenna is perfectly protected by the carbon antenna guard, a more solid structure that we can find for the Aurora 90. Buzzer connexions directly soldered on the F3 Pikoblx board. Generally, it’s advised to add some liquid electrical tape to waterproof all contacts. No possibility to install larger props than 50mm models. -REAR VIEW A buzzer is installed rear … as well as two programmable LED flights. As we will see later, you will have to configure them because out of the box they are turned off. The FrSky D8 receiver is simplly zip-tied on the camera mount. The bind button can be found on the rear side. This receiver was advertized to output the RSSI via telemetry… In practice it’s not the case (luckely there is a buzzer !!!)…. The binding procedure is classic for a FrSky D8 RX: keep pressed this button while powering the machine with the battery then run the binding procedure on your radio. -UPPER VIEW The antenna guard structure is much more solid thanks to this horizontal aluminium standoff -BOTTOM VIEW A battery strap is pre-installed on the bottom side But as you can see, when the battery is installed, the locking surface is relatively small, 1cm maximum … and versus time, when the velcro will start to be used, the risk to loose midflight the battery will be important. It’s advised to install a slightly longer one. -WEIGHT Versus the RealAcc Orange85, this machine is 11g more lighter (135.5g).. MOTORS AND PROPS 1104 motors directly branded by HGLRC … announced to be 7500Kv … so relatively fast for a 3S and eventually a 4S configuration. We have to check if motors don’t nbe too warm after usage. Motors are only attached by two M2x6mm hexscrews … The problem is during the flight, transmitted vibrations make loosen these props !!!!! And you will need to secure their installation by a drop of glue (lockit for example). I even lost one scew midflight!!! Amazing. This is the main drawback of this machine for me…. Can be very dangerous. If you plan to fly without the propguard, be aware, don’t re-install these M2x5mm… they will be too long. Use more some M2x4mm model instead!!!! Props are less fragile and flexible than the 50mm racerstar 2035 models… They are more heavy too… In practice, I found them less correctly balanced than the quadribalde Racerstar model… and some jello is still here in practice… More if you want to push this machine in 4S, a better option should be to install more some triblades or quadriblades models instead. LiPo A 550mAh 3S LiPo with a discharge race of 35C… The choice of an JST connector can be critized. Probably an XT30 connector would have been a better choice. In practice, I am possitively suprized with the autonomy…. A little bit more than 4min not so bad Camera module A 600TVL CMOS 1/4″ NTSC camera… The light sensitivity is not bad at all, a little bit better than the average despite being probably also one 1Lux. The builtin VTX is 40CH (raceband supported) but I appreciate the possibility to set the output power betwwen 25mW,50mW or 200mW. Be aware by default, 0mW is preset !!! so you won’t see any FPV video feedback despite a full channels scanning. What I don’t like, the LED display is not visible because completly hidden but the camera mount. You will need to pull on the rubber band to guess what is displayed on it. To select a Vfreq, just press the button, you will cycle between the 8 Vfreq inside the current selected band. To change the Vband, press more than 3s until the letter will flash. Release the button then shortly press on the button to cycle between the five supported bands. To select the output power, sample principle: long press more than 5s until the current outpower status will flash (0, 1 bar = 25mW, 2 bars = 50mW or 3 bars = 20mW), release then press to cycle between the four choices. The AIO camera is uptilted about 15 degrees but no direct possibility to ajust manually this angle. Disassembling UNBOXING, ANALYSIS, BINDING, CONFIGURATION AND DEMO FLIGHT First thing, the machine comes with Betaflight 3.1.5 installed … almost the last build … but the first bad news: Nothing is configured specifically for the XJB-80 !!! absoluptly nothing … and you will be able to find the main settings to apply on this basic instructions: Not only the receiver settings must be applied (a serial SBUS on UART3), but two important steps must be done for motors while selection first Oneshot125 (not yet Dshot600) 1) Apply motor’s ressource assignation correctly for BF > 3.1 2) Reverse motor’s rotation sens for motors 2 & 3 For 1), you will have to enter the four following commands in CLI: resource MOTOR 5 none resource MOTOR 6 none resource MOTOR 1 A01 resource MOTOR 4 A02 then don’t forget to save by typing save For 2), you can use BLHelisuite software of the Chrome application BLHeliconfigurator. When it’s done, you can now select the Dshot600 option… Another important element is to perform a yaw-alignement with the -45 degrees value. I decided to immediatly upgrade to BF 3.1.7 and you can find all the tutorial installation procedure in the following video: Ok first take off … start to hover from 40-45% not so bad … but it’s noisy … Ok punchout are pretty good ok it’s not a rocket as can be as lighter racer models without propguard, but it’s really not bad No perform to flip and rolls in acro… Thanks to the default BF 3.1.7 PIDs settings, this machine runs smootly … no bouncebacks… That’s great… The machine is fast and respond well … no ton of inertia. A good point for a 120g+ machine. In the other hand, the FPV signal, pretty clear and strong is unfortunatly offering some Jello…. The pentablade props are probably not balanced enough… More, in 6-axis stabilized mode, the machine drifts ….. the Soft tape mounting mod will be a must to do if you plan to fly this machine with such flight mode. Flight duration are also not bad, a solid 4min … As feared, at the end of one of my run, I lost one motor’s screw midflight … I was able to perform an mergency landing luckely… but you can guess it can be super dangerous…. Notice at the end of each run, motors get warm (~3O-40 degrees celcius)… not a good sign for thei durability. I crash it many many time and no damage reported… Anyway, I am not completly 100% sure that this white plastic propguard will resist to a massive frontal crash… A spare one should be stocked by precaution. A general remark… I deeply regret the absence of a builtin OSD… CONCLUSIONS The HGLRC XJB-80 is good and powerfull FPV prop-guarded flyer based on strong 25A ESC. I liked a lot how it’s flying. This machine is more an outdoors flyer, 125g is too much for indoors application. Anyway, two importants points must be revealed: i) you will need to configure everything because it’s not bind and fly machine and ii) you will need fasten glue all M2 hexscrews before your first flight. PROS + Strong 25A + 4S compatible + Powerfull from 3S + Good FPV camera + Switchable output VTX power (0/25/50/200mW) + Efficient antenna guard + ~4min of flight time CONS – Not configured out of the box – Motor’s screws ejected by vibrations (need to be glued) – Drifts in angle mode – No OSD – No RSSI w/ the FrSky D8 RX – Some jello in the FPV signal – VTX’s LED display hidden by the camera mount – Battery strap too short – No spare props – Warm motors after each flight 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 181.5USD at https://www.banggood.com/XJB-80-80mm-5_8G-40CH-Mini-FPV-Racing-Drone-wF3-OSD-25A-Blheli-ESC-600TVL-14-Cmos-p-1129495.html Cet article TEST: HGLR XJB-80 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

The new micro FPV racer of the day… Today it’s a new chinese brand “LANCHI” with “Monster 76mm” model: http://www.gearbest.com/brushless-fpv-racer/pp_631767.html and according the caracteristics and design !!! it’s promising!!!!. We have compact 76mm microFPV racer witha F4 FC integrating a builtin betaflight OSD … .So thanks to the F4 MCU, we will enjoy faster PIDs loop so an even more stable and reactive machine. For the ESC, a 4-in-1 10A BLheli_S/Dshot 600 ready couples with 1104/8000KV so 2S compatible only …The AIO camera is 700TVL CMOS model with a 48CH/25mW VTX. The monster 76mm can be found without receiver or with a FrSKy D8 or Flysky AFHDS-2A variant. For the frame, 2mm of thickness, a real carbon camera mount … Props are 1630 triblades model… The weight without the battery, around 53g… should turn around 70g with the 500mAh LiPo. No prop guard but there is a builtin buzzer …. can be a gread little fast outdoors flyer… I like it already but this machine will need a lot of spare props Description: LANCHI Monster 76mm micro FPV racing drone uses the superior F4 flight controller and more powerful 8000KV high RPM brushless motor. Its camera features a higher resolution – 700TVL, giving you a clearer aerial view; and the integrated video transmitter has 48-channel full coverage intended for the professional competition. This extraordinary multirotor is equipped with the latest 4-in-1 BLHeli – S 10A DShot ESC, making motors respond more accurately and rapidly, so every moment in the air is like flying on rails. Main Features: – High-performance F4 flight controller with integrated OSD – Powerful 1104 8000KV brushless motor, 4-in-1 BLHeli – S 10A DShot ESC – 700TVL AIO FPV camera with 5.8G 48CH 25mW VTX, impact-resistant antenna – Programmable LED board and 80dB buzzer, 2-in-1 design Note: The propeller color ( red, yellow, transparent ) will be shipped at random. Specifications: General Brushless motor: 1104 8000KV ( only supports 2S LiPo ) Propeller: 1630 tri-blade ( red, yellow, transparent at random ) Battery: 7.4V 500mAh 20C LiPo ( built-in ) Weight: 53g ( excluding battery ) Carbon Fiber Frame Wheelbase: 76mm Material: 3K full carbon fiber Main board thickness: 2mm Lateral board thickness: 1.5mm F4 Flight Controller Processor: STM32F405RGT MCU IMU: MPU6000 connected via SPI Version: 6DOF ( no barometer nor electronic compass ) BEC output: 5V 1A Integrated OSD: yes Firmware: BetaFlight 3.1.0 OMNIBUSF4 Function: supports buzzer, voltage monitoring, LED ESC programming Power supply: 2 – 4S LiPo Compatible receiver: SBUS, PPM, DSMX receivers Mounting hole: M2.5, 20mm spacing Dimension: 27 x 27mm Weight: 8.5g 4-in-1 ESC Processor: EFM8BB21F16G MOSFET: TPN2R703NL Power supply: 2 – 4S LiPo / HV LiPo BEC output: no Continuous current: 4 x 10A Burst current: 4 x 15A ( up to 5 seconds ) AIO FPV Camera Horizontal resolution: 700TVL Input voltage: 5V TV system: NTSC / PAL ( auto ) Field of view: 120 degree ( horizontal ), 100 degree ( vertical ) Impedance: 50 ohm Video transmitter: 5.8G 48CH 25mW Different Versions: PNP: no receiver BNF FrSky Receiver: 2.4GHz 8CH, 600m receive distance, PPM / SBUS signal output, 5V input voltage, compatible with DHT / DFT / DJT / XJT / X9D Plus / X9E transmitter BNF FLYSKY Receiver: 2.4GHz 8CH, more than 400m receive distance, PPM / SBUS signal output, 3.3 – 5.0V input voltage, only compatible with AFHDS 2A transmitters Cet article NEWS: LANCHI Monster 76mm est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Joris Favraud and Guillaume Juin, of BigFly, won the “architecture” category at the New York City Drone Film Festival this year for the video featured above. The video is a mind bending journey into the vaulted ceilings of the Saint Louis Cathedral in Paimboeuf, France, and presents the closest we’ve ever gotten to the beautiful paintings and architecture found inside cathedrals. We wanted to pick the directors’ brains on how they pulled the video off, from getting the shots to the work done in post-production, and also hear about how they got permission to shoot inside the cathedral in the first place. — Begin Interview: UAV Coach: Your video takes something most of us have seen (the interior of a cathedral) and makes us look at in a completely new way. Was that your original vision for the project, or what was your artistic goal when you started shooting for the video? Joris and Guillaume: The idea was to create a non-narrative movie that would take us through an immersive discovery of the church. We wanted something epic and dramatic. Also, since our drone can lift a camera and gimbal ON the drone itself, which allows for filming upward at a low angle, we thought this was the ideal situation to see what was possible with the versatile equipment we had. UAV Coach: What were the most challenging parts of making this video? Joris and Guillaume: Flying in the church! Our big heavylifter octocopter is 1,67m wide (that’s 5 and 1/2 feet!), and the church is not as big as you might imagine (the very wide angle lens can let you think this is a big church, but…no). It was a very stressful experience to fly in there. We spent one hour to check every detail in the church that could endanger the drone, and to make sure there wouldn’t be an accident (there was one long wire at the right side that we had to navigate around, after careful inspection). UAV Coach: I believe you said you only shot for one day to create this video. Did you just get a ton of raw footage so you’d have lots of options in post-production, or did you have a detailed plan for the shots you wanted to get? Joris and Guillaume: Indeed, we shot all the footage in just 2-3 hours (and also spent 2 hours preparing before we shot). We planned approximately 2/3 of the shots ahead of time, and the other 1/3 were improvised shots, which ended up pretty good. UAV Coach: How difficult was it to get permission to film inside the Saint Louis Church in Paimboeuf? Joris and Guillaume: It took about 15 days. We had to get permission from both the mayor (who was the owner of the space), and from the priest/church itself. We made some phone calls, sent two letters, and it was all arranged. UAV Coach: How did you first get involved in aerial cinematography? Joris and Guillaume: We are both filmmakers, and were filmmakers before flying drones. We saw a big artistic potential in these new technologies, so we embraced them and created our aerial production company, BigFly. Of course, we started small, just flying a DJI Phantom, but after a while we decided we wanted more and we wanted to offer more to our clients. Check Out BigFly’s Showreel UAV Coach: What drone(s) do you fly, and what cameras do you use? Joris and Guillaume: For most projects we use our big heavylifter drone, which is a Gryphon Redback X8 1200mm. The camera we used in the church was a Sony Alpha a7sII, with some different lenses. We also now have an Inspire 2 x5s. UAV Coach: What are your predictions for aerial cinematography, and the drone industry in general? Please feel free to answer at length (what you see way down the road, what you see for next year, where you see regulations headed in the U.S. and abroad, new applications, etc.). Joris and Guillaume: The drone industry has moved so quickly these past 5 years. When we see what we were able to accomplish with a crew of just two people, in half a day, that’s crazy. Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to do something like what we did here in this video (or you would have needed a big crew, huge machinery, cranes, etc). So we just can’t imagine what we’re going to see and do in another ten years. We often think that we’ve reach the end of what we can do and need with a drone, but we are always surprised every year by the new technology that continues to come out. As French regulated drone pilots, we feel pretty stifled by drone regulation outside of France, and outside of Europe in general. We just can’t work in many countries. We hope that in the near future, there will be at least some kind of global / European drone regulations created to solve the regulation issue. — What’s better than race cars? Race cars by drone! Check out this BigFly video, Motor Spirit. Into climbing? How about ice climbing? The drone shots in this BigFly video of people climbing a frozen cliff face are amazing, and also kind of terrifying to watch. This is not for the light of heart! Want more interviews from the NYCDFF? Check these out: Parkour in Spain—An Interview with Giles Campbell Longley, “Extreme Sports” Winner at NYCDFF 2017 An Interview with Lucas Zanatto, “Featuring Drones” Category Winner at the New York City Drone Film Festival An Interview with KopterCam, “ShowReel” Category Winner at the New York City Drone Film Festival The post Drones in Cathedrals: An Interview with BigFly, “Architecture” Category Winner at the NYCDFF appeared first on UAV Coach. View the full article

This is probably the most original FPV quadcopter racer introduced in 2017!!! A 100mm FPV brushless racer with 3D FPV and inverted rear motors !!!: https://www.banggood.com/Realacc-Horns-100-Micro-3D-FPV-Racing-Drone-BNF-Dual-600TVL-Cameras-5_8G-25MW-48CH-VTX-F3-OSD-p-1151159.html?p=YL2512105842201212FR. First of all you need some compatible FPV goggles to play with this machine, to be more precise some SKY02S 3D (I got some !!! I am lucky ) Is-it possible to fly in 2D-FPV with this machine ? yes but the FPV view will be shifted right or left. The electronic is the same than all the last Eachine Aurora’s (RealAcc = deluxe Eachine brand): A Eachine Minicube with 4-in-1 10A ESC BLheli_S/Dshot600 board, a F3 Omnibus, and four choice of receivers: i) spektrum DSM2/DSMX, ii) FlySky AFHDS-2A, iii) FrSky D8+RSSI and iv) FrSky D16 w/ smartport. For this last FrSky receiver, the range is increased. I hope telemetry informations are coded via the smart port. Notice this machine is now directly powered with a 400mAh 3S LiPo. The two originalities can be noticed immediatly: a carbon plate support holding laterally two 600TVL 25mW AIO FPV module, one for each eye. I advise to select two raceband Vfreqs for a better mutual rejection. I am a little bit scary about the robustness of this carbon support plate …. In fact, more generally, my concerns are about the solidity of this structure … Arms seems about 1.5mm ..a and not plain… and like the Aurora 100, can be super fragile. I am not convinced also about the absolupte importance to have inverted rear motors…. I hope if the camera support breaks, at least one AIO camera can be installed front like a normal FPV racer…. To resume a super original machine … but probably a super fragile one too. Wait & See. I will ask to review it of course… Description: Brand name: Realacc Item name: Realacc Horns 100 Micro 3D FPV Racing Drone BNF Size: 120mm*120mm*60mm Weight: 75g (battery not include) Flight controller: Minicube Betaflight F3 Flight controller built-in OSD Motor: Realacc 1104 KV7500 brushless motor Propeller: 50mm 5-blades propeller Camera: 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4inch * 2 VTX: 5.8g 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL Video transmitter * 2 Battery: 11.1V 400mah 80C lipo battery Flight time: 3 minutes Buzzer Ready Require: SKY02S 3D FPV Goggles Receiver option: Compatible Frsky D8 mode SBUS receiver (RSSI ready) Original Frsky D16 mode SBUS receiver (Smart port ready) Compatible Flysky 8ch AFHDS2A receiver Ibus output with Failsafe Compatible Specktrum DSM2/DSMX receiver Minicube Betaflight F3 6DOF Flight controller built-in OSD 2-3S: Size: 27mm*27mm*5mm Mount hole: 20mm*20mm Processor: STM32 F303 MCU Sensor: SPI Sensor MPU6000 Built-in Betaflight OSD (Batt voltage, RSSI, Artificial Horizon, Fly mode, Flytime, Craft name etz.) Firmware version: Betaflight 3.1 Dshot600 ready Target: OmnibusF3 OSD: Betaflight OSD Work voltage: 2S-3S lipo battery Minicube 4 in 1 10A ESC BLHELI_S 16.5 2-3S: Size: 27mm*27mm*5mm Mount hole: 20mm*20mm Firmware version: BLHELI_S 16.5 BB2, 48MHZ Chip Lipo Battery: 2S-3S Con. Current: 10A Peak Current: 15A (10S) BEC: 5V @0.1A Programming: YES Betaflight pass-trough ready Dshot600 ready (Default) Support oneshot42 oneshot125 Multishot Dshot Damped light on Features: Extremely light and more powerful. Dual cameras & video transmitters. 3D FPV flight, amazing experience. STM32 F303MCU + BLHELI_S ESC make your operating feel more stability and silky. Adjustable angle of camera. Jaw-dropping flight performance. Betaflight support. Acro mode / Air mode /Angle mode support. Built-in OSD (Using F3 MCU controls OSD over SPI bus in DMA mode). OSD configuration has been include in BETAFLIGHT GUI. Radio Stick to control PID Tunes. BLEHELI_S pass-through ready. Telemetry RSSI Output ready (Compatible Frsky D8 Version). Smart port ready (Original Frsky D16 Version). Package included: 1 x Realacc Horns 100 Frame kit 1 x Minicube Betaflight F3 6DOF flight controller build-in OSD 1 x Original Frsky D16 receiver / Compatible Frsky D8 / DSM / Flysky AFHDS2A Receiver (optional) 4 x Realacc 1104 7500KV brushless motor 1 x Minicube 10A BLHELI_S 16.5 2-3S 4 in 1 ESC Dshot600 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CW 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CCW 2 x 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4 inch camera 2 x 5.8g 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL VTX 1 x 11.1V 400mah 80C lipo battery JST plug 1 x Buzzer (integrated in receiver) Cet article NEWS: RealAcc Horns 100, the first 3D FPV micro FPV racer ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

A new Makerfire model is announced, this time a brushless 90mm model, the Armor 90: https://www.banggood.com/Makerfire-Armor-90-90mm-Mini-FPV-Racing-Drone-W-F3-5_8G-40CH-600TVL-BNF-ARF-p-1150751.html. It’s not exactly a brushless TinyWhoop clone as can be the DYS ELF 83mm (review coming soon). Here we have more a propguard system than a ducted one. Anyway, the Armor is a 2S machine based on 1104/7500Kv (3S compatible ?) controlled via a 4-in-1 10A BLheli_s/Dshot300 + builtin LDO. The Flight controller is F3 Omnibus… No indication if a OSD and buzzer are installed. The FPV rig is a classic 600TVL CMOS 25mW 48CH AIO solution. Announced to scale around 85.3g with the 350mAh 2S LiPo installed, so almost 100% indoors friendly. The propguard seems in plastic material … no carbon here like for the Halo/Aurora 90. This model can be found in ARF or with BNF with two types of receiver: a DSM2/DSMX or a FrSky D16 (XM+) model. The choice of the XM+ is a good one in term of control range. I hope there is an OSD coz the DYS ELF got one in comparaison. Specification: Item name: Armor 90 Micro Brushless FPV Racing Drone Wheelbase: 90mm Weight: 60.5g(without battery) / 85.3g (battery included) Receiver: DSM receiver Brushless Motor: MKF1104 7500KV Brushless ESC: 4 in 1 Oneshot/Dshot300 LDO 10A Flight Control: F3 Bateflight_OMNIBUS Camera: 600TVL HD, 120° Video transmitter: 5.8G 40CH 25mW Video transmitter antenna: 3DBi Propeller: 1935 3 blade propellers Battery: 350mAh 2S 7.4V LiPo 60C Flight Time: About 5 minutes The item comes with two versions: BNF version and ARF version. BNF version comes with receiver, ARF comes without receiver. Features: -Tank appearance with carbon fiber light weight materials (85.3g) -High-performance flight control F3 flight control system integrated OSD function, support the original eco-Betaflight_OMNIBUS firmware -The new mini version of the 4 in 1 with the LDO function, support Oneshot/Dshot300 signal, with the perfect combination of flight control tower structure -Configuration 25mW camera transmission system, wide dynamic wide-angle camera, good backlight effect, 48CH frequency band -Brushless power system provides sufficient power to experience the first perspective flight. Package included: 1* Armor 90mm Mini FPV Racing Drone 2* Propeller guards 2* 1935 3 blade propellers CW 2* 1935 3 blade propeller CCW 1* Lipo battery charger cable 1* Micro USB cable 1* 350mAh 60C 2S LiPo battery 1* Battery strap Cet article NEWS: Makerfire Armor 90 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Each time someone asks what it is the best first quadcopter to enter into this hobby, I strongly recommand more a mini-quadcopter model. My first machine was a JXD JD385 just ultra fun to play with..: agile, fast, wind resistant, and good flight time… Eachine is reintroducing such kind of model with the E70 mini: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E70-Mini-Headless-Mode-One-Key-Return-3D-Flips-2_4G-4CH-6-Axis-LED-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1150488.html. Not a revolution here, just a basic but good first beginner machine with prop guard added… The size is not too small (a bit boring versus time) and too large to hurt someone. The E70 mini is based has three different speed modes, auto 360 degrees flip button but now classic headless and one key return features. The machine is equiped of 0820 coreless motors … I strongly advise to stock always at least one CW and one CCW motors in advance. Description: Brand Name: Eachine Item NO.: E70 Frequency: 2.4G Channel: 4ch Gyro: 6 axis Color: Black Product battery: 3.7V 250mAh 25c (Included) Transmitter Battery: 4*1.5AAA (Not Included) Charging time: 60mins Flying time: 7-8mins R/C distance: 50-80m Quadcopter size: 13.5 x 13.5 x 4cm Package size: 21.5 x 11 x 17.5cm Features: – With Headless Mode, no need to adjust the position of aircraft before flying. – With One key to return function makes it easily to find the way home. – 2.4GHz Technology Adopted for Anti-Interference. – 4 Channel which can do ascend, descend, forward, backward, left sideward fly, right sideward fly and rolling 360°. – 6-axis gyro which can have more stable flying and be easy to control. – It have 3-level flight speed to switch that can make more fun with the flying. – It can realize 3D tumbling 360°rolling in four directions with 4 LED lights. – The quadcopter fuselage is made of high strength and resistant engineering plastics, lightweight and durable resistance. – Charging Cable with Protection Board. Function: Up/down, Forward/backward, Turn left/right, Sideward flight, 3D Flips, LED Light, Headless Mode, One Key Return, 3 Speed Mode Package Included: 1 x Eachine E70 RC Quadcopter 1 x Transmitter 1 x 3.7V 250mAh battery 1 x USB charging Cable 4 x Propeller 1 x User manual Just an old video with my JXD JD 385 Cet article NEWS: Eachine E70 mini, the perfect first machine ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

After laying off a third of its workforce a few months ago, Parrot just announced that they are launching a Professional division focused exclusively on the “prosumer” market. Parrot currently has an expensive line of commercial drones that sell for $11,000 and up, and a line of consumer drones that sell for as little as $100. The new Professional division will focus on the sweet spot between these two extremes, with drones that will be sold in the $1,000 to $5,000 range for small and medium business applications. Drones in this “prosumer”-focused division will be aimed at supporting commercial applications such as construction and agriculture, with tools that can be operated without the need for a professional pilot. This announcement from Parrot comes right on the heels of 3D Robotics releasing the news that they raised $53 million in a series D funding round, with the money raised going to support the growth of their construction-focused platform Site Scan. This news, along with DJI’s recently released Matrice series and Yuneec’s Typhoon H920, is making it look more and more like construction and ag applications may be the biggest new sectors for growth in the drone industry. The Drones of Parrot’s New Professional Division Parrot’s new Professional division will add additional features and technology to existing drones in Parrot’s portfolio—such as the Disco and the Bebop—to make them suitable for construction, agriculture, real estate, and other applications. Three of the drones that have been announced for inclusion in Parrot’s Professional division are basically upgraded versions of the two Parrot drones mentioned above, the Bebop and the Disco. The Disco-Pro AG Application: Agriculture The Disco-Pro is an upgraded version of the Disco, which comes with high-performance sensors and autonomous flight-planning software, aimed at gathering data for farmers and agricultural cooperatives. The Disco-Pro will be available for $4,500 starting in June. “[The Disco-Pro AG] offers farmers and small agricultural cooperatives an ‘end-to-end’ solution to easily and quickly obtain reliable information on the state of their crops, such as wheat, barley, colza and corn.” – Parrot website The Bebop-Pro 3D Applications: Construction and Real Estate The Bebop-Pro 3D is an upgraded version of the Bebop Pro, which comes with aerial image capture for 3D modeling, and is aimed primarily at the construction and real estate markets. The Bebop-Pro 3D will be available for $1,100 starting in June. “The is especially targeted at professionals including real-estate agents, architects, craftsmen and property insurance brokers.… and enables them to easily create promotional videos or interactive 3D models, to build quotes of a building, to supervise a worksite and to print 3D models.” – Parrot website The Bebop-Pro Thermal Applications: Construction and Real Estate The Bebop-Pro Thermal is an upgraded version of the Bebop Pro, which comes with a thermal imaging camera, and is also aimed primarily at the construction and real estate markets. Release date and price haven’t yet been announced for the Thermal. “[The Bebop-Pro Thermal] enables inspection and thermal detection companies, roofers, plumbers, building workers, and also firefighters, to get thermal and radiometry information, live and/or in pictures.” – Parrot website Stiff Competition Parrot is one of the few companies that actually competes with DJI, but the competition is quite stiff. Not long ago Parrot laid off 300 employees, which represented about a third of its drone personnel. Following the layoffs Parrot reorganized to focus on UAVs for commercial applications. This announcement of Parrot’s new Professional division is the first major step forward in this reorganization. The primary cause of Parrot going through such radical restructuring is that they essentially lost the consumer battle to DJI. In the fourth quarter of 2016 Parrot’s consumer sales were down 15%, and projections showed that consumer sales were unlikely to generate profitable growth. DJI holds 50% of the market share for commercial and consumer drones in North America, according to Colin Snow of Skylogic Research. For drones in the $500 to $1,000 price range, DJI held about 36% of the market by units sold in North America last year. In comparison, Parrot captured around 7% of the market in the same price range. However, when it comes to high end commercial drones, Parrot may have a leg up. Unlike DJI, Parrot has been working in the agriculture and construction sectors of the drone industry for many years, primarily through its commercial subsidiary Sensefly, which sells a wide range of drones that range in price between $11,000 and $25,000. Sensefly partnered with the ag platform Agribotix not too long ago, and it looks like Parrot may be poising itself to corner the prosumer drone market with this new launch of their Professional division. The post Parrot Launches New Professional Division, Makes a Play for the Prosumer Market appeared first on UAV Coach. 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Was expectable since Eachine are renewing all their goggles by integrating now a builtin DVR… Now it’s the turn of the excellent EV900 with the D version: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-EV800D-5_8G-40CH-Diversity-FPV-Goggles-5-Inch-800480-Video-Headset-HD-DVR-Build-in-Battery-p-1150119.html Not only a full D1 PAL bultin DVR is added, but also the diversity !!!! You still have this possibility to split the goggles in two and the resolution remains a 800×480, so you can’t perfectly display a PAL source (720×576). The goggles chassis remain the same … a pretty good one, confortable enough. But No Fresnel lens distance ajustement ..anyway, the screen is compatible with average myopia and the mask opening is compatible with glasses. The price is still attractive. The 2000mAh 1200mah builtin is advertized to offer close to 2h of usage… It’s pretty good… The builtin receivers are coupled with a circular RHCP (proximity range) and one hi gain biplanar antenneas (long range). The built PAL D1 (720×576) recorder is also announced to not have any frame lost…but quid about extra latency introduced when recording is turned on ? They announced two seperate chips for solve this problem… Must be checked in practice of course …. What about NTSC sources recordings (756×480) ? You have an AVin latterally.. Full OSD informations seems here … as well as a lot of screen ajustement settings via the menu. Features: Built-in with super HD DVR record up to 720*576px resolution Diversity RaceBand 40ch Auto-Searching Two systems (Display/Record duo core separated chipsets ) ensure no delay in displaying and no frame lost in recording(please use C10 super speed card to ensure the full frame recording) Work friendly with pilot-OSD, no block on the important flying OSD information; Separable design, 5 inch screen can be used as small monitor on radio controller or with tripod; HD high brightness 5 inch LCD specially tuned for FPV racing; Diversity function, Built-in super sensitive 5.8GHz 40ch receiver module, with RaceRand; Advanced auto-searching function and the working frequency show on screen; Built-in 7.4V 1200mAh battery, each full charge offer 2 hours working time; Wide range re-charge voltage 11-20V; Accept 2S or 3S batteries as back-up power source, to prolong the working time; Nice ergonomic design and fit different faces; Super-wide visible angle up to 82 degree; 92% transparent lens adopted, no distort, no blur on the edge of screen; Light weight 375g with 3.5 hr 2000mAh battery, RTF for any scale racing game; 5 Inch 800*480px HD high brightness LCD Package Included : 1 x EV800D 40CH 5.8G Diversity Goggles with DVR 1 x Clover Antenna 1 x Panel Antenna 1 x Battery Charger 1 x User Manual 1 x Clean cloth 1 x Bag Cet article NEWS: Eachine EV800D 5.8G 40CH 800×480 with Diversity and builtin DVR est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

– HGLRC XJB-80: https://www.banggood.com/XJB-80-80mm-5_8G-40CH-Mini-FPV-Racing-Drone-wF3-OSD-25A-Blheli-ESC-600TVL-14-Cmos-p-1129495.html – DYS ELF 83mm: https://www.banggood.com/DYS-83mm-Micro-Brushless-FPV-Racing-Drone-F3-BLheli_S-Dshot-5_8G-25MW-48CH-VTX-BNF-RTF-p-1132509.html –J.me Feima: http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Feima-Robotics-J-ME-WIFI-FPV-RC-Quacopter-White-376777.html Cet article NEWS: SeByDocKy’s weekly news #62 est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Eachine Racer 250 was probably the first brushless machine from Eachine…. and since this date, they released so many other models… some were real success stories, some were completly crap. Close to two years later, here is the Eachine Racer 250 Pro edition. In the menu, the same mixed carbon/nylon chassis but all the electronic and motors have been upgraded. Now we have a strong SPF3 board, 20A BLheli_S/Dshot600 ESC, 2205/2300Kv and 1000TVL CMOS FPV camera coupled with a 600mW 40CH VTX w/OSD. Byebye also the 3S setup, this machine comes directly in 4S configuration. Two variants are offered: i) a BNF and ii) a RTH with a FlySky AFHDS-2A solution. Let’s have a look to this new product. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine Racer 250 Pro (with a 4S 1199mAh LiPo with XT60 connector) + 1 x Transmitter (using 4xAA batteries included) + 1 x Charger + 1 x Charger power unit + 1 x 5.8G RHCP cloverleaf antenna + 4 x 2200mAh Ni-Mh AA batteries + 1 x Wrench prop remover too + 1 x Velcro band + 4 x Spare props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The same chassis from the original Racer 250 with two upper and lower carbon plates mixed with nylon arms. It’s a 250mm machine so look now super large versus last introduced/produced racers. The thickness of the carbon element is a bit poor: 1.25mm for both… The big open question is how robust will be these nylon arms … Their design IMHO have been engeenered to be light but strong too. In practice, they are flexible and probably it’s a good thing for absorbing the kinetic energy. Would carbon be a better solution ? probably yes but I guess they wanted to reuse the same chassis as for the ER250. Is-it a catastrophic solution ? In practice …. not at all, I was surprize but thanks to this flexibility … no arm broke. The lower plate is covered with a thin foam to protect it from hard landings. -FRONT VIEW With the strong white LED’s light turned on. By default they are turned off. You will need to trigger them thanks to the tiny switch installed on the front left side. The light are strong enough for night flights -SIDE VIEW On front, a tiny button can turn on/off the front light. Be sure also to push insde all remaining connectors coming from the main receiver cable… It can block a prop mid-flight if not. The left side shows the microUSB connector and the full PWM wiring associated with the non iBUS FlySly AFHDS-2A receiver. The battery is strapped on top but for a better fixing, the velcro band should be installed to secure the installation. By default the two 2.4G are trapped into the upper camera mount .. in contact with the carbon structure… not a very good choice the 2.4G range -REAR VIEW 3 LEDs are present in the rear section… They are not programmable via Cleanflight or Betaflight but thanls to a 3 position DIP switch, you can select one of seven colors. The rear lights can be turned off too. The bottom rear side welcomes the 600mW VTX, the XT60 main lead connector and the 3 non-programmable LED’s lights First in term of robustness, since this rear part is not linked with the upper carbon plate, I strongly fear that a bad crash will probably break it just front the VTX. Definitvely some aluminimum linkers would increase a lot the robustness of the rear part. My second concern is about the VTX RP-SMA connector …. in case of crash, this connector will be broken/unsoldered via the 5.8G antenna … and few second later, the VTX will burn since no more 50ohms load to spread the power. … It’s real design problem …. and no obvious way to shield this part… Maybe to install the RP-SMA more horizontally could be the trick to do. The VTX offers one unique button. If shortly pressed on it, you will be able the shift down the OSD informations displayed, at least for 5 différents position. If you long press on it, you will cycle between the 40CH Vfreq…. It can be a bit long to select your favorute Vfreq since no direct VBand selection can be done first. At least a good news, a mic is installed and the shound is broadcasted. -UPPER VIEW Good news we have individual ESC … simply zip-tied If you break an arms, you will need to resolder associated wires on the lower carbon plate. -BOTTOM VIEW -WEIGHT A total of 472.7g so clearly more than 30g saved versus the original Racer 250 (in 3S !!!) Motors and props 2205 motors … 2300Kv … No specific mark on them … In practice, they are lifting the machine in a beasty way … Imagine it hover from 35-40% of throttle … 5mm of shaft section Super pitchy triblade props 5048. In practice, they perform great IMHO… more the machine is relatively silent with … Anyway, balancing must be check/done probably to remove part of the jello LiPo Exactly the same 4S LiPo as for the Eachine Racer 180, a strong 30C 1100 mAh model. No swag has been reported. Offer a solide 5min of usage. Camera module A 1000TVL CMOS Camera sensor working with both NTSC and PAL (default) systems. Now it’s possible to ajust the uptilt angle but red aluminium front plate limits the max angle to 25 degrees. Above, the video signal will present some occlusions. The best mod is to saw the metal upper rounded element to free the vision A raw video sample from the FPV camera As you can see … some jello is here …. in practice the jello amount dépends also of the uptilt angle. Install some piece of foam latterally to remove it. The light sensitivity is correct, relatively crips thanks to the 1000TVL resolution and the sound recorded… Transmitter A classic FlySky i6 rebranded by Eachine. By default, you can’t enter into the menu directly. You will need to press inner both horizontal trim buttons .while powerfing the radio. It’s a 6-channel model working with the AFHDS-2A protocol (a good news for the failsafe behaviour). We have three 2-way switches and one unique three-way (for the flight mode selection for example). WIth the AFHDS-2A and the diversity receiver, no problem to achieve long range flight (> 400m without problem). Notice no D/R and radio failsafe are set by default. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS, CONFIGURATION AND DEMO FLIGHT The machine comes with a super outdated cleanflight firmware installed (1.13) … and from now last CF configurator build can’t even open settings. You can find attached the dump of factory settings. I strongly advise to install immediatly betaflight. Thanks to it, the failsafe behaviour is much safer (motors stop after 2s) vs Cleanflight. The flashing is direct… and I kept the default PIDs settings. I just increased to 800deg/s pitch and rolls rates. First take off…. and from 35-40% the machine is hovering…. you can feel a lot of power, the throttle a little bit touchy. The machine is silent too at least at low RPM…. It’s a good news…. Ok first pouchout …..and whooooooaaaahhhhhhhhhh it’s a rocket !!!!! impressive despite 473g. With Betaflight, the machine flies just great !!! so smooth…. no bouncing, no oscillation. Just great. HD camera recordings are less impacted by the jello …. but I don’t know if the poor thickness of the structure favorize vibrations or the poor balancing of the prosps but not a super accaptable result. As you can see, after the “monster” crash, arms resist well …. and only the VTX connector was bent A bit lucky on this one I can admit … but in practice I crashed several time and finally the flexibility of the arm must absorbe without breaking the kinetic energy free during impacts Flight time are also pretty good, more than 5min with the 1100mAh LiPo not bad CONCLUSIONS In practice the ER250 Pro is a great and powerfull machine as soon as betaflight is installed. Punchout are impressive. It fiies fast and the ER250 Pro is a super acro machine with a good flight time. The FPV rig is also good, with a strong VTX including a basic OSD module. My main concern is about the chassis … probably too thin to resist to a hard rear crash, to remove completly jello in the FPV signal and let the VTX RP-SMA connector vulnarable. PROS + Monster of power !!! + Super stable machine + SPF3 board + 20A ESC BLheli_S/Dshot 600 + Relatively silent machine + Good flight duration (> 5min) + Lighter than the original Eachine Racer 250 + Strong front lights + Good 1000TVL camera + Strong FPV signal + Basic OSD informations + Buzzer + Relatively silent CONS – Bad & Weak VTX’s connector location – Fragile rear lower plate part – Jello in FPV signal – FOV occlusion when uptilt angle > 25 degrees – Outdated Cleanflight firmware (=> need to be flashed with BF) – No advanced betaflight OSD chip dump_CF_1_13 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 220USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Racer-250-PRO-FPV-Drone-Blheli_S-20A-F3-1000TVL-CCD-Camera-VTX-OSD-w-I6-Remote-Control-RTF-p-1142642.html Cet article TEST: Eachine Racer 250 Pro est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Every week is announced a new 90-100mm brushless racer. Here is the new SPC-95X: [https://www.banggood.com/SPC-95X-95mm-FPV-Racing-Drone-BNF-w-OSD-Ominibus-F3-10A-BLheli_s-5_8G-25mW-48CH-VTX-p-1149169.html As for the other, you have a F3 board including a builtin betaflight OSD, a mini 4-in-1 10A ESC BLheli_S/Dshot600 ready compatible accepting up to 4S battery, 1104/7500 Kv motors so definitively 3S compatible. The 5.8G FPV job is done by a 25mW 48CH CMOS AIO FPV camera… Three choices of receiver are proposed: Futaba SFHSS, FrSky D8 and Spektrum DSMX/DSM2. The main difference with other models is the direct introduction of a 3S LiPo. The frame seems super solid, at least 2mm of thickness. 4-5min of flight time are promised with the 3S LiPo… Specification: Brand name: SPC Maker Product model: SPC 95X Wheelbase: 95mm Size: 76mm*87mm*23mm Weight: 63g (without battery) Flight weight: 96g(Include battery) Motor: SPC Maker 1104 7500KV brushless motor ESC: Mini 4 in 1 BLheli_s ESC (2-4S LiPo) Propeller: 50mm 4-blades propeller Receiver: Receiver: Frsky/DSM2/Futaba(optional) Camera: 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4 inch VTX: 5.8g 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL Video transmitter Flight controller: OSDOminibus F3 flight controller integrated with OSD module OSD: Betaflight OSD Firmware of flight controller: Betaflight_3.1.0_OMNIBUS Flight time: 4-5minutes Rear LED Ready( LED_Strip function) Buzzer Ready Battery: 11.1V 350mAh 80C lipo battery Flight controller parameters: Ominibus F3 flight controller integrated with OSD module. 1.Powered by MPU6000 sensor for quick response to acceleration, integrated with 5V/1A BEC and OSD module (This is 6DOF version, no barometer and compass). (1) Designed for small size FPV quads with a frame smaller than 280mm, especially ideal for quadcopters smaller than 130mm to exhibits its advantages in small dimensions and multiple functions. (2) It provides all the functions of F3 6DOF version, but weighs only 8 grams. The size is only 27*27mm. Mounting hole size is 20mm (2.5mm hole). (3) Designed for quadcopter with LC filter. It supports CF and BF firmware (Omnibus F3) (4) STM32F3CCT6 microprocessor, 256K memory, MPU6000 sensor, SPI port, faster processing speed. (5) Supports 2-4S LiPo input. (6) Built-in 5V 1A BEC. (7) Supports popular receivers such as SBus, PPM, DSMX. (8) Buzzer, programmable LED, voltage monitoring, HLHeli ESC. 4 in 1 BLheli_s ESC Specifications: Input voltage: 2-4S LiPo and 2-4S HV LiPo BEC Output: Not available Constant current of a single ESC unit: 10A Maximum current: 15A 5 second. Dimensions: 27*27mm (main board) 31*31.5mm (including soldering pads and extruded part) Weight: 6.3g Firmware: BLHeli_s Supports D-Shot, Oneshot, rotation directions. Processor: SILABS EFM8BB21F16G MOS FET: TPN2R703NL Driver: new generation 3 in I MOS Specification of Mini F3 flight controller tower: Weight: 8g Supported frames: smaller than 280mm Constant current: 10A*4 (maximum current: 15A*4, 5s) Camera VTX parameters Frequency band: 5362-5945MH Channel: 48 Modulation type: FM Select channel: switch Channel display: CH1-CH8 channel display with 8 LEDs, and A-F frequency group display with 6 LEDs Transmit power: 13±1dBm Frequency control: PLL All harmonic: Max-50 dBm Frequency stability: ±100KHz(Typ.) Frequency precision: ±200KHz (Typ.) Channel disk failure: 1dB Antenna port: 50 O Input format: NTSC / PAL SENSOR: PAL: 720 × 540/NESC: 640 × 480 1/4 ” LENS ANGEL: H: 120 ° / V: 100 ° Baseband interface: P1, 27 * 2 Energy consumption: 200-215MA@5V DCIN Supply voltage: 2.9-5, 5V Operating temperature:-10? ~ + 60? Profile dimension: 14, 5 mm × 12, 2 mm + 14, 5 mm × 12 mm Compatible 1.DSM2 Receiver Support Spectrum/JR(DSM2 protocol) DEVO10/DEVO 7E(with deviation firmware). 2.Compatible Frsky Receiver Support FRSKY taranis X9D/X9D PLUS(D8 mode),and XJT (D8 Mode),DJT DFT DHT Transmitter. 3.Compatible Futaba Receiver Support TM7,TM8, TM10, TM14 T6EX-2.4G,7C-2.4G,T8FG,T10CG ,T12FG.T14SG. Receiver Setup and Binding Methods Quads with DSM2 Compatible Receivers Binding method for Spektrum radios: 1.Push and hold gold button on top of flight controller. 2.Plug in battery. 3.Release button, light will flash quickly. 4.Hold radio away from machine. 5.Put radio in bind mode. You are done! Quads with FrSky Receivers Binding methods for FrSky radios: 1.Select the D8 mode in X9D radio, and hold binding button of receiver at the time of powering it on. The LED should stay in solid. Then select ÿBINDÿ in radio. Binding is successful if the LED light of receiver goes off. Release binding button and power off receiver to exit binding mode. Receiver is ready to use after powered on. 2.For DJT and DFT modules, hold the button on module and power on radio, and the module is set in binding mode. Press and hold the binding button on receiver then power it on. Binding is completed if LED light goes off. Release binding button and restart receiver, and the system is ready for use. 3.For XJT module please select D8 mode by using the dip switch, and follow the above binding procedures. Enable PPM output: Short the solder pads of PPM on receiver board to enable PPM output. This can be used for flight controllers, wireless simulators, and wireless trainer radios. Enable s.Bus mode: Short the solder pads of s.Bus on receiver board to enable s.Bus output. Failsafe setup: Failsafe is assigned to channel 3 only, and cannot be defined by users. No matter what mix setup is used, please make sure throttle is assigned to channel 3. Quads with Futaba Compatible Receivers Binding method for Futaba radios: Compatible with Futaba radios support FASST. 1.Set the radio to FASST mode. Hold the binding button on receiver and then power it on. The red LED should flash rapidly. Release binding button the LED should flash red and green alternately, and then turns to solid green to indicate a successful binding. It may requires several trials to complete a binding. A solid red LED indicates the binding is not established. 2.Fail safe can be setup in the radio, and can be set after binding process. Hold the binding key for 2-3 seconds, the LED indicator of failsafe will flash rapidly and then turns to solid green, indicating it is in fail safe mode. Package include: 1 x SPC Maker 95X Frame 1 x Ominibus F3 flight controller integrated with OSD module 1 x Compatible Frsky/DSM2/Futaba(optional receiver) 4 x SPC Maker 1104 7500KV brushless motor 1 x Mini 4 in 1 BLheli_s ESC (2-4S LiPo) 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CW 4 x 50mm 5-blades propeller CCW 1 x 600TVL HD CMOS 1/4 inch camera 1 x 5.8G 25MW 48CH NTSC/PAL VTX 1 x 11.1V mAh 80C lipo battery (comes without charger) 1 x WS2812 LED Board Cet article NEWS: SPC-95X (94g,F3+OSD,3S 350mAh,1104/7500Kv, 25mW/48CH/600TVL AIO) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Smaller and smaller …. Quattrovolante, an italian compagny will introduce a 49mm frame: http://www.quattrovolante.com/Fabry/product/q-carbon49-frame/ 1.5mm 3K carbon main plate.. but ABS or TPU (3D-printed) camera pod. Compatible FC must be 20mmx20xmm max with 16mmx16mm holes. Some recent FC and 4-in-1 ESC board are now compatible with such microsize… No prop guard of course. 31mm quadriblade props are advised. 0703 motors 12000 or 20000 Kv are also adivsed (like the Eachine DustX58) QuattroVolante Q-Carbon frame 49mm – Same spcs of Q-Carbon 56 with shorter arms and smaller props (max 31mm with hole bored to 1mm) – This item is in preorder, will be shipped from the 2th week of May – 1.5mm thick 3K Carbon fiber main plate, ABS or TPU pod – The FC is fixed on a TPU mount and is not directly screwed to the frame for smooth, vibrations free, flights – Suggested brushless motors: 0703 12000-20000KV with 40mm propellers – The kit is designed and optimized to use 20mm (16x16mm holes) fc and same size 4in1 esc – Maximum size for propellers is 31mm – Fits small AIO cameras (max 16.5x9mm) – Carbon fiber prop guards will be available soon – Motors and electronics not included Cet article NEWS: Quattrovolante Q-Carbon49 frame (49mm frame for 16mmx16mm FC, 0703 motors) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Cheerson introduces with CX-23, a kind of FPV brushless cruizer equiped of GPS: https://www.banggood.com/Cheerson-CX-23-CX23-Brushless-5_8G-FPV-With-720P-Camera-OSD-GPS-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1149089.html. The design presents a small originality with inverted rear props. The flight controller is probably a non-open one so with fixed settings. Motors 1306/3300 Kv. No indication about ESC but the general setup is powered with a 2S 1200mAh LiPo. The FPV camera can record 720p videos. Unfortunatly, the FOV seems relatively narrow, IMHO maximum of 90 degrees, probably less … It will be difficult for FPV applications. Good news, some telemetry informations are sent to the radio such as battery voltage, GPS informations, speed. This RTF bundle comes with a 4.3″ 5.8G FPV monitor. Both the control and the FPV ranges are advertized to be around 500m and 14min for the flying duration. Description: Brand Name: Cheerson Item NO.: CX-23 Color: Black Blades diameter: 120mm Quadcopter battery: 7.4V 1200mAh Quadcopter battery charging time: about 150mins Flying time: about 14mins Transmitter working frequency: 2400-2483GHZ Transmitter battery: 5V 2000mAh Transmitter charging time: about 150mins Transmitter using time: about 80mins Transmitter charging current & voltage: 1A 5V+ Camara: 2 mega pixel Picture resolution: 1920*1080 Picture format: JPG Video resolution: 1280*720 Video format: avi FPV monitor: 5.8G 4.3inch monitor Motor type: 1306 KV3300 brushless motor RC distance: about 500m FPV distance: about 500m Flying height: about 100m Largest ascending speed: 5m/s Largest descending speed: 5m/s Largest flying speed: 10m/s Product size: 245*245*90 mm Product weight: 230g Features: -It has OSD function that the transmitter can show the height, number of satellite, flying direction, speeds and battery level etc. of the drone at the same time. -It has low-voltage warning and low-voltage auto landing function which improves the safety problem. -7.4V 1200mAh battery with inserting structure that the flying time is longer and the installation of battery is fast. -It can do one touch return and out-of-control return which prevents disappearing. Camera is together with video transmitter and it is convenient to control it -It can do around flying that you can control it to fly around with a certain radius .Brushless Motor strong power to the quadcopter. -It has the functions of forward/backward, left rotation, right rotation, turn left/right, one touch take-off, one touch landing, height hold and point hold, auto return etc. Package included: 1 x Cheerson CX-23 quadcopter with camera 1 x Transmitter 1 x 7.4V 1200mAh LiPo Battery 2 x Spare Blade 2 x Landing Skid 1 x Screwdriver 1 x Charger 1 x USB cable 1 x Propeller fixing mount 1 x Manual Cet article NEWS: Cheerson CX-23, a 5.8G brushless cruizer with GPS est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

More than year ago was introduced the JYU hornets a brushless 250mm with clipsable modules: FPV and gimbal hi-res camera modules. If the idea was original, this model was in practice relatively disapointing …: fragile plastic frame, poor FPV range and super short flight time with the gimbal module. Now here is the version 2 of the Hornet S: https://www.banggood.com/JYU-Hornet-2-Racing-5_8G-FPV-With-4K-HD-Camera-3-Axis-Gimbal-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1149085.html They change/improve almost all elements. Now we have a 4S battery and flight time are increased of 44%. 28min in FPV and 20 with 3-axis gimbal are promised. The plastic structure is also promised to be 30% more stronger. The control range about 1000m. The FPV module offers a much better range, can record up to 1080p@30 fps with 150deg of FOV and tilt angle can be ajusted. The gimbal version offers two choice of camera. A 2.7K with 120deg of FPV and 4K with 90 deg (only)…. No mention about any FPV transmission with the gimbal camera module … I hope so. I suspect a 2.4G FPV transmission for the gimbal variant. A wrist module is also announced for follow-me application. In any via an appz, it will be possible to define a mission path-planning, to fly around a point of interest and of course a follow-me with the wrist… I really hope now JYU spend a lot of time to polish their product. Finally, the Hornet 2 represents what the Hornet 1 would have been during the last year introduction. What’s a pity that first clients were used as beta testers. And I really hope the structure will be more solid …. Standard edition FPV edition Gimbal edition Features: -Streamlined design,every contour of the Hornet 2 was fashioned to create a beautiful and aerodynamic design made to maximize speed and agility. Not just outward appearance, inside of hornet 2 also have reasonable design, heat inside is easy comes out when flying. -Dual GPS auto positioning system, the accurate positioning location, perfect advanced follower. -With 3600mAh intelligent battery, extend fly time for about 22-28 minutes, more energy and greater power combine to give you a vastly improved flight experience. This upgraded Intelligent Flight Battery has built-in CPU and sensors that let you know the status and remaining power of your battery in real time. -With FPV HD Camera, your best angle with 1080P HD video.Camera pitch +38° ~ -80°, support video record.(FPV Version) -With 1080P/4K HD camera, 3-Axis Gimbal, make shooting and taking video more stable, gives you more clear and high quality wonderful views from different angles.(Gimbal Version) -With way points function, record a flight path, then tell your Hornet 2 to fly along the same path repeatedly while you control the camera and orientation.(Gimbal version) -With point of interest function, record a point of interest, then tell your hornet 2 to fly surround repeatedly while you control the camera, radius, speed and height.(Gimbal version) -With follow me function, using wrist control hornet 2 follow with you. -Low battery auto return, low power to the set value, hornet 2 will automatically returns home point. -Low Power Geo Fencing,if a low battery warning is triggered during the flight, You will not be able to fly the aircraft out of this fenced in area with a radius of 20 meters and a height of 20 meters. -Two antennas on the top of the transmitter to ensure a stable radio coverage. Colorful led light to distinguish the direction of quadcopter and Flight mode,show the batteryÿs reminding. Package included: Standard Version: 1 x Hornet S GPS Quadcopter 1 x Transmitter 1 x Battery FPV Display Version: 1 x Hornet S GPS Quadcopter 1 x C3 Camear 1 x FPV LCD Screen 1 x Transmitter 1 x Battery 1080P Camera Gimbal Version: 1 x Hornet S GPS Quadcopter 1 x C5 Camera 1 x Brushless Gimbal 1 x Landing Gear 1 x Transmitter 1 x Battery 4K Camera Gimbal Version: 1 x Hornet S GPS Quadcopter 1 x C6 Camera 1 x Brushless Gimbal 1 x Landing Gear 1 x Transmitter 1 x Battery Cet article NEWS: JYU Hornet 2, redemption time for JYU ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Eachine VR007 Pro is nothing than the upgraded version of the Eachine VR007, probably the cheapest basic 5.8G FPV goggles available in the market. In this new first entry bundle, we still have a 4.3″ LCD display but with a brightness increased to 500cd/m². The builtin 5.8G VRX supports 40CH and is advertized to have -95dBm in sensitivity so in theory should double the FPV range (range is doubled every gain of 6 dBm). Finally, the battery is also upgraded almost doubling the capacity. Let’s discover this bundle. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Eachine VR007 Pro + 1 x 1600mah 1S LiPo with DC connector + 1 x USB to microUSB cable + 1 x 5.8G linear antenna with RP-SMA connector + 1 x Fresnel lens clearning kit + 1 x Instruction manual (English) OVERVIEW The right side welcomes three buttons respectively referenced as “+”,”-“,”M” in the instruction. There are used to increase/decrease a setting value and to enter into the display’s menu where you can ajust brightness, contrast, saturation, aspect ratio and the language. The “+” button can also directly cycle between the five supported Vband while the “-” cycles among the 8 Vfreq in the current selected Vband. Notice, there is no possibility to ajust the fresnel lens distance via slider button …. a real drawback for old myopic eyes. Personnally, it’s not perfectly focused (got 6/10 right now snifff snifff :(, I used to have 12/10 in the past) Notice also the absence of an AVout …. so no direct possibility to record your FPV session The 5.8G antenna connexion is done via a RP-SMA connector To open the goggles, remove the 4 screws … The mask border is covered with a basic facial sponge.. With high temperature, you will probably sweat a lot with. 120mm … is a little bit narrow for large head… I would say for non-asiatic heads. Around 40mm… so it’s ok with correction glasses The whitesnow is here sign that the firmware if FPV friendly with the video signal is lost. The current Vband/Vfreq as well as the corresponding frequency is displayed in the bottom left position. A good point versus the first model. On the top right position, you have a basic indication of the current charge of the battery When the voltage drops under the LVC, the indication turns in red color. Internal parts The Fresnel lens …. Even if there is no official AVout, there is Video out pads…. So you can easily mod the VR007 for a future DVR connexion. The battery have been upgraded doubling the general capacity… No problem to play in the field more than 1h. The The LiPo can be held directly on the headstrap Weight A total of 310g… Display A direct comparaison with the Eachine EV800, a VGA model (640×480) The EV800: The VR007 Pro As you can compare, results of the VR007 Pro are really really poor … Poor in term of resolution, poor in the pixellization effect (no miracle with a QVGA LCD display) but the more problematic is the oversaturation in color rendition especially in the white domain whatever the settings I tried to optimize … A really really bad point :(. UNBOXING, ANALYSIS AND TESTING -95dBm ????? Really, the breakup cames much more earlier and often …. …. CONCLUSIONS I will make short … despite being relatively cheap, I don’t advice this FPV goggles… The FPV session rendition is poor, color oversaturated… and the promised extra sensitivity a fakenews. You can find much better for almost the same price. PROS + 1600mAh battery (>1H of usage) + Light + Cheap + Basic OSD information (Vfreq, battery) + 16:9/4:3 ratio supported CONS – Poor RX sensitivity (real -95dBm ?) – Oversaturated white color – Narrow facial mask (not adapted for large heads) – No Fresnel lens distance ajustement – Poor facial sponge – No Avout – No builtin DVR 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 40USD at https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-VR-007-Pro-VR007-5_8G-40CH-HD-FPV-Goggles-4_3-Inch-Video-Headset-With-3_7V-1600mAh-Battery-p-1134154.html Cet article TEST: Eachine VR007 Pro 40CH 5.8G FPV goggles (4.3″ LCD 500cd/m², -95dBm) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

The new upgrade of the Haweye Firefly action cam camera is announced: https://www.banggood.com/Hawkeye-Firefly-8S-4K-170-Degree-Super-View-Bluetooth-WiFi-Camera-HD-FPV-Sport-Action-Cam-p-1148676.html It’s including the last ambrella A12S75 DSP and the SONY IMX117 12Mpx CMOS sensor to deliver 4K@30fps, 1080p@120, the super-view (kind of super WDR) and a better electronic image stabilization. A rear large VGA screen is present and 2.4G and bluetooth wireless connexion included too. The total weight is about 70g. Can be a nice upgrade for UPair one drone. Description: Brand Name: Hawkeye Item Name: Firefly 8S camera Photo Resolution:16M/14M/12M/8.3M/5M/3M Video Resolution: 4K/30fps, 1080P/120fps, 1080P/60fps Super-view, 720P/120fps Image Sensor: 12 Mega WDR CMOS Sensor AV Output Format : PAL/ NTSC Working Voltage: 5V Power supply: 1A Maximum size of MicroSD card supported: 128G LCD screen size: 2 inch 640*480 Battery Capacity (Battery is detachable): 1200mAH,3.85V Battery life: About 1.33 hours(25? environment) Compressed format : H.264 Video/photo format : *.MP4 / *.JPG Weight: 70g Size: 59 × 41 × 21 mm Color:Black/Silver Feature: 1.Small, Light, HD camera. 2.Top-level Image Sensor,producing very good Wide Dynamic Range imaging effect. 3.Low illumination performance. Even in low light environment, FIREFLY 8S still presents good video quality and vivid color. 4.Six-axe Gyro video stabilization Firefly 8S can produce very stable video image without losing any view angle. 5.Eight Quickset modes for capturing Letÿs enjoy the unique design of eight quickset modes and start for fun. 6.Bluetooth 3.0 A small Bluetooth remote controller is designed for you to wear on your wrist or tie to the selfie stick, now you can capture photos/videos more easily. 7. External microphone With a high quality external microphone (not included in the standard package), you can record a higher quality voice. 8. 2.4G WiFi Connect it to your mobile phone via WiFi, you could easily share your photos. 9. Brand new APP You can modify most of the setting and update your camera through the APP. 10. 2 inch high brightness LCD Brightness adjustable LCD screen adopted to make it bright enough under sunshine and not too bright at night. 11. 1200mah detachable battery FIREFLY 8S goes with a new type 3.85V battery and the battery life is up to 1.3 hours. 12. 170 degrees wide angel lens and 90 degrees linear lens 170 degrees for actions and 90 degrees for family filming. 13. Waterproof case and accessories We test every waterproof case and provide multiple accessories for you to have more fun. 14.RC Remote control You could remote control to capture videos/photos through RC receivers by using the Hawkeye remote control cable. 15.Selfie Mirror The unique design of selfie mirror will help you selfie more accurate. 16.1/4 inch Screw and lanyard hole These thoughtful design will help you carry the camera every. We always think small and think different. Package Included: 1 x FIREFLY 8S 4K Super-View HD Camera 1 x Waterproof Case 1 x J-shaped Mount 1 x Long Connector + Screw 2 x Short Connector + Screw 1 x Bike Handlebar Seatpost Pole Mount 1 x 360 Degree Rotation Adapter 1 x Metal Cable Tie 4 x Plastic Cable Tie 1 x Cleaning Cloth 1 x Clip and Case 1 x AV Cable 2 x Mount 2 x Adhesive 1 x English / Chinese Manual Already first video samples are available Cet article NEWS: Hawkeye Firefly 8S (Ambrella A12S75, SONY IMX117, 4K@30fps, 1080p@120p) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

Will the Eachine E012 be your next DIY FPV modding challenge ?https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E012-Mini-2_4G-4CH-6-Axis-Headless-Mode-LED-Light-RC-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1148469.html It’s nothing else than a shrinked version of the E010/TinyWhoop … so a simple ducted machine of 6.5cmx6.5cm !!! Here bye bye 0615mm motors but probably simple 0612 ones. It’s super tiny …. and maybe a ultralight AIO can be also installed…. I guess boosted motors will be required as well. This toyquadcopter comes in RTF and I hope the radio protocol is the same than the for the E010/E011 so already Deviated. Description: Item name: Eachine E012 Mini Quadcopter Quadcopter Size: 6.5X6.5X2.6cm Box Size: 13.8X6.5X21.5cm Gyro: 6-axis Frequency: 2.4G Channel:4CH Battery: 3.7V (200mAh) (included) Transmitter Power: 2 x 1.5V AA battery(not included) Flight time: about 5 minutes Charging time: about 40 minutes Flying distance: 30 meters Features: – With Headless Mode,no need to adjust the position of aircraft before flying . – With One key to return function makes it easily to find the way home. – 2.4GHz Technology Adopted for Anti-Interference. – 4 Channel which can do ascend, descend, forward, backward, left sideward fly, right sideward fly and rolling 360°. – 6-axis gyro which can have more stable flying and be easy to control. – It have 3-level flight speed to switch that can make more fun with the flying. – It can realize 3D tumbling 360°rolling in four directions with 4 LED lights. – The quadcopter fuselage is made of high strength and resistant engineering plastics,lightweight and durable resistance. Function: Up/down, Forward/backward,Turn left/right, Sideward flight, LED Light, Headless Mode, One Key Automatic Return Package included: 1x Quadcopter 1x Transmitter 1x USB charging cable 1x manual Cet article NEWS: Eachine E012, the mini TinyWhoop, your future DIY FPV modding challenge ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

After the popular first MJX brushless Bugs3, and the last Bugs2 and Bugs8, here a new 5.8G FPV cruizer/racer with the Bugs9: https://www.banggood.com/MJX-Bugs-9-Brushless-3D-Roll-Racing-Quadcopter-RTF-p-1148467.html Seems to be a 250mm machine. Most of the structure seems to be Nylon plastic…Not a lot of information but a 5.8G FPV AIO module can be added. In standard we have a 2S machine (1300mAh/25C) with 1806/1800Kv motors. It allows 3D flight !! like the XK X252.. but no indication if it will be an assisted 3D flight (where commands will be normal for the pilot) a pure one … more challenging to pilot. 180 and 360 flips are also proposed. I guess it will be more an assisted 3D via dedicaced button. Why not …. and can be fun in FPV …. :). Of course Wait & See. DESCRIPTION: Brand Name: MJX Item NO.: Bugs 9 Color: Black Frequency : 2.4G Channel : 4CH Motor Type: 1806 1800KV Brushless Motor Transmitter: GR303B Transmitter Power: 4 x 1.5V AA battery (not included) Copter battery: 7.4V 25C 1300mAh LiPo Battery (included) Battery Size: 8.2 x 4 x 2cm ( not including wires ) 12MINS 300M Charging time: About 3 hours Copter size: 390 X 255X160mm Features: Brushless Motor strong power to the quadcopter Support to mount 5.8G C5830 camera, G3 FPV goggles , D43 5.8G monitor 4 in 1 ESC provide worry-free flying experience Inverted Flight, Rolling 180° ,3D Flip The latest 6 axis flight control system, permits super stable flight Super bright LED lights aid in orientation and allow for night flying The quadcopter can fly both indoor and outdoor.Including 4CH digital proportional RC system Bidirectional 2.4G, weak signal alarm and low voltage alarm Function: Up/down, Forward/backward, Turn left/right, Sideward flight, LED Light, 3D rolling Package included: 1 x MJX Bugs 9 Quadcopter 1 x Transmitter 1 x 7.4V 25C 1300mAh LiPo Battery 4 x Spare Blade 1 x Blance charger 1 x USB charging table 1 x Propeller fixing mount 1 x Manual Cet article NEWS: MJX Bugs9, the first easy 3D brushless 5.8G FPV cruizer/racer ? est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article

The FAA recently released its very first round of UAS Facility Maps. For those of us who have been waiting for a smoother way to request airspace authorization, this is a huge deal. The maps cover 268 airports nationwide, which includes about 40,000 square miles of airspace. 85% of the areas covered in the maps show specific areas and altitudes where drones may be authorized to fly safely. The maps are the first step in rolling out the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), a system for drone traffic control that the FAA hopes to have fully online by the end of 2017. Above is a screenshot we took of the map of the airspace near Nashville. You can see right away that the airspace is class E, which is restricted and requires airspace authorization. More importantly, you can see that the ceiling for flying is 0, which means that you probably won’t have any luck with that authorization request if that’s where you want to fly. Here’s another example, taken from the FAA website, where you can see the ceiling heights grow as the area grids fan out from the airport: This first rollout is significant, and represents a noteworthy step toward greater transparency about the information that goes into approving and rejecting airspace authorization requests. Want to see the maps? See the FAA’s UAS map of the U.S. here. To dive into a specific region, just double click on any of the little dots that appear on the map to zoom in. Why Is This Rollout Such a Big Deal? The reason these maps are so important for commercial drone pilots is because they’re the first real tool pilots have to help them understand—and expedite—the airspace authorization process. Up to this point, pilots have simply had to submit the authorization paperwork using the FAA’s Online Waiver Portal (which is confusingly named, since it receives both waiver requests and airspace authorization requests). After pilots submit, they sit around and wait…sometimes for months. That is a really hard situation to be in if you’re running a small business. But now, with the use of these maps, a pilot can immediately get insight into the likelihood of getting approval. As noted above, if you see that the ceiling for the area you want to fly in is 0, well, you probably shouldn’t waste your time submitting the authorization paperwork, or waste your client’s time waiting around to see if it gets approved. And if you know if you need to fly above 100 feet for a certain project, again, you now know not to bother asking for the authorization if the area in question has a ceiling of 100. It’s important to note that these maps do not represent a way to bypass the airspace authorization process. That is, you can’t simply look at the FAA UAS map, assess the airspace, and go fly. “UAS Facility Maps show the maximum altitudes around airports where the FAA may authorize part 107 UAS operations without additional safety analysis.” – FAA website That being said, UAV pilots can certainly use the information provided in the maps with an expectation that a request informed by the information on the maps has a high likelihood of being approved, and also of being approved more quickly. How Was the LAANC Program Created? The FAA has rejected a massive 71 waiver requests and 854 airspace applications. – The Drone Girl And they’ve surely rejected a lot more since the article quoted above was first published back in October of 2016. These rejections, and the delays pilots have experienced in the waiver and airspace authorization process, are a big deal for the FAA. To address the problem, the FAA selected 12 companies to participate in a working group to try and find a solution. The end result was the creation by the FAA of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) program. In its final form, LAANC will allow an operator to plan a flight, submit that flight plan to the FAA, and receive automatic approval if the flight plan remains within the preselected airspace volumes. The FAA expects this automatic approval system to be live by the end of the year, but it’s possible operators won’t have to wait until then to take advantage of the new system. – Matt Fanelli, Senior Manager for Strategy at Skyward (one of the 12 companies that helped create the LAANC) What’s Next? More maps are expected to be released by the FAA over the next six months. Also, the FAA will soon support automated digital notifications and authorization based on the information in the maps—although how soon is not yet clear. The grids that appear in the map will be updated in the same 56-day cycle that currently applies to other FAA airspace charts. Purportedly all facility maps will be published by October 31, 2017. The post At Long Last, FAA Releases First Round of Airspace Authorization Maps appeared first on UAV Coach. View the full article

INTRODUCTION The Lantian 90L now also known as XFX90 is direct competitor of the Eachine Aurora 100, the ARfun90, i.e. a compact 90mm brushless FPV racer including a F3+OSD FC, strong 1104/7500Kv brushless motors and 10A BLheli_S/Dshot 600 ESC. The FPV rig is based on 520TVL CMOS camera coupled with a 25mW/40CH 5.8G VTX. To be honest, the caracteristics are very close from the two quoted machines and known to be great little FPV machines. Ideal to bypass the 250g limitation emerging in most countries. Let’s discover this bundle. First remark, I probably received a pre-release version. Since the shipping date, the Lantian 90L have been rebranded for XFX90 and some upgrades have been done. So this review can be considered as a lower bound of this value since improvements are now available. BOX CONTENT + 1 x Lantian 90L (with a 2S 380mAh LiPo with MicroLOSI connector) + 1 x USB charging cable + 4 x Spare 1935 props (2 CW, 2 CCW) + 1 x Hexscrewdriver + 1 x Battery strap Notice at least for the first batch, no instruction manual … and a simple regular black box with a basic sticker. OVERVIEW The machine takes an H design … and both the upper and lower carbon structure got 1.5mm of thickness… the same as for the Aurora 100 BUT, the arms are plain carbon based.. No hole in the middle of arms. IMHO, it should be much more solid. I am not afraid like I was for the Aurora 100 (now some 2mm and 2.5mm lower plate can be found for it) -FRONT VIEW The machine comes with the triblades DYS 2030 pre-installed. The FPV camera is well protected Inside the frame. Notice the prop guard system is exactly the same as for the KingKong GT90. They remove the front plastic connector to reduce the occlusion in the FOV introduced by the prop guard. A linear antenna has been prefered instead of a cloverleaf antenna. Probably a good choice for the durability versus crash/time. with the battery installed beneath -SIDE VIEW The left sde welcomes the microUSB port of the F3 omnibus FC. No problem to insert the plug. No need to remove the propguard or a prop. In practice, no extra room to install props larger than 2″. The right side shows the receiver and ESC connexions directly soldered on the FC and ESC board respectively. I advised to secure the soldering job by adding some liquid electrical tape, hot glue. Be sure to well secure the battery’s strap if you don’t want any contact with props mid-air -REAR VIEW The Buzzer is located and well protected on the rear side …. Notice the presence of a microLOSI connector !!! clearly imcompatible with 3S batteries…. But good news, with last batch of the Lantian 90L/XFX90, they changed the microLOSI connector for a XT30 model… Clearly the perfect choice. -UPPER VIEW The access to the VTX is possoble via the frontal hole but … something really strange, I can’t see button to set the Vfreq/VBand of the VTX. -BOTTOM VIEW With the battery installed As you can see, compare to the Aurora 100, the arms look much more solid despite being also 1.5mm Be default the battery strap is not pre-installed … and you will need to remove first the four scews to install it … why they didn’t pre-install it ? -WEIGHT Close to 94g with the batter strapped so close to 10g more heavier than the Eachine Aurora 100. Motors and props 1104 bruhsless motors with 7500KV announced so … clearly 3S compatible but the microLOSI connector will limit a lot the 3S juice. Luckely for the XFX90, the replace it for an XT30 able to handle 3S juice without problem. Pre-installed, the triblades DYS 2030 props…known to introduce some jellos in videos. The penta 1935 spare props provided represents a slightly better choice but the best trade off in term of thrust, duration and jello effect is without the racerstar quadriblade 2035 LiPo With the first batch of the Lantian 90L, two 380mAh 2S LiPo are provided with a discharge rate of 30C Notice now the machine is shipped with 450mAh 2S LiPo with XT30 connectors… Definitively a good news for the 3S comptability, the thrust and the flight duration Camera module The 520TVL CMOS camera AIO module is seated into a 3D printed and uptilted mount. The uptilt angle is about 20 degrees. No posibility to ajust this angle. I was not completly sure but …. unfortunatly I can’t see button to select the Vfreq/Vband for the AIO module Amazing !!!! It’s locked at the Vfreq = 5765Mhz = A7 : (… The camera broadcasts in PAL format. Notice just rear the VTX PCB and front the main 4-in-1 ESC board, a small Vreg to feed the AIO with +5V. Disassembling Just remove the four M2 screws to access to the main electronic. The FrSky receiver is just installed… not taped or protected from other electronic elements. The bind button can be triggered externally. No real need to remove the top canopy carbon plate. On the right the SBUS connexion for the FrSky D8 receiver and on the right connexions for the buzzer and lights.. Everything is directly soldered. The buzzer board UNBOXING, ANALYSIS, BINDING, CONFIGURATION AND DEMO FLIGHTS As you can see I was in shock to not see any Vfreq/Vband buttons … probably a broken module. So I am confident in the final release, no problem to select one of the 40CH. The machine came with Betaflight 3.1 without any specific tunnings (please find attached anyway the default dump file settings) … even the receiver was not correctly cnfigured …. Clearly, I am even not sure they test it in real conditions…. Anyway, I advise immediatly to upgrade to BF 3.1.7 fixiing some bugs and improving generally the stability especially wuth Dshot600 compatible ESC. After this “bad” first impressions….I applied the same settings as for the Aurora 100 First take off … clearly with the prop guard installed and the microLOSI connector, punchouts are absoluptly not impressive as it can be for the Aurora 100 or the ARFun 90…. Don’t be wrong, it’s not bad at all and no problem to jump over trees out of the box. With BF 3.1.7 and applied settings, the machine runs superbly … whaoo so so smooth… we can’t even notice the negative impact of the prop guard in the stability. As expected with the DYS 2030 props… some (little) jellos are introduced. Nothing catastrophic by the way. The flight time with these 380mAh are short, around 2min30… max 3min… It’s not enough and the guilty is the connector. I did some extra test with a 400mAh battery (of the Eachine FB30) and flight time have been boosted about close to 1min (30% more). The light sensitivity os the FPV camera is correct but far to offer the best performances especially in low contrast condition. No miracle with a 1lux cheap module. THe FPV range with the linear antenna is correct Inside a radius of 50m. After many breakups occur. At least any Flip of Death have been reported and it’s great !!!! …. What a shape that the FrSky D8 receiver don’t output any RSSI information at least for the OSD part. CONCLUSIONS Partial conclusions can be done my version of Lantian 90L. First of all, I do believe my AIO module was not the correct one … and the non-possibility to select the Vfreq/Vband will be obviously solved in the final batch. The introduction of the XT30 connector associated with stronger 450mAh will not only boost punchouts but also flight time. With my microLOSI version, results are already almost acceptable. Anyway, and it’s the more important.the main electronic elements are pretty good. A strong F3 omnibus including an OSD, strong 1104/7500Kv 3S compatible, 10A BLheli_S/Dshot 600 4-in-1 themselve also 3S compatible represent the main pro points of the Lantian 90L. PROS + Great 90mm racer + F3 Omnibus w/ OSD + 10A BLheli_S/Dshot600 ESC + 3S compatible machine + Prop guard + More durable than the Eachine Aurora 100 + Spare battery CONS – MicroLOSI connector (not recommended from 3S LiPo) solved with last batch (XT30 connector and batteries) – Machine not configured in betaflight (come with default settings) – 3min of flight time – No Vfreq/Vband selection button ????? – No RSSI for the FrSKy D8 receiver – Battery strap not pre-installed Dump_BF_3_1 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 135USD at https://www.banggood.com/LANTIAN-90L-90mm-Brushless-FPV-Racing-Drone-w-F3-5_8G-25mW-Beheli_S-10A-DSHOT-ESC-OSD-Buzzer-2-3S-p-1134570.html Cet article TEST: Lantian 90L/XFX90 (93.6g, F3 omnibus w/OSD, 1104/7500Kv, 10A BLheli_S/Dshot600) est apparu en premier sur Drone-Maniac !!!!!!!. View the full article