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Building a Quadrotor : Useful links
Working With Hobby King 2.4Ghz 6Ch Tx & Rx http://blogs.hari.us/archives/2009/11/entry_6.html http://shrediquette.blogspot.com/ mit’s autonomous quadrotor with bmp mapping : http://technabob.com/blog/2009/10/16/quad-rotor-autonomous-helicopter/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10389576-42.html all about multicopters: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1097355 http://iarc.angel-strike.com/ IMU http://www.chrobotics.com/CHR6d.php
READ MORE »“Building a Quadrotor – Frame design”

******************************* http://carancho.com/AeroQuad/forum/index.php?topic=160.msg1479#msg1479 I agree too, looks very nice. When I was about to make mine HobbyKing didn’t had any Woven carbon Fibers left in stock, so I ended up using Plexiglass which is heavier and less strong for my quad. I would like to point something out here about HobyKing carbon fiber square cubes. They […]
READ MORE »Building a Quadrotor – Propeller selection
No you can’t. There are no pusher propellers (counter rotating propellers) which you can match with these on HobbyKing. You need similar clockwise and counter clockwise rotating props. There is EPP1045 which is not as good as APC 1047 but a bit cheaper (reported to break or bend during flights) On HobbyKing there are these […]
READ MORE »Building a quadrotor – using Wii MotionPlus as gyro
Hi, Due to some recent posts about using Wii motion plus sensors ( http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wiimote/Extension_Controllers ) I got enough motivation to buy one from DealExtreme for 15.03$. I received them some days ago. Opened them and noticed it is not using the IDG600 (X&Y) and Epson (Z) gyros anymore, but it uses IDG650 (X&Y) and ISZ650 (Z). […]
READ MORE »Model radio transmitters and HobbyKing 6 Channel transmitter guide

I believe making a PC based RX/TX is pretty inefficient as you would get used to the controls on a real TX device much sooner than a PC keyboard, so take my advice and buy one. There are two common modes for model airplane/helicopter radio transmitters. The main difference is that the mode 2 transmitters have […]
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