Quadrocopter Archive

  • I was really impressed when I saw a collective pitch quadcopter on Flite Test. A guy named Curtis Youngblood had built the collective pitch quadcopter called Stingray 500. The collective pitch enables...

    Collective pitch quadcopter

    I was really impressed when I saw a collective pitch quadcopter on Flite Test. A guy named Curtis Youngblood had built the collective pitch quadcopter called Stingray 500. The collective pitch enables...

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  • I use my multicopters for aerial photography. Some use it to conduct an orchestra. This video shows a good piece of music performed by a robotic quadcopter band.

    Robot Quadcopters Perform James Bond Theme

    I use my multicopters for aerial photography. Some use it to conduct an orchestra. This video shows a good piece of music performed by a robotic quadcopter band.

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  • I have only been flying my multicopter with 10×5 propellers that I bought from Minsoo Kim. Today I was testing out some smaller propellers to see how it would affect...

    Multicopter propellers

    I have only been flying my multicopter with 10×5 propellers that I bought from Minsoo Kim. Today I was testing out some smaller propellers to see how it would affect...

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  • Last time I was flying I couldn’t shoot any video for the blog. This time a friend came along and we got some funny videos. It was a bit too...

    Quadrocopter crash, the movie

    Last time I was flying I couldn’t shoot any video for the blog. This time a friend came along and we got some funny videos. It was a bit too...

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  • My first multicopter is now fully assembled and ready to fly. I haven’t got much RC experience so I made a simple protection for my quadrocopter frame before I took...

    Quadrocopter crash, first flight

    My first multicopter is now fully assembled and ready to fly. I haven’t got much RC experience so I made a simple protection for my quadrocopter frame before I took...

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  • There are many different multicopter frames. The most common are quadrocopters, hexacopters and octocopters. Heavy payload multicopter I figured that a hexacopter frame would be the best for me, so...

    Multicopter frames

    There are many different multicopter frames. The most common are quadrocopters, hexacopters and octocopters. Heavy payload multicopter I figured that a hexacopter frame would be the best for me, so...

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  • I just love the simplicity of the multicopters. They have no moving parts except for the motors. By alternating the thrust of the individual motors, the multicopter will perform different...

    How does a quadcopter work?

    I just love the simplicity of the multicopters. They have no moving parts except for the motors. By alternating the thrust of the individual motors, the multicopter will perform different...

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