Oh yeah! This one should be lots of fun! The L6082 Air Genius 3 in 1 Tiny Whoop Drone, Whoover, Glider is a complete ready to run package that gives you the option of flying a quadcopter, driving a mini hovercraft, or piloting a micro airplane. The package includes everything you need to get flying, or hovering except 4 AA batteries for the transmitter. They even include 2 flight batteries to keep the fun going longer, with less down time. One very nice surprise for me was to see that they also include 4 wings. As someone that already owns a bunch of Whoops, and Drones my biggest interest in this model was the idea of having a plane that I could fly around in the house. Extra wings gives me the confidence to push the limits a bit without worry of being grounded due to a hard crash. Check out the pics, and first glider mode flight video. More info and videos coming soon. These currently on sale on Amazon here for only $19.99 with free 2 day shipping for Prime members.
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If you're like me and you're flying FPV with some older Fat Shark goggles, and would like a quick, easy, affordable way to add a DVR to record your flights with, then check out the Makerfire Mini DVR. This little DVR has a built in battery, so there is no need to connect it to an external power source. This makes it perfect for attaching to FPV goggles that don't already have a DVR. The problem I have seen some people have with these DVR's is that they aren't out of the box compatible with Fat Shark goggles, or other brands of goggles that use a standard A/V 3.5mm plug configuration. Why they manufactured it like this is beyond me, however it is a very easy fix. In the images below you will see that the signal order of the cable included with the DVR has the ground, and video lines reversed when compared to the plug configuration needed for our Fat Shark goggles. The fix is to simply cut the included cable in half (or shorter like I did). Since you will be splicing the cable back together anyway now is a good time to adjust the length to fit your needs. Now that you have the ends of your cable open you will need to strip the 4 individual wires inside enough to allow you to solder (or crimp if you prefer) them back together. This time however you will reverse the red, and black wires, and connect them red to black, and black to red. This will put the ground, and video signal wires in the correct order on the plug for proper communication when plugged into your goggles. The first image below shows the plug order for the Fat Shark goggles. The second image shows how the cable included with the DVR is wired. The video below is taken with the Makerfire DVR attached to my Predator V2 goggles, and I have also used it on the Teleporter goggles that I use for passengers. If you have any questions about the process feel free to ask, and I will do my best to help. Happy Flying!! The idea for this build was to create something that resembled the ever popular Stormtroopers, and be a build that would be great for flying through my tight basement Whoop course. Since I already have a couple brushless, and 716 powered Whoops, I figured for this one I'd go a slightly different route and do a 615 build.
This is the end result, and I like to call it the Stormwhooper With the 17500kv motors, and the NBD Venom bi-blade props it's just about the perfect speed for the size of my course. My camera arrived DOA so I'm waiting on the replacement to get here from Amazon. I'll update with a couple pics once it is here and installed. The Stormtrooper (if you can call it that) helmet canopy is just some bits of 3M vinyl I cut and stuck on there The Kwad is built on the RakonHeli 64mm Frame. Control is handled by a BetaFPV Silverware FC. Power comes from CrazePony 615 17,500kv motors, and NewBeeDrone Venom bi-blade props. The canopy is just a basic BetaFPV canopy, and it will be housing a TurboWing Cyclops 25mw AIO Cam/VTX. I mount the camera and VTX in my Whoop builds using these 3D printed mounts. Here are some pics. I will get some flight video and DVR footage as soon as I can. Happy Flying!! |
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