Upgrading the 3D printer to bowden
The Prusa P3Steel is printing fine for a while now, so my hands started itching again…. The standard Prusa i3 kit has a so called wades extruder (a geared extruder), this means the extruder...
Author: Mark
Print the planet! – I’ve build a 3D printer!
A 3D printer has always been high on my wishlist. The idea of being capable of printing my own designs / prototypes, improvements, upgrades, ect. always seemed super handy. A few weeks ago I took...
Installing ezUHF – Antenna improvements
So, after writing part 2 of the ezUHF installation blogposts, I brought the F550 out to find out if removing the UBEC and placing a ferrite core on the SBUS cable from RX to the...
Installing ezUHF, fighting noise – part 2
After quite a long wait for my ezUHF JR Module, i finally received it last week. After a quick setup (I’m not going trough the binding and failsafe setup here, at this point) i...
Installing an ezUHF receiver, fighting noise
So, I moved to UHF because of the bad range using FrSky Taranis combined with 1,3Ghz video. The best chance of getting good range with UHF is achieved by a selecting the right components,...
3D printed add-ons for the F550
Thinkering about improving the F550 I came up with the idea to mount the video transmitter and ezUHF receiver on the aeroxcraft landing gear. This way I get maximum separation between the two, which...
Troubleshooting range issues
After flying around with the F550 for a while, I discovered the second hand bought Futaba T8FG TX appeared to have some problems. The Futuba was modified by the previous owner, and I think this...
My F550 crashes in the snow!
After about 10 flights of experience with the F550, we had some snow here in Netherlands. I decided to go outside, and practice making some nice shots. Turns out, I have some trouble with...
Building my first…. drone
Technically, it’s not a drone, it’s a multicopter. Or, more specific a hexacopter. Multicopters and RC airplanes caught my attention. After reading about it for a while, I decided to build one. To keep...
iRacing Livestream
Enjoy the ‘Vierkantebroek Racing’ iRacing 24h Livestream below Racing SpongeBob SquarePants to the Crusty Crab Watch live video from extera010 on www.twitch.tv Livetimings, powered by JRT Watch the timing fullscreen Chat &...
