While in lockdown, micro helicopters have become the must have among rc helicopter pilots, and the general consensus is that the XK K110 is ...

Now that the tricopter is on its way to become my FPV platform I found myself stuck with the ground station being my video receiver strappe...

I have been flying my FPV Manuals Tricopter for a while now, and broke its legs multiple times either losing control or because of the o...

In order to test a motor / prop / ESC combo you can certainly read the specs on your equipment and hope the manufacturer did not inflate...

We spoke about brushed motors , about ESCs , and about LiPo batteries . Now it is time to discuss brushless motors, which is probably th...

A while ago I decided to buy a second hand Blade 130X which came with a good bunch of upgrades already installed. I was on the market fo...

Almost there! Wings and tail are done, let's finish up this hottie and get her ready for the maiden! Again this third and las...

After completing the wing , an incredibly straight forward phase, where everything fit in place with little to no modification, I start...

The XtremeAir Sbach 342. Image courtesy of Airliners.net So, after I destroyed my home made 1m supercharged Ugly Stick I decided two thi...

When I started flying RC helicopters I had been warned that it would have been a tough quest, and while I was flying fixed pitch helicop...

A typical brushed motor After having discussed LiPo batteries and ESCs , today I would like to talk a bit about what powers up our ele...

So, After crashing, digging holes in parks and fields, repairing, spending days on the sim trying to perform some 3D...well I decided t...

A big ESC, the YGE 90A, image courtesy of f3aunlimited.com WHAT IS AN ESC After talking about batteries , and brushed motors it is t...

I have been looking everywhere for a decent pair of wheel spats (wheel pants for the guys on the other side of the pond) to fit my scra...

I think that other than getting into RC flying stuff after being inspired by my dad, another thing that motivated me is certainly the ab...

A bit of "back to the basics" kind of article here. When I started off soldering things to other things I always found it har...

Have you ever experienced the famous "shakes" when you hover your micro helicopter, being that any chopper that uses linear s...

A very common problem with the Blade mCPX and with all the helicopters with a separate motor driven tail is the tail blowing out. 

Here we are with some more work on the Blade mCPX. I finally received my 'Plug and Play' brushless conversion from Hawk RC  (t...

Recently I bought a Fusuno canopy originally designed for the Align T-Rex 450 and I intended to use it on my Blade 400. What made me ...