4ld: Building

Last Saturday I had some spare time to build my quadricopter… First, I tinned (with the help of some flux) the power pads on the bottom frame:   then I soldered (with the correct polarity: red wire = +) the 4 ESCs and the female connector (XT60) fior the LiPo battery:   I soldered at the same pads used…

4ld: the kit from RCTimer

I’ve finally received the Quadrotor kit from RCTimer. This kit includes: [checklist] a class-450 quadrotor frame (clone of the DJI’s Flame Wheel F450) four 30A ESCs with SimonK firmware four brushless RCTimer 2830-1000KV motors four plastic propellers [/checklist]       Unfortunately I didn’t realize reading the kit description on RCTimer website that the motors include the 3.5mm banana plugs but the ESC don’t;…

4ld: the flight control board

I ordered the Naza-M Lite from Bizmodel, an italian DJI reseller and therefore I received it few days after my order. The main task for a flight control board is to adjust the power of the motors in order to stabilize the quadricopter, reducing the unwanted movements (oscillations, rotations…). More advanced control boards, like the Naza ones, are also able to automatically maintain the…