MiniQuad 180 (3)

Let’s finish building up our mini quadcopter with the installation and configuration of the flight control board. I mounted the Flip32 board on its plastic spacers, using plastic screws to fix it and avoid short circuits. Then I connected the cables from the ESCs to the connectors labeled M1/M2/M3/M4 (the number that corresponds to each motor is detailed…

MiniQuad 180 (2)

Let’s begin the building of our mini quadricopter, starting from the assembly of the frame. Unfortunately, I immediately faced a problem: the kit included screws whose diameter was too small to tighten the spacers! Here’s a comparison between some correct screws I had in my lab and the ones included in the kit: I contacted Bangood’s customer support…

MiniQuad 180 (1)

It’s winter, therefore I decided to build a mini quadcopter to do some indoor flight. I chose to assemble a “class” 180 quadcopter, that is a quadcopter with diagonals of 18cm long. Shopping list Here are the required components: Diatone ET 180 frame Eachine BG1306 3100KV motors ZTW Spider 12A Opto ESC with SimonK firmware Flip32 10DOF flight control board Lion…