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…

How to repair an Hubsan H107L X4 quadcopter

Some days ago, my Hubsan H107L X4 miniquad, from Banggood, stopped working: even if I connected a fully-charged battery, it didn’t move or light. Therefore, I ordered from Banggood a flight control board (they call it receiver board) to replace the faulty one: After having opened the quadcopter frame (fixed with three screws) and having unsoldered the old board, I started…