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FPV Prank – video jammer
A few friends and I started flying FPV quadcopters.Sometimes, when your VTx frequencies are close to each other you can get your friends feed overpower yours if their signal is stronger and/or closer....
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FPV Repair Shop #1 – Crashed Holybro ATLATL-HV VTX Repair [Antenna,...
A friend of mine crashed his quadcopter pretty hard and broke multiple parts. In this article I’ll be looking at his VTX and trying to fix it. Diagnosis Powering the VTX up will give more information...
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FPV Repair Shop #2 – Eachine VR-D2 Goggles Regulator Rplacement
My friend’s FPV goggles stopped working in the field. Lets fix them. Diagnosis The goggles do not turn on at all, they show no video and aren’t responding to button presses. I gave them a sniff and...
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FPV Repair Shop #3 – Damaged antenna cable
The antenna on my drone sticks out a little too much. After a few crashes the insulation on the coax cable as well as some of the shielding got damaged.In this article I’ll fix the antenna cable and...
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FPV Repair Shop #4 – Jumper T16 Broken Gimbal Potentiometer Stem
I don’t really know how this happened, one day I picked my radio up and noticed the left gimbal isn’t centering correctly. I tried trimming it, but it wouldn’t center to the same position every time...
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This is the evolution of the script from my other post “Open Applications On Your Computer With Alexa And HA“. The code and documentation can be found on Github. Why The Update I figured that there...
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FPV Repair Shop #5 – Li-po Batteries Cables Replacement
Today we have 4 faulty 4S Li-po batteries on the operation table. Lets see what’s wrong with them and how to fix them. DISCLAIMER: Operating on live batteries is very dangerous. This post is made for...
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FPV Repair Shop #6 – VTX Repair-A-Thon
I got a box of old and defective VTX’s. Let’s see if anything is salvageable. VTX #1 – Tramp HV This is a relatively new VTX. It stopped working immediately after a not-so-hard crash. Diagnosis...
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Raspberry Pi Rack Mount
I have a few Raspberry Pis running services in my network. Some of them have to be physically connected to other things, like 3D printers, UPSs or sensors, so they have a specific place. Some just run...
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1U PfSense router from Old Laptop
As part of my network upgrades, I wanted a better router and firewall. In the past, I’ve played around with several router and firewall operating systems in several hardware configurations, but I...
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