Wetfish Drone General #1

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Wetfish Drone General #1
« on: October 14, 2019, 11:50:13 am »
wetfish Drone General Thread #1


In /WDG/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, dildos etc.

>How do I get started with racing drones?

https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/

https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/

> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID

>What about planes?

https://www.flitetest.com/

>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?

Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly around my yard/garden

Syma X5C

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly inside my house

Eachine E010/Hubsan X4

>What are some good YouTube channels for learning or fun?

Joshua Bardwell - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3eufnI7A2I7IkKHZn8KSQ
Painless360 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1vASX-fg959vRc1xowqpw
Flite Test - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zTuyWffK9ckEz1216noAw
Peter Sripol - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yF9tV4xWEMZkel7q8La_w
7demo7 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTa02ZJeR5PwNZK5Ls3EQGQ
ArxangelRC - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_c0DGOOGHrEu3TO1Hl3AA
RagTheNutsOff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWP6vjgBw1y15xHAyTDyUTw

RACHEL TIPPED 1000 CORAL FOR THIS POST


Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2019, 12:23:52 pm »
Assuming the pic is your own... How much does that drone weigh? What software does it run?
*spork*

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2019, 12:29:19 pm »
Assuming the pic is your own... How much does that drone weigh? What software does it run?

Most drones run an open source software called betaflight which is a fork of cleanflight which is another fork of baseflight.

I think I spent under 150$ for the drone itself it's a very budget like build using 2 year old parts.

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2019, 12:44:32 pm »
Assuming the pic is your own... How much does that drone weigh? What software does it run?

Most drones run an open source software called betaflight which is a fork of cleanflight which is another fork of baseflight.

I think I spent under 150$ for the drone itself it's a very budget like build using 2 year old parts.

Mistake, the weight of my drone is around 550 grams or 1.5 lbs

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2019, 05:55:17 pm »
NEW INFO:

Betaflight nightlies for 4.1 are online, two new important features are shown which are

  • rpm filters
  • vtx tables

how to set up rpm filters


how to fix vtx tables to get your vtx to work


Some flight footage (Line of Sight) of rpm filters in action by betaflight devs

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2019, 06:42:04 am »
NEW NEWS!!!!!!!!!
BETAFLIGHT 4.1.0 HAS BEEN RELEASED OFFICIALLY
https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight/releases/tag/4.1.0


Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2019, 02:10:34 pm »
Hello I also like drones. That is all.

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2019, 12:12:17 am »


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How to Build a Drone Jammer

Spark gap transmitters are the oldest type of radio transmitter made by man. They were first used around 1888 and remained legal until the 1920s when their use became greatly restricted. World War II delayed their complete ban outside of emergency communications for a few years. Now the only way to use them legally is inside a faraday cage. They operate as jammers for the same reason they were banned, they take up a lot of the radio spectrum.

https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/how-to-build-a-radiodrone-jammer/34089
*spork*

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2020, 05:29:47 pm »
this guy takes like 100 drone motors and lifts off

*spork*

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2020, 04:50:47 pm »
new news!

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Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2020, 05:00:30 pm »
Also in other news the gubberment tries to push more rules and regulations on drones due to interest and lobbying by large shipping companies especially Amazon. It is getting increasingly hard to fly a drone even though such regulations and laws are never upheld (do you think the police will go around with a drone scanner?)




Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2020, 10:13:49 pm »
Also in other news the gubberment tries to push more rules and regulations on drones due to interest and lobbying by large shipping companies especially Amazon. It is getting increasingly hard to fly a drone even though such regulations and laws are never upheld (do you think the police will go around with a drone scanner?)





im not watching an entire 34 minute video "about drones" just because you posted it
please link to specific parts of the vid or at least summarize it to summon interest
m'lady

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2020, 04:47:34 am »
Also in other news the gubberment tries to push more rules and regulations on drones due to interest and lobbying by large shipping companies especially Amazon. It is getting increasingly hard to fly a drone even though such regulations and laws are never upheld (do you think the police will go around with a drone scanner?)





im not watching an entire 34 minute video "about drones" just because you posted it
please link to specific parts of the vid or at least summarize it to summon interest

sorry about that,

basically you are now required to present a remote id that is being broadcast at all times, your transmitter must also be connected to the internet at all times. while this is fine for a commercial drone use as a DJI phantom, it is not for the case of a hobbyist made drone as the one depicted on this topic. Because regulation had a very vague statement about Hobby made drones and how it can broadcast the ID or not. to comply with the FAA's new remote id rule you have threeoptions, one is being connected to the internet via data to transmit the remote id. the second option is drones operate in a limited id mode where you are limited to 400 ft from you and the drone in any direction which is very very limited in terms of drone racing and free style. the last option is only going to FAA recongized identification areas or AMA fields which is a problem because there are not enough AMA fields or very little (also most tend to shun drone pilots because it gets in the way of their plane flying) which already limits the amount of space and fly areas the drone pilots have to go through.

so basically these remote id's aren't to benefit the hobbyist and it is more to benefit the commercial drone services such as DJI, amazon and other large shipping companies who may use drones in the future.

https://www.thedroneu.com/blog/faa-announces-drone-remote-id/ a more summerized version of what the Remote ID proposal could mean for the drone hobby as a whole

again I apologize for not able to put a summary of what is going on.

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2020, 04:56:06 am »
Also in other news the gubberment tries to push more rules and regulations on drones due to interest and lobbying by large shipping companies especially Amazon. It is getting increasingly hard to fly a drone even though such regulations and laws are never upheld (do you think the police will go around with a drone scanner?)





im not watching an entire 34 minute video "about drones" just because you posted it
please link to specific parts of the vid or at least summarize it to summon interest

sorry about that,

basically you are now required to present a remote id that is being broadcast at all times, your transmitter must also be connected to the internet at all times. while this is fine for a commercial drone use as a DJI phantom, it is not for the case of a hobbyist made drone as the one depicted on this topic. Because regulation had a very vague statement about Hobby made drones and how it can broadcast the ID or not. to comply with the FAA's new remote id rule you have threeoptions, one is being connected to the internet via data to transmit the remote id. the second option is drones operate in a limited id mode where you are limited to 400 ft from you and the drone in any direction which is very very limited in terms of drone racing and free style. the last option is only going to FAA recongized identification areas or AMA fields which is a problem because there are not enough AMA fields or very little (also most tend to shun drone pilots because it gets in the way of their plane flying) which already limits the amount of space and fly areas the drone pilots have to go through.

so basically these remote id's aren't to benefit the hobbyist and it is more to benefit the commercial drone services such as DJI, amazon and other large shipping companies who may use drones in the future.

https://www.thedroneu.com/blog/faa-announces-drone-remote-id/ a more summerized version of what the Remote ID proposal could mean for the drone hobby as a whole

again I apologize for not able to put a summary of what is going on.

Another thing that this also removes the current rule which is no drones below 250 grams can be flown without registering the drone. so remote id is tied to all drones regardless of weight limit. Before or currently we are able to fly drones sub 250 grams in our back yards and such without registering the drone.

Re: Wetfish Drone General #1
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2020, 05:04:56 pm »
thank you for these explanations.. this is super angrifying >:(
m'lady