Author Archives: Adam Polak

Black Vortex MultiWii

LED sequence functions: [LED A] ON: Armed [LED A] OFF: Disarmed [LED B] ON: Stabilize mode ON [LED B] OFF: Stabilize mode OFF, or accelerometer not calibrated or accelerometer inclined [LED C] ON: GPS fixed [LED C] OFF: NO GPS fix [LED A & B] Flashing: Gyroscope and accelerometer are calibrating   Motor Assignments: MultiWii […]

Xaircraft X4 Drone

This is my build log for the Xaircraft X4 drone. The accompanying bill of materials can be found here. This build is intended to be priced somewhere between the budget multicopter and a professional aerial photography platform. Some of the components used for this build rival those of professional aerial photography platforms, however, it has not been […]

Flashing 30A BlueSeries ESCs

In order to obtain more stable and responsive flight with my flight controller I decided to flash my four 30A BlueSeries speed controllers with SimonK’s custom firmware. The hardware of the ESCs I have received has been updated and no longer has the same component layout as the old 30A BlueSeries. The board now only contains N-Fets instead […]