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 […]
Author Archives: Adam Polak
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 […]
This is a another 3D printed 2-axis GoPro gimbal. It is a prototype made to support the Gopro while mounted inside of the polycarbonate enclosure. The mounts are designed to work with the Xaircraft DIY frames. The roll mechanism works on a rail system and a series of gears that take the +/- 90 degrees of […]
This is a 3D printed 2-axis GoPro gimbal. It is made to support the Gopro while mounted inside of the polycarbonate enclosure. The mounts are designed to work with the Xaircraft DIY frames. The gimbal frame can be made from any half inch dowel or 12mm tube. I designed it to be compatible with the following: […]
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 […]