I’ve made some pretty major upgrades, additions, and modifications to my quadcopter recently, so I thought now would be a good time to do another post. The base for this quad is still the same one I’ve been using for nearly a year now, which was the subject of the post about upgrading from KK2.0 …

After a lot of trial and error with DIY quadcopter builds and trying my hand at a few DIY quadcopter frames, including my favorite - the Lunchbox Copter, I wanted to build a quad around a frame that would be stable in flight and strong enough to withstand the occasional hard landing. Now that I’ve gotten a …

I recently received my Syma X1 RTF Quadcopter from Amazon. Total cost (with free Prime shipping) was around $40 which makes it one of the most affordable drones out there. I’ve had a chance to fly it a few times and it is a pretty solid little machine. The Syma X1 is a great starter …

As mentioned in a previous post, I decided to go with the HobbyKing v1 quadcopter frame. It came with no instructions or diagram so it took some trial and error to assemble. On the HobbyKing site there is an instructions PDF but unfortunately it wasn’t very clear and it showed different parts and hardware than …

Check out this unboxing of the Blade mQX rtf ultra micro quadcopter. The product page can be found here.