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My first review in 3 months is up!

Sorry for the down time, as you know I was overseas for work and wasn't able to do any reviews.

Luckily for me I was welcomed back by a sweet little micro - the ASUAV F100 (a.k.a Awesome F100)

From the first flight I knew the F100 was going to fly great, and after some extended flying the only issue I noticed was prop wash oscillations. I'll be trying to fix those next but for now, do check out the review!

I'll also be adding more info to the F100 dedicated page as I get more time with her.

Buy the F100 here!
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Finally had my first flight session after returning to Singapore. Nice to meet my friends again after a 3 months break! I actually crashed this quad really bad into a concrete wall right before leaving the country, but i'm glad that it's still working well 3 months later :) Pardon the Youtube Music! I figured it'd still be better than static.. Here's some of the parts used for this quad! Flight Controller: DYS F4 AIO https://goo.gl/yi9sSK Frame: Modified Realacc Y200 https://goo.gl/n1w5zi Camera: Runcam Swift 2 https://goo.gl/JAJvjM ESC: Racerstar RS30A https://goo.gl/dWq2St Props: KingKong 5050x3 https://goo.gl/Mffq2t

Okie this isn't exactly drone related, but gimbals and drones are good friends, and sometimes a gimbal in your hand is a great thing to have!

This was taken on a Xperia Z5 + DJI Osmo Mobile. I strongly recommend this product  for vacations, it's a bit pricey, but probably much cheaper than a good lens for your SLR, and your mobile phone instantly becomes an amazing video camcorder!

Some shots would've been better with a Tripod, but I'm more than happy with these results!

Find the DJI Osmo Mobile here!

This cutsie packs much more fun than it looks!
I only had the chance to fly 2 packs (two 1S 450mah packs for that matter) before I had to leave for Vancouver, but I can still clearly remember the smile I had after my first pack.

Check out the video to see how she performs!

Find this quad here!

Just having some fun on my rest day.. trying to remove my fear of gates!

Haven't flown with flags and gates for so long, luckily I can still get around them reasonably without crashing too much :P

Eachine Racer 250 Pro Review

Hi guys! After finally settling down a bit at Vancouver, I got some time to do up the first of my long overdue reviews, the Eachine Racer 250 Pro!

While not a race machine, the Eachine Racer 250 Pro provides a nice cheap platform for new comers to get their feet wet with Drone FPV Flying.
Check out the video to see what I think about this quad!

You can find this budget flyer here

Also, check out my dedicated Eachine Racer 250 Pro page

As promised, here are some useful links you may require for setting up this RTF Package:

Entering Config Menu for the Eachine i6 Transmitter

Setting End Points for the Transmitter

Calibrating ESCs

Had a blast flying the Aurora 90 once again at a playground nearby.

These micro quads are so convenient to fly!

Find out more about this quad here!

So I was helping out to fix a trail at one of North Shore's beautiful trails, and of course what did I bring along?

We all had a blast watching this little fighter whizz around chasing the bikers :P

Micro Caged Quads ftw!!

Also featured in this video is the DJI Osmo Mobile.
It turns your handphone camera into an awesome stabilized video recorder!
Check out the pro looking footage!

Did my first "serious" flying in Vancouver today.
I'm really bad at flying without gates and cones, but nevertheless I had fun!

Wow it's been so long since I took the Aurora100 out for a flight.

This time it's in a rather tight and confusing location (it's so easy to lose your way!) I almost lost the quad over a steep slope after a crash..

In any case, still a very fun quad to fly, with just enough power to zip around those tight spaces.

Find the Aurora 100 here

I'm no good flying without gates and cones.. but anyway here goes! First full throttle flight in Vancouver! Quad needs some tuning for sure but I'll just leave it alone till I get back to Singapore..

Too bad I don't have runcam split or my 5" quads with me..

This is a <250g AUW 130mm built from my spares!

Built on this flight controller

Hey guys! i've been quiet for quite a while cause i've been preparing to move to Vancouver. I'll be here for the next 2 to 3 months!
Thankfully all my equipment made it through customs safely, and here's my first flight in Vancouver!
Not sure if it really counts as flying in Vancouver.. but oh well!

The Aurora90 is a blast! Flying this lap is totally different from flying in the field, and its really much harder than it seems!

Buy the Eachine Aurora 90 here for some good indoor fun!

Had a blast last week with the maiden flight of my new quad, based on the DYS F4 AIO FC from www.banggood.com

With the F4 controller, it easily handled 8khz/8khz even with Accelerometer off.
As you can see from the video, this quad has pretty much no prop-wash oscillations at all!

It's a raw video so please turn down your speakers :P
I haven't calibrated the current sensor yet either, so please ignore the current readings.

Full Quad Specs will be up in a bit :)

Finally had a chance to bring my mavic pro for an outing!
My first attempt at Aerial Videography, went out early in the morning to ensure minimal risk and disturbance to passerbys

I can only say: What an awesome piece of technology!
Colour has been left raw, what you see is what Mavic sees.

BangGood is having a father's day sale on the Mavic Pro

Beautiful Background music from:
Cute - www.bensound.com

After the Aurora 100 and Aurora 90, Here comes the Aurora 68!
How does she stack up against her older brother and sister?
Check out the video to find out!
Also included are some tips which I think would be helpful for owners / would-be-owners of the Aurora 68.

Purchase this quad here!

Gaoneng batteries here!

Ok... so I flashed my Alien from 3.0.1 to 3.1.7 and it decided to develop new functions by its own.. (flip out of the sky..)

Butttt, I have something even more interesting this week!
My friend Wilson was with us today and flew his brand new AstroX True X 220!
Whichhh... also broke down on the second batt.. However he was already so fast on his first battery!

Sometimes I really feel I'm getting too old for this...

Find this awesome BNF Quad here!

Hey guys! I had a ShenDrones Butters that was sitting around collecting dust, and technology has moved forward quite a bit since, so I decided to salvage what I could from the Butters and build a Micro quad!

As you will see from the buildlist, these are pretty old stuff, but after the maiden, I think this quad will be plenty of fun still!

Part list is as follows:

Frame (modified to be very low stack)

AIO FC+PDB

AIO Camera+VTX
(the one i'm using seems to be discontinued)

ESCs
(I have LittleBee BLHeli 20A ESCs but it doesn't make sense to get these either now)

Motors

Looking forward to bring this quad out for a run this weekend!

Ok.. so it rained... and I flew badly.. didn't help that the wind was really blowing as the storm built up...

Find this quad here

These were the props I used

Dedicated Shuriken X1 page here

Two New Toys, Two New Raw Videos!

Review videos are still on the way, in the mean time check out these 2 quads!
You might want to turn your volume down.. these *are* raw videos..

Eachine Aurora 68

Eachine Racer 250 Pro

Last week I knew the X1 was in shape after changing props, but this week I got the numbers to back it up!

If you recall this vid:

The top speed was capped around 60+ KPH, even pushing a higher throttle the speed didn't go faster.

But check out today's vid! 130KPH and it looked like it could do more!

Find this quad here

These were the props I used

Dedicate blog page for the Shuriken X1

Awesome charger at Awesome price!

Q200 4 Channel Charger
remember to use the Q200 coupon code!

Thank you mxmfpv fpr spotting out this awesome deal
check out his facebook page HERE

ImpulseRC Alien vs Holybro Shuriken X1 preview, from www.gearbest.com

Meant to bring these 2 together for a rematch today, after last week's disadvantaged battle to the Shuriken X1 (crazy max throttle oscillations)

Thankfully, today I managed to fix the Shuriken X1!!
Turns out it was the props after all!

Find the Shuriken X1 Here

The HQProp 5x4x3 Durables v1 proved to be too flexible for the T-Motor F40 2206 2600kV Motors, and caused all sorts of problems which I initially thought was due to the tuning.
Today I swapped on the kingkong 5040x3 Props, and the issues were pretty much gone!
No more random pitch ups/etc.

These props are highly similar to the MrSteele HQProps which came with the X1, and you can find them here:

After a big round, I believe the X1 is finally flying close to her potential.

However..... the skies decided to end today's session early, and I only managed to get 1 pack out before the skies called it a day..

The Shuriken X1 was flying at ~60deg tilt while the Alien ~45deg tilt, and the difference in speed is obvious (not to mentioned I crashed the Alien..)
I usually time the 5th pack of each quad so that I have time to get used to the characteristics of that quad.

I also noticed that the Camera on Shuriken X1 made it easier for me to spot my blue coloured gates!

Satisfied Flight!

Had a blast today flying 3 different quads - the Aurora 100, Impulse RC Alien 5", and the Shuriken X1.

The Shuriken X1 is still giving me issues (a different one this time), and hopefully it will be solved with a set of new props. I will also look for a wider lens for it next week...

The Aurora 100 and ImpulseRC Alien 5" both brought a smile to my face today!
Aurora100 for surprising me with its lap timings, and the Alien for being such a badass quad even though I've neglected her for quite a few months now..

Do check out the vids from today!

The wizard x220 is on sale!
Click here for purchase link

This is an excellent value for money quad, do check out the dedicated page for the review on this quad!

Shuriken X1 Ripping! from www.gearbest.com

Another day, another track
PID tuning has improved the sudden pitch up issues I was facing last week, but still there is room for improvement.

Getting used to 60 deg tilt!

View the dedicated blog page here

Buy this quad here

Aurora 100 REBORN

As mentioned in my review video, my Aurora 100 was pretty banged up.
The antennae had come apart, both rear arms had broke, but I was not prepared to give up on the Aurora 100 after experiencing what was possible with this quad!

Check out the video to see what was done to fix the quad!

Find this awesome quad here!

Also check out my dedicated Aurora 100 page!

Shuriken X1 + Garmin Edge = Awesome Telemetry!

Been wanting to do this for a long time now, but never got my lazy bum down to do it
Result is great! Was half wondering how well the Garmin would be able to track the quad's movements, and it turned out pretty well I guess =)

The Shuriken X1 can definitely go faster as you can see in my other vids, but.. Garmins.. don't.. come.. cheap... >.<

Visit my dedicated Shuriken X1 Blogpage!

Or just buy it from Gearbest =)

Do subscribe to my youtube channel if you like my videos!

Shuriken X1 - Byebye Yaw Oscillations!

Thank you Philip Mark and Gm for setting up the course!!

After yesterday's success on the bench (no more oscillations at low/mid throttle), I was eager to bring the Shuriken X1 out to see if the problems were indeed solved.
What can I say.. YES!!!!! The oscillations I've become used to are gone!!!
Unfortunately my PIDs were whacked (they were from the previous settings when I was trying to solve the yaw oscillation issue) but now that the mysterious yaw oscillations are truly gone, I can concentrate on pushing this quad to its fullest potential! =)

If you have a Shuriken X1, I strongly suggest you to softmount your motors.

I used these rubber dampers

With 10mm Bolts (quad comes assembled with 6mm bolts)

Do visit the dedicated blog page for more videos on the Holybro Shuriken X1!

Soft Mounted Motors - Does it work?

Hi guys! For those who have followed my channel, you'd know that I've been trying to fix some yaw oscillation issues with my Shuriken X1.

Initially I thought I fixed it with the loose camera lens element, and while that did solve most of the oscillation issues, I noticed that I still had some yaw oscillations especially at certain throttle levels.

With moriwaky's suggestion from RCGroups forums, and after how nothing else seemed to work, I decided to soft-mount the motors.
Apparently these T-Motor F40ii 2600kV motors were notoriously difficult to tune, and I was not the only one having issues with it (people had issues with it on other frames as well)

Do note that although I didn't show it in the video, I did test the motors individually, and all of them displayed the same symptoms at ~1260 throttle albeit at different intensities, so it's not 1 broken motor or something like that.

So does soft mounting work? check out the video to find out!

Links to the Rubber Damper are here

If you need 10mm M3 bolts

Hi guys! this is long overdue cause I had so much fun flying her that I kept procrastinating the review.. x.x
Check out my review and see if this is the quad for you!

You may also visit my dedicated blog page for this quad here:
Aurora90 Blog Page

Find this quad HERE!

As mentioned, this is the link to the GaoNeng batteries which work great with this quad (and the Aurora100 as well).
GaoNeng Batteries

Been a while since I brought the GB-X210 out for a spin, and my dear friend set up a new course today!
Also flashed Betaflight 3.1.6 to try out the Anti-Gravity settings but I think my I term still needs a bit of tuning (either that or the  anti-gravity settings need to be changed), getting some bounceback at the end of rolls..

This quad never fails to impress! It was a pretty open track so even though I was trying to control the throttle, batteries still came down pretty hot after ~3minutes of flight.

Find this excellent kit here

Gearbest is having a anniversary sale!!
Check it out here!

Hurry before the stocks run out, I got a spare SC608 charger but it's OOS already..

It's getting so difficult for me to make a review for the Aurora90 cause I just want to bring her out for some fun time!

Today I collected the keys for my new house and seeing how small houses are here, it's probably the only time I can fly a quad in my house (while it's still empty).

I'm liking the new trees too! =D

Find this awesome micro quad here!

[TK Lap] Martian III with OMNIBUS Betaflight F3 FC

So everyone keeps a set of spares for their main quads, up to a point where there are so many spares that you can build a new quad...

Here's my spare part quad, pretty good don't you think? :D

This FC is my new favourite bang for buck FC, you can find it here:

An OSD isn't necessary, but it really makes life a lot easier, and after numerous punchouts I confirm that the BFOSD is stable (unlike some mwosd installations which are really sensitive to the 5V line).

[Micro Tech Lap] Aurora90 with a twist!

The first of the challenger micros have arrived!
And she's none other than the Eachine Aurora90.

It was also new for me to see my flight from above, and it became clear how much margin there was to the railings even though they looked so close in FPV.

I will push myself harder next time!

Do check out my Eachine Aurora90 page for more info!

[Micro Tech Lap] Eachine Chaser 88

just getting used to the track before the other micros arrive..

[TK Lap] Holybro Shuriken X1

This Quad's PIDs still need some working on, thinking of trying out some new props (just ordered) cause nothing seems to be solving the low/mid throttle issues.

However since most of the time I'm not at at low/mid throttle, this Quad is a blast to fly!

Micro Tech Lap with Eachine Chaser88

Couldn't resist taking the Chaser88 out for another run after adjusting the PIDs.
The cameras did well under the low lighting conditions as well!

I lowered my rates and ended up with a very controllable quad, and the lap timing reflected this with a 3 second (~10%) reduction in fastest lap timing!

Check out the video below:

I got a new toy!!!

Not bad for a first timer if I may say so myself :P

Holybro Shuriken X1

from www.gearbest.com

Just flew the Holybro Shuriken X1 from www.gearbest.com earlier this morning:
To say i'm amazed would be an understatement

Even though I saw some items I didn't like in the factory Betaflight Configuration settings, I deliberately flew this quad in its "out-of-the-box" condition.

The only thing I changed were the "modes" and the rates.
PIDs, Telemetry, OSD, Failsafe, everything was left as it is, directly out of the box.
I did not even calibrate the ESCs.
Even then it flew really well, and I could get used to the quad very quickly!

Out-of-the-box, I already matched my best timing on this lap, and this is currently running at 2khz/1khz, with OneShot125.
I have great expectations for this quad in the near future, after some tweaking of the settings.

Do subscribe and stay tuned for the full review!

Buy this awesome quad here!!
The full review video can be found here
And the RCGroups thread is here =)

ImpulseRC Alien 5"

This is my personal quad, and it used to be one of the meanest quads on earth.
Alas technology has progressed and there are now even meaner quads..

However this quad continues to be one of the smoothest quads I own and the joy I get from flying it has not decreased since the day I built her. 

JJRC JJPro P200 (modified)

from www.banggood.com

Starting a new segment in my reviews, a more technical lap timing instead of the previous all out power lap timing

Seems like this is still my fastest quad at this moment!

Get the JJRC P200 here

Unfortunately these ESCs seem to have been discontinued, but the newer (and cheaper!) versions are here!

See more of my JJRC P200 review here

JJRC JJPro P200 with HDCam(modified)

from www.banggood.com

This quad has become my HD recording quad
While I can definitely feel the extra mass due to the HDcam, this quad is still not being flown at its full potential..
Definitely the lap times will be improved in time to come!

Get the JJRC P200 here

Unfortunately these ESCs seem to have been discontinued, but the newer (and cheaper!) versions are here!

See more of my JJRC P200 review here

Armattan F1-5 with Racerstar RS30Av2 ESCs

from www.banggood.com

Maiden outing with the Armattan F1-5
Fitted with Racerstar RS30Av2 ESCs
DYS 2300kV Race Edition motors

This frame ain't light but it makes up for it with smooth handling, very controllable quad!

Find the ESCs HERE!!

Martian 5" with Racerstar 2205 2300kV Racing Edition Motors

from www.banggood.com

Brought the "Alien Clone" out today as well.
Hardware on the 2 are totally different, but this quad is meant to be the cheapo training quad.
Pretty decent nevertheless!
This was my first and only pack on it today, was still getting used to the feel at the start of the video.

Buy these bang for buck motors here!

Eachine Wizard X220 ARF

from www.banggood.com

Took the camera from my Wizard X220 RTF and replaced the one in the ARF to solve the purple hue issue..
Marginal Improvements in speed, but having things in their usual colours definitely makes flying easier!

Review video
RC Groups thread
Buy the Eachine X220 Wizard ARF here!

Eachine Wizard X220 RTF

from www.banggood.com

Brought the Wizard X220 out for another flight today to see if the improved tune helped with the lap times - which indeed it did.

Check out the video to see more!
And for my first time ever.. I got stuck in the tree at the end... 

The PIDs in this vid are here

Review video
RC Groups thread
Buy the Eachine X220 Wizard RTF here!

GB-X210

from www.gearbest.com

After the Holybro Shuriken X1 set the same timing as this quad on its first try, I decided to bring the GB-X210 out again to see if my piloting skills have improved.
Indeed the GB-X210 set a new record!

The EMAX Redbase 2205 2300kVs continue to prove their worthiness despite becoming increasingly aged as newer larger and more powerful motors surface.

Check out the video to see how she performs!

Lap video

Review video
RC Groups thread
Buy this DIY KIT here!