Author: RCExplorer – David

The Mini Tricopter is finally back in stock! All backorders was sent out yesterday. Thank you for your patience and thank you for all your support. I really appreciate it. The Triflight code is coming along very nicely and the tricopters are flying 1000% better than the stock code. Hopefully we’ll move out of the beta and release the a v1.0 of the code in a not too distant future. Thank you Lauka for everything you have done. Also thank you to everyone else on the forums that have helped develop and improving on the code and providing feedback. Together we’ll soon conquer the world, ehm I mean the race tracks.

Quick update on the store; Added a servo setup tool to make it easier get the perfect center and exact 40° throw. Very useful in the setup of the Triflight setup. This will be included in the Tricopter and MiniTricopter kits from now on, or to be bought separately. Those that are waiting on their backordered Minis will get one with their order. The backorders will, incidentally, be shipped tomorrow!

Also added the option to buy the tricopter frames separately, in case you want to upgrade just one frame or accidentally destroyed one.

A couple of weeks back I heard from a friend of mine that the Swedish Rescue Training Center in Skövde was going to close down and that they were holding an auction for all kind of cool stuff. I immediately jumped on the interwebs and found the auction. Among the thousands of very mixed items such as firetrucks, CPR dolls, miniature models, projectors, chairs and such I found a Hunting Percival P66 Pembroke C.Mk 52

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We’re currently moving over to a new website and things might be a bit clunky for a couple of days while we work through the kinks.

If you have start getting frustration from using the website you can watch this video of me getting punched in the face with fire:

The awesome guys over at FT After Hours invited me to join the show for a new segment called “Tech talk with David“.

In this first instalment we talk a bit about how brushless motors work, how KV is determined and what affects how much watts the motor can handle. We also talk about how servoless retracts work, KK2 VS Naze32 and loads more. Of course we also discussed some other thins such as the new Slow Mo Time channel, and my resent purchase of an airplane wing.  The FT After Hours crew really are a joy talking to and it is an honor to be on their podcast.

Click here to listen to the episode in your browser or visit the episode page here.

If you’ve never listened to the crazy stories from Chris, Wayne, Andrew and Mike be sure to listen to their previous episodes as well.

I just got a slowmotion camera! It’s a pretty cheap camera when it comes to proper high speed cameras (it’s still cost a pretty penny  though)

As a weekend project I’ve now stared a secondary channel called “Slow Mo Time”

Is there anything you would like to see in slow motion? Leave a comment!

So far I’ve made 3 videos and here they are: (more…)

Got some news for you guys! Today the Tricopter V3 has been upgraded to V3.5!

Some minor changes has been made to the kit such as;

All fiberglass reinforced injection moulded plastic pieces to improve durability and quality. This includes the top and bottom wire holders, front spacer and all of the tilt mechanism piecesThe V3.5 also have a larger wire dampeners to allow for larger batteries. New maximum recommended battery size is 40mm tall and 60mm wideLastly, the kit comes with the new style carbon fiber arms which were announced over a month back. The new arms are even stronger and more square than the previous model.

The main reason for the new V3.5 name is to make it easier for people to find the new build video that is in the works. Since quite a few things have changed since the launch of the V3 a new build video seems appropriate.

The V3.5 has already been shipping out for almost 2 weeks, so if you’ve ordered one in the past fortnight chances are you’ve already received the new kit.

October 27th at 2PM EST (11AM PST) (18:00 GMT) Chad Kapper and myself will be answering your questions on Reddit. Got any questions about the Rotor DR1 movie, the rotor universe, how the movie was made or general “drone” questions, jump over to Reddit tomorrow and join the “Ask me anything” thread.

For anyone that missed the release this past Tuesday; Rotor DR1 the movie is now available on Blu-Ray, DVD, Hulu and Vimeo.

Update! The chat is now live! Make sure to upvote the room.

Update2 thanks to everyone that showed up!

The new style arms for the mini tricopter has finally arrived! From today all mini tricopter orders will ship out with the new style arms. If you order spare arms and want the old style, leave an order comment and we’ll send the old style arms. Read more about the new style arms here

I finally got some time to fix and compile the final design files for the Mini Tricopter.

The files are available in STP and STL format for free on the downloads page.