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QAV500

Software Development, Game Development, Hardware Hacking, Sim Racing, Multi-rotors and Robots!

I finally got around to re-assembling my QAV500
I finally got around to re-assembling my QAV500 quadcopter with my Graupner receiver. Custom compiled ArduCopter 2.9 with hott-for-ardupilot modules and ran
More tweaks to the QAV500 platform.
More tweaks to the QAV500 platform. I moved all the electronics up to the front, this allows me to stick a battery on the top if need be. After my ESC timing
Cleaned up my QAV500 quadcopter.
Cleaned up my QAV500 quadcopter during lunch today. Due to the size of the ESCs I am using (40a 6s capable), they do not fit in the intended space, and