MAK Solder Fume Extractor

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It is important to take care of harmful fumes when soldering electronics. Using an extractor or even simple fan blowing the fumes away is a great idea. There are many commercial fume extractor available, but it is so much more fun to build DIY one.

Also DIY version allows to choose top quality, quiet and effective fan, like Noctua NF-F12 PWM – which is not always the case with commercial products (they often use cheap and therefore loud fans).

Here is MAK Solder Fume Extractor, feel free to construct your own.

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MAK Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog Afterburner Detent

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Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog comes with factory afterburner detent. By default it is mounted in a non-active position, but it is very easy to turn it by 180 degrees and enjoy afterburner detent. However factory detent is sometimes difficult to operate, as both thrust levers needs to be moved up slightly to get over the detent. This is particularly difficult if your HOTAS throttle is not fixed to its stand / desk. In that case it happens very often that a whole HOTAS throttle box is jumping up when moving throttles over the factory detent.

It would be much simpler to just push throttle levers over the afterburner detent (without rising them up) and this is exactly what my custom afterburner detent is doing – no need to rise the levers up while getting over the detent.

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Port analogowy odbiorników FrSky

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Port analogowy odbiorników FrSky jest bardzo użyteczną, a jednocześnie chyba nieco niedocenianą opcją jaką oferują odbiorniki FrSky. Do tej pory nie wszystkie odbiorniki były wyposażone w port analogowy. Jednak wszystkie odbiorniki nowej serii FrSky Archer będą w taki port wyposażone, warto zatem nieco bliżej przyjrzeć się jego możliwościom. Wszystkie telemetryczne odbiorniki FrSky mają co najmniej … Read more

The analog port of FrSky receivers

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The analog port of FrSky receivers is very useful, and at the same time probably an underestimated option offered by FrSky receivers. Until now, not all receivers were equipped with an analog port. However, all receivers of the new FrSky Archer series will be equipped with such a port, so it is probably worth taking … Read more

Budowa pakietu do zasilania aparatury RC

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Taranisy X9D Plus / SE 2019 wymagają zasilania pakietem 2S LiPo lub LiIon. Tylko takie pakiety zapewnią poprawne zasilanie aparatury oraz będzie można je ładować wbudowaną w Taranisy 2019 ładowarką. Pakiet taki można zamówić w 77Hobby, albo zamówić komponenty i zbudować go samemu. Samodzielna budowa pakietu sprawia sporo satysfakcji i oszczędza nieco pieniędzy. Do wykonania … Read more

Ważne uaktualnienie firmware FrSky ACCST D16 v2

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FrSky ogłosił publikację uaktualnienia do protokołu radiowego FrSky ACCST D16. Aktualizacja jest zalecana dla wszystkich użytkowników. Nowa wersja została oznaczona numerem 2.0.0 (ostatnie uaktualnienie ma wersję 2.0.1) i w tym artykule będzie nazywana ACCST D16 v2 lub po prostu D16 v2. Dla odróżnienia dotychczas stosowany protokół będziemy nazywali ACCST D16 v1 lub D16 v1. Oryginalny … Read more

FrSky ACCST D16 v2 important firmware update

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FrSky announced the release of an update to the FrSky ACCST D16 radio protocol. The upgrade is recommended to all users. The new version has been marked with 2.0.0 (the last update has version 2.0.1) and in this article it will be called ACCST D16 v2 or simply D16 v2. To distinguish the protocol used … Read more

FrSky sensors and Spirit Systems heli flybarless units

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Spirit Systems produce awesome flybarless units for RC helicopter models. Per default Spirit units provide great support for OpenTX and FrSky gear. You can easily get telemetry from Spirit (also from connected ESC, like Hobbywing) and flawless OpenTX integration, which allows to set all Spirit parameters directly from FrSky radio (Horus or Taranis), using provided LUA script.

Things get a bit complicated if – in the same time – one would like to use standard FrSky telemetry sensors. In example if you connect FrSky GPS v2 sensor, it will collide with virtual telemetry sensors provided by Spirit flybarless unit, resulting in blocking telemetry signals from Spirit virtual sensors.

Fortunately there is simple workaround and in this article I will cover some of FrSky sensors, describing how I made them work with Spirit and standard Smart Port telemetry in FrSky / OpenTX.

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