#quadcopter — Public Fediverse posts

Spent five bucks at the thrift last week for a bag of "#drone parts". I spotted a couple of antennas and some tiny motors, so snapped it up.

Having just organized the parts, it appears to be most of the components of a single lightweight #quadcopter kit, but there is no manual and the SKUs on the bags don't connect to anything meaningful on Google. Seems to me, if I could find the paperwork of the kit, I could probably get this thing assembled.

Do these pieces look familiar to anyone who follows these hashtags?

Edit: the wall wart and the package of one of the antennas are from the #UK which is probably why whoever bought this eventually scrapped it to the thrift for my delectation.

Hackaday Europe 2026: Half Quad, Half Blimp: Test. Fly. Survive.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/hackaday-europe-2026-half-quad-half-blimp-test-fly-survive/

#NewOrleans #Cops Published Policy Document Allowing #Weaponized #Drones

The New Orleans #Police Department (#NOPD ) looked at ways to arm #quadcopter drones with #weapons , according to a draft version of its #drone manual shared with 404 Media. A draft version of the manual, which was live on the NOPD website in June, said that the department’s drones could only be equipped with weapons with written approval from the Superintendent of Police.
#security

https://www.404media.co/new-orleans-cops-published-policy-document-allowing-weaponized-drones/

Drone / Quadcopter Spray Can Mod:

Prototyping a Spray Painting Quadcopter // Becky Stern - https://youtu.be/aJPCvV_xGFc?si=dR1Scl1emgH5y062 (11 years ago!)

How to Guide / Page - https://learn.adafruit.com/quadcopter-spray-can-mod?view=all

#Flock #Privacy #Constitution #DeFlock #Antividual #JeffSovern #DIY #Quadcopter #Drone #AntiFlock #FightForRights #Project

Meet the Family 😜
#drone #fpv #dji #quadrocopter #quadcopter #cinewhoop

#quadcopter #Muralidhar #UnitedNations #Israel

Wochenrückblick, Ausgabe 136 (2026-14)

Themen:

🗺️ Feedback zum neuen Bikerouter-Höhenprofil

🌫️ Experiment: Wie hoch reicht der Nebel? Außerdem: Vereisung an Luftfahrtzeugen

🏡 Praktisches Tool aus dem 3D-Drucker fürs Gießen im Garten

🚵‍♂️ Endlich mal wieder mehr als drei Stunden auf dem Rad

🧑‍🍳 Innovationen bei Küchengeräten: Meist Quatsch, aber manchmal auch wirklich Gold

🔊 In dieser Woche gehört: Andy C, Alyne

#Wochenrückblick #Bikerouter #Höhenprofil #Quadcopter #Nebel #Vereisung #Garten #3DDruck #Radfahren #Küche #Küchengeräte #Techno

https://www.marcusjaschen.de/blog/2026/2026-14/

Father and son team break more quadcopter records, this time for longest flight at over 5 hours! They also hold (or held depending on how to categorize their record) the top speed record! #tech #quadcopter
https://newatlas.com/drones/luke-bell-solar-drone-endurance/

Here's a clever way to "perch" and land quadrotors, using propeller guards instead of "feet". It requires reversible motor electronics, but other than that it's simple and elegant.

For "perching" on a ceiling, the drone simply flies up against the ceiling. The prop guards prevent the props from actually touching the ceiling, but the props are still close enough to get extra suction.

To land, the drone goes upside-down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHbEGIpA-cc

#multirotor #quadcopter

Two UFOs buzz over the Apartment?

** Read the ALT text for what these really are. **

#UFO #Police #Drone #QuadCopter

Nur so ein ganz kleiner Testflug mit der DJI Neo. War vorhin noch ein Bisschen spazieren und glücklicherweise hatte es dann auch irgendwann zu regnen aufgehört. Also, einmal kurz 'ne Runde gedreht. Der kleine Quadcopter fliegt für seine winzige Größe echt sauber!

#DJI #DJINeo #Quadcopter #Drone #Flight #Fun

Hedges Report: On Israel Exporting Occupation Technology
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/hedges-report-on-israel-exporting-occupation-technology/
Antony Loewenstein discusses the ease with which Israel has used Gaza to experiment with tools of war and surveillance as a means of control as well as profit thanks to their grave human rights abuses. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges…
#Politics #Analysis #Britain #Colonialism #Commentary #FreeSpeech #Gaza #Genocide #Germany #HumanRights #Intelligence #Israel #MilitaryIndustry #Palestine #SaudiArabia #UnitedArabEmirates #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #AntonyLoewenstein #ArtificialIntelligence #BlueWolf #ChrisHedges #Drones #ElbitSystems #Hebron #JamalKhashoggi #MonaShtaya #Palestinian #PalestinianGenocide #Pegasus #PegasusSpyware #Quadcopter #RedWolf #Surveillance #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThePalestineLaboratory #ThePalestineLaboratory:HowIsraelExportsTheTechnologyOfOccupationAroundTheWorld #TommyRobinson #WestBank

eVTOL for Everyone https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/evtol-for-everyone/ #aerodynamic #dronehacks #quadcopter #eVTOL

Hmmm, odd. I fiddled around some more in the ESC Configurator and got it working again, but the only thing I actually changed was the Minimum Startup Power. That was way down at 1025 for some reason, so I increased that to 1120, which was the setting that gave me a good spin on all 4 motors when using ESC Configurator's manual motor control.

No time for any proper flights after all that messing around, but I did take it into the back yard for a few test hops. This confirmed several things:

1. The quad can now fly again. Excellent!
2. My FPV flying skills are very, very rusty.
3. This thing is a pocket rocket and is very hard to fly in confined spaces, and not just because of 2.

#FPV #FPVquad #FPVdrone #quadcopter

Arse. I decided to take advantage of a day off and fly one of my FPV quads for the first time in ages. I picked the Flywoo Firefly 2S Nano Baby 20, charged some 2S batteries, my transmitter and my goggles batteries, plugged the quad into Betaflight Configurator to check it was alive, then walked down the road to fly. I got set up, armed the drone and... nothing. The motors wouldn't spin up.

I tried a few more times, with two different batteries, but no joy. So I walked home, plugging the drone back into my computer and tried manually running the motors in Betaflght Configurator. I could get them to spin up one at a time, but when I tried to spin all four I'd only get one or two to work. Then they wouldn't even work individually either. I tried ESC Configurator too and it could talk to the ESCs so they aren't completely dead, but I'm guessing they are damaged. It's either that or all four motors, but that seems unlikely.

#FPV #FPVdrone #FPVquad #quadcopter

Building a PV Solar-Powered Quadcopter - The solar-powered quadcopter from below. (Credit: Luke Maximo Bell)
One of the mos... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/01/building-a-pv-solar-powered-quadcopter/ #greenhacks #quadcopter #pvsolar

POV Globe Takes to the Skies https://hackaday.com/2025/10/22/pov-globe-takes-to-the-skies/ #persistanceofvision #dronehacks #POVdisplay #quadcopter #POVglobe #drone

POV Globe Takes to the Skies - LED billboards are cyberpunk-dystopian enough for most, but it can get worse. For ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/22/pov-globe-takes-to-the-skies/ #persistanceofvision #dronehacks #povdisplay #quadcopter #povglobe #drone

Making the Tiny Air65 Quadcopter Even Smaller https://hackaday.com/2025/10/14/making-the-tiny-air65-quadcopter-even-smaller/ #dronehacks #quadcopter #dronefpv

Making the Tiny Air65 Quadcopter Even Smaller - First person view (FPV) quadcopter drones have become increasingly more capable ov... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/14/making-the-tiny-air65-quadcopter-even-smaller/ #dronehacks #quadcopter #dronefpv