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Welcome to the new homepage!
Friends, let me present to you the brand new and improved RCExplorer homepage! The homepage is now based on wordpress and about 500 posts had to be moved and around 3000-4000 links had to be...
View ArticleI give to you, “Proximity Sunset”
The long awaited video from the Tricopter 2.6HV platform is finally ready for you to enjoy! I love how the V2.6HV flies. It’s nimble, precise and responsive. It tracks phenomenally well and is a blast...
View ArticleProximity Sunset
Airframe: Tricopter V2.6HV RC TX: Hitec Aurora 9 2.4GHz AFHSS RC RX: Hitec Optima 9 Camera: GoPro Hero2 set at 720p 60FPS Video TX: 1.3GHz 300mW, Pinwheel antenna Video RX: 1.3GHz (1258mHz compatible)...
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USA here I come!
After a very long and much more difficult process than I ever imagined, I finally got my J1-visa! Last thursday I had the final interview at the American embassy in Stockholm. After standing in line...
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My second home
After about 24 hours of traveling I finally arrived at my second home, also known as Chads basement. It was about a year ago that I last smelled the lovely smell of american hot-glue down here. Not...
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The Overkill FPV Ground Station
I’ve been flying FPV for a couple of years now and I’ve build many ground stations. However these ground stations have always been cumbersome, fragile and/or not very pretty. Now I’ve finally tried...
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The Overkill FPV Ground Station build part 1
I’ve been flying FPV for a couple of years now and I’ve build many ground stations. However these ground stations have always been cumbersome, fragile and/or not very pretty. Now I’ve finally tried...
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DIY GoPro3 video out cable
GoPro just released their new Hero3 HD camera lineup, which boasts being 30% smaller, 25% lighter while being able to deliver 1080p in 60 frames per second and even 2.7K in 30FPS . But while shrinking...
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DIY GoPro3 video out cable
I just finished up a guide on how to make your own GoPro3 video out cable for FPV. I hope you guys will enjoy it! Click here to read the article
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The Overkill FPV Ground Station build is finished!
I just finished up the build log of the Overkill FPV ground station. 54 pictures and 1500 words of ground station goodness awaits you. Click here to get to the build log
View ArticleRocket plane
Sorry for not posting in a while guys. I’ve been crazy busy at my new job on Flitetest Working on Flitetest presents a lot of interesting opportunities. For instance, I happen to find a box full of...
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The Tricopter V2.6HV Deluxe
Yet another Tricopter!? Yes! I needed a backup tricopter for a video shoot, so I decided to build one with high quality components, too see if there is any difference in performance. I choose to use...
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The Tricopter V2.6HV Deluxe – Part 1
Yet another Tricopter!? Yes! I needed a backup tricopter for a video shoot, so I decided to build one with high quality components, too see if there is any difference in performance. Click here to get...
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Tricopter V2.6HV Deluxe – Part 2
The Tricopter V2.6HV build is almost done. I just added 20 more pictures covering the FPV setup.
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FPV to Space and back
Photo stitched from 50 video frames captured by the GoPro2 at an altitude of roughly 30,000 meters I first got struck by this idea back in 2010. The idea of sending a RC plane that I could control via...
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FPV to Space and Back!
This is my attempt to send a FPV glider into the edge of space and glide it back to earth via a video link. For more info check out the project write up here Photo stitched from 50 video frames...
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Tricopter frames now on FliteTest
The tricopter frames I make have now found a new home. I will now be selling them through the Flite Test webshop instead of here. What this will mean for you as a costumer is lower price and much...
View ArticleEDF Afterburner
Check out my latest crazy build on the latest FliteTest episode: A full build log of the EDF Afterburner can be found here Watch the extended episode for more info as well:
View ArticleTricopter vs Quadcopter
In this Q&A Josh and I discuss the difference in flying a tricopter and a quadcopter
View ArticleBackstory on the space mission
In this video I talk more about the back story of the space mission:
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