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Quad Flying Practice

By Jay Lagare on Thursday, February 16, 2017

Nothing beats actually flying a quad but charging, even 30 minutes in the case of the Cheerson CX-10, is sometimes just seems too long. And picking up the quad to right it after crashes, although good exercise, can get tiring. So the next best thing? Simulators.

I have a Steelseries Stratus lying around and it’s just a little bit smaller than the CX-10’s controller. Unfortunately, it can’t be used on the MacBook Pro so I have to find something for the iPad mini that supports MFI controllers.

After some searching I found RealFlight Mobile. It’s the mobile version of RealFlight, supposedly the most detailed and powerful simulator on the market

It’s free but unfortunately, it initially comes only with fixed wing aircraft so I had to in-app purchase a quadcopter model (looks suspiciously looks like a DJI Phantom).

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Extended Controller Sticks

By Jay Lagare on Sunday, February 12, 2017

The controller “sticks” of my Cheerson CX-10 is rather short. So I fashioned extended sticks from ballon cups I picked up from a kiddie party.

What a huge difference! The longer sticks translate your input to smaller angles so the quad is not as twitchy and abrupt as before.

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Pimped My Quad

By Jay Lagare on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

I broke 5 of the propeller blades of my Cheerson CX-10 leaving me with only 3 so I wasn’t able to fly it for a while. I ordered some extra propellers and propeller guards from eBay and they finally arrived today. I quickly installed the new propellers and guard. I trimmed some plastic bits from the guard to make it lighter and then it was fun time!

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Cheerson CX-10

By Jay Lagare on Tuesday, January 3, 2017

This tiny guy is LOADS of fun!

The Cheerson CX-10 is a toy quadcopter. It’s so small, it fits the palm of your hand! It comes in a variety of fun colors (pink, green, orange, blue). As you can see, I got an orange. The battery is built-in (good for 3-5 minutes flying) but the USB charger recharges it in just 30 minutes. It also comes with 4 extra propellers which is handy since you WILL break propellers. Finally, there’s a basic user manual. Yeah, you should RTFM!

Thanks Cez and Euge!