Our Next Utica Event: Day/Date: Friday, March 15 7-9pm $55 Location: Jewish Community Center, 2310 Oneida Street, Utica, NY We’re sharing our knowledge of both Tiny Whoop class drones and Tiny Whoovers (hovercraft). Both give participants experience with FPV (First Person View) goggles, industry standard radio controllers & drone technology indoors with the help... Read More
Recommended Sites, YouTube Channels, and Other Places to Get Help with Drones
Mentors for CNY Drones often get asked how did you learn all this information on drones?!? Which they usually respond with “YouTube University, of course!” Or maybe a couple of other sites on the internet. However, we realize that there are thousands of channels on YouTube and it can be overwhelming to know where to... Read More
Boards for On-Board Drone Sensors
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Drone Tools, Materials and Supplies
Here’s a list drone tools, materials and supplies. It has been broken down in 3 main categories. * = Need to have ** = Good to have *** = Nice to have Images, Links to Buy, General Prices, and CNY Drones recommendation and reasoning will be coming out soon. This post was last updated: Tools:... Read More
Sample Equipment to Build 450mm Forest Fury Type Drone
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High Voltage (HV) LiPo Battery Charging with the AOKoda CX610HV Charger
First Learn about LiPo Batteries Learn all about LiPo Batteries here: https://www.cnydrones.org/lipo-batteries-and-safety-for-beginners/ Battery Charger The charger we are using in this example is the AOKoda CX610HV 6 Channel 1S LiPo Battery Charger 4.35V Version 1A Micro Charger DC/XT60: https://www.amazon.com/CX610HV-Channel-Battery-Connectors-Inductrix/dp/B071ZZ2LB1 It is for charging 1s (1 cell) LiPo batteries only. Also, because this is the HV version, this... Read More
“Tiny Whoop” Build Instructions – BETAFPV Frsky Rx
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Flight Modes – Angle, Horizon, Acro what do they mean?
You may have heard of terms like acro, rate, manual, self level, horizon mode but not understood what they really meant. This post should help you understand what all those terms mean and how the flight mode affects the flight characteristics of the drone. First thing to understand is that there are two main types... Read More
Beginner Practice Exercises
Suggested exercises for those working with Tiny Whoop class drones – Floor Scoot Fly across an open floor space staying on or close to the ground to practice working the directional controls. Use an open hallway, classroom space or gym. Attempt without or with obstacles. Hover Using the left control (throttle) maintain a... Read More
LiPo Batteries and Safety for Beginners
Electrical Basics The most important terms to understand in an electrical circuit is voltage, resistance, current, and power. A simple analogy used to understand these terms. Think of the battery’s circuit as a pipe we are trying to pump water through, like the picture below: Voltage is the water pressure that is pushing the water... Read More