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Review and setup Jumper AION ExpressLRS nano module for Taranis X-Lite
I have to admit that while being away from the FPV drone hobby past few years I have completely missed out the entire ExpressLRS (ELRS) movement. From what I’ve been able to gather and understand so far since my comeback, it seems like an amazing community-driven open-source project with all of the code on GitHub and…
Build a 65mm micro drone from the Mepsking kit parts
After being a few years away from the hobby I’m making a low-key comeback and wanted to check out what’s the process nowadays when making a tiny micro drone to zip around at home during the winter and outside too. Historically, when I was last dealing with the FPV hobby, I was pretty impressed with where micro drones…
My 2024 year in review
Table of contents 🖼️ Theme of the year and overview of the goals for 2024 👨👦 Being a dad 🏋️♂️ CrossFit progress 🏃♂️ Helsinki Midnight Run 🍸 Sobreity continues 🇪🇪 A couple of days in Tallinn 🇧🇬 Trip to Bulgaria with Anton 🇨🇾 Trip to Cyprus for my sister’s wedding 🇪🇸 Trip to Tenerife 🎞️ Movie review…
My 2023 year in review
Table of contents 🖼️ Theme of the year and overview of 2023’s goals 🏋️♂️ CrossFit 👨👦The best father I can be 🏃♂️Embracing running 🥈 Helsinki Tough Viking ☀️ Finnish weather in 2023 🍸 On being sober for over a year 🇩🇪 Trip to Berlin 🇪🇸 Trip to Spain 🛳️ Cruise trip to Sweden with Anton 🥑 Health 💻 Work…
Road to Ironman 2025
For the past a little over 1 year I’ve been very much in love with CrossFit. And I’m not planning on changing that - strength, conditioning and gymnastics as nicely coupled together by the CrossFit way of training are still my primary focus and something I enjoy a lot. However, I did recently decide I’d like to give…
My 2022 year in review
“The year of G” A friend of mine called this year “The Year of G” and I like it. It fits very well for what this year has been about, so I’m gonna use that as the main title for this post. I frequently admit how much I enjoy these retrospective look backs, because it’s just so easy to forget so many little details that…
Cybersecurity in Smart Homes
I. Introduction The term “Smart Home” has quickly become a lot more mainstream and common over the past decade. There are many devices labeled as “smart” by simply having the capability to connect to your local WiFI network and usually provide some form of a remote control, usually via a mobile app for your phone. On…
My 2020-2021 years in review
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ ❔ But why I guess this post has to start by addressing the elephant in the room - why did I skip writing a year in review last year at the end of 2020. There’s no super simple answer but at the same time it’s also not immensely complicated, and yes, it does have to do with the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
DJI digital FPV system: Review, Activation, Firmware Upgrade, Complete Setup
I’ve been pretty curious to dip into the HD FPV world for a while now, and after thinking about it for a short while, patiently waiting for the end of the winter and then another 2 months to get past the shipping issues around the COVID-19 pandemic, I finally made it! I got the DJI digital FPV system, and I’m so happy…
GEPRC Skip3 HD: Max performance HD toothpick drone
I’ve been looking forward to this review for a while. My current main search and passion is to find a performing, HD cinewhoop that flies like a toothpick. And the short of it is, that I think I found it, and that’s why I’m going to be reviewing, setting up and flying the GEPRC Skip3 HD. As a simple micro cinewhoop, I…
Mobula6 EmuFlight and Project Mockingbird setup guide
In 2020 most of our quads fly on Betaflight. That’s a fact. However, there are some other options out there (EmuFlight, Cleanflight, Butterflight to name a few). But if you have already made up your mind, in this short guide, I want to show you how to flash EmuFlight on your Mobula6 (but you could do that to many other…
Holybro Kopis2 HDV with DJI digital FPV system
I’ve finally decided to take the plunge into digital FPV drones with the DJI Digital FPV system. I’ve been very interested for a while now and lucky to finally be able to get into it. For my first digital FPV experience, I’ve chosen to go with an already assembled quad, instead of building my own from scratch. The main…
SkyRC Q200 - One of the best drone lipo battery chargers
I don’t always want to start an article with such a strong statement as “one of the best…” but at the same time, I also try to review and feature the products I found out to be useful, high quality and good value. And today we’re going to have a look at the SkyRC Q200 Quattro balance charger as one such product. There…
How I got into FPV drones and how you could too
FPV stands for First Person View and in the context of FPV drones usually refers to flying a drone for freestyle or racing while viewing the feed from a camera mounted on drone as if you were the pilot. This is what it looks like: 📖 How I got into FPV My professional background is in software engineering. That’s my…
Mobula6: Complete setup and flashing 48kHz JESC firmware
It’s truly a great time for our FPV racing and freestyle hobby. For one, we get to enjoy a pretty rapid rate of tech improvement. Even though I’ve been into FPV drones for about a little under 3 years, it never ceases to amaze me just how much things have changed. The Mobula 6 micro drone is a living embodiment of…
Eachine E016F: Hovercraft and drone
I love FPV! And so far I’ve only really done drone FPV. I am looking forward to trying out a few other ways of exploring the world with FPV wings, hovercraft, and even a submarine. Some of those you could just pick up online for a few bucks, some are not at all available and will need to be full-blown projects, if at…
How to replace a motor on the GEPRC Phantom
Replacing a motor on your quad is for the most part fairly straight forward. But in this guide, I’d like to also go over debugging a motor and ESC and figuring out the faulty component, as well as verification and configuration after the replacement. If you prefer watching, check out the video version of this post on…
How to build a Ryzen 3rd gen computer
Every 4-5 years I build a new computer. It started 20 years ago (in 1999) when my dad and I ordered our custom-built configuration from a computer parts shop in Bulgaria. Then, in 2006 I specced and ordered a newer PC, 4 years later in 2010 I got another machine - again specced by me, but built by the company I ordered…
My 2019 year-in-review
I really love these yearly reflection posts and I am really looking forward to writing them every year. Not because I want to pat myself on the back or brag over stuff, but really because they show me in a very clear way what had happened and what had changed in the semi-long run. These posts uncover a lot of small…
Emax Tinyhawk Freestyle review and setup
Microdrones are quickly becoming my favorite class of drones in 2019 and the Emax Tinyhawk Freestyle is one of the reasons why. Flying this thing makes me wonder how is it possible something that small to fly that much like a 5” quad and to be so fast and enjoyable. I was fortunate enough to be able to compare the Emax…