Table of contents 🖼️ Theme of the year and overview of the goals for 2024 👨‍👦 Being a dad 🏋️‍♂️ CrossFit progress 🏃‍♂️ Helsinki…

Table of contents 🖼️ Theme of the year and overview of 2023’s goals 🏋️‍♂️ CrossFit 👨‍👦The best father I can be 🏃‍♂️Embracing running…

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…

“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…

I. Introduction The term “Smart Home” has quickly become a lot more mainstream and common over the past decade. There are many devices…

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…

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…

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…

In 2020 most of our quads fly on Betaflight. That’s a fact. However, there are some other options out there (EmuFlight, Cleanflight…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Microdrones are quickly becoming my favorite class of drones in 2019 and the Emax Tinyhawk Freestyle is one of the reasons why. Flying this…

I was super excited to try out a couple of ‘toothpick’ class drones. If already at this point you are like: ‘toothpick, what?!’, check out…

If you are into FPV, chances are sooner or later you will have to dispose of some old, unsafe or just no longer working lipo battery. And…

It seemed to me that on the cinewhoop front, there have been a lot of advancements lately, in particular, models such as the GEPRC CinePro…

I’m very excited to review the Skyzone SKY02X fpv goggles because it’s always easy to write about a well-rounded, high-quality product that…

If you like me recently saw the infamous yellow screen of death on your Caddx Turtle V2 camera on your Mobula7 HD (or another drone), here’s…

It’s finally here! RunCam’s latest GoPro competitor camera - the RunCam 5. In the meantime, GoPro has discontinued the Session 5 - many FPV…

The gear I use in 2019 and the quads I fly the most! To get a sense of how I fly, follow FPVTIPS on Instagram or have a look at these Georgi…

Changing a motor on the Mobula7 HD is a fairly straight forward process, but there might be a few gotchas, particularly if you are new to…

If you are into web development you might have heard the term Progressive Web App (PWA). It has been floating around for quite a while now…

The quickest I have ever gone from opening a box with a prebuilt quad to actually flying it. Binding it, 3 minutes config on my radio,…

The Mobula7 HD is right up there at the top of the line micro quads, along side with other drones such as the Eachine Trashcan, Mobula…

Ever since I lost my quad once and had to search for it for roughly 40 minutes and luckily I found it in the end, I’ve always appreciated…

Every so often you might have an issue with an ESC. Even though in general I’m a fan of 4 in 1 ESC boards, it’s pretty unpleasant to have to…

If you are one of the unlucky folks with a busted 5v regulator on your Eachine Trashcan, fear not. There is a solution and the fix is easier…

I recently got the Taranis X-Lite and was excited to try it out. I have watched the reviews, had a rough idea of what to expect, but really…

This post is based on a talk I gave at Frontend Finland 2019 and at HelsinkiJS March 2019 called: “JAMstack with Gatsby and Netlify…

I’ve always wanted to write a book! This post uncovers the events that ultimately brought me here and now. I hope it also serves as a story…

I was very excited when the Eachine Trashcan finally arrived, and not only because it’s winter in the northern hemisphere and micro drone…

Whether you are a seasoned fpv drone pilot or a person just getting started with this hobby, there always is a reason to fly in a quadcopter…

A couple of weeks ago I created and published my first node package on NPM and it was a lot of fun. Much to my surprise, it was much easier…

It’s that time of the year again, and what a year it has been! Strap yourselves in, this is gonna be a long one! I really enjoy these…

Recently I had a very minor issue, however perfect candidate to be solved using 3D printing. I’m fairly new to 3D printing, only got my…

Over time I have done a number of upgrades to my Wizard x220. So many in fact, it’s nowadays more of a custom build than a wizard and that’s…

One of the best upgrades you can do to your Wizard x220 is definitely changing the stock camera. It is pretty much widely agreed upon that…

I recently wanted to extract a screenshot from a YouTube video of one of my racing drone flights. Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? Turned out…

The stock VTX on the Wizard x220 is sometimes not the best option to keep around for the long run. From the SMA connector breaking off the…

A couple of weeks ago I switched to the new Realacc backpack and now the time has come to drop a few words on it. Spoiler: It’s pretty…

A few days ago (27th May) roughly between 22:00-23:00 I was visited by a “white hat” hacker. Although the guy could not do any real damage…

Sometimes you might need to flash new firmware on the XM+ receiver. The two main reasons as to why you may want to do that are usually: You…

A smoke stopper can save your quad many times. In a nutshell what it does is it acts as a load between your battery and your quad. In the…

The Frsky XM+ receiver is an awesome little thing. Coming in at only $14 it is a tiny, but full featured receiver for Taranis radios. Since…

This build is heavily inspired by UAVfutures’ 110MPH build with some changes. Building this quad had its ups and downs as you can tell from…

I recently upgraded to a Taranis Q X7 and after doing the initial setup I decided to sum up some of the main points in a helpful post. Much…

Here’s a list of the gear I use in 2018. 🤓 Goggles & antennas AOMWAY Commander 🔥 Eachine VR 007 Pro (modded with Eachine ProDVR) Aomway…

There’s this funny thing about life, you never know where it’s gonna take you. Whatever the ups and downs, in the end always remember that…

It’s that time of the year again. The best time to recap and consider how the year has passed. For one I really like making a goal list each…

If you are like me and have grabbed a pair of cheap FPV goggles that don’t have any digital video recording (DVR) capability read on and I…

First of all, let’s start with this - you probably won’t become a very good software developer in 5 years and that’s OK! If you are very…

In this blog post I will share my experience and learnings from living in a smart home for a year. Before we get started, however, let’s get…

Since the Wizard x220 doesn’t come with a buzzer already set up, this is many times a very useful and not too hard upgrade to do. Of course…

The Eachine Wizard x220 comes with a Flysky receiver plugged in and set to PPM mode. You can easily switch to the much faster iBUS mode…

The Wizard x220 comes with this antenna angle socket on its vtx and while you can certainly upgrade the vtx and opt-in for one that comes…

Backpack and on-the-go repair Sometimes when you fly you will crash. And sometimes when you crash things will break. It would make for a…

5 cheap and easy upgrades worth doing to your quad If you are new to FPV, the Wizard x220 provides a decent flight experience out of the box…

About a month ago I stumbled accross a YouTube video of FPV quad footage. For whatever reason it felt quite captivating. So much so, that…