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Specifications of the Crazepony MINI Quadcopter.

Small size of 100mm * 100mm,wheelbase of 140mm,75mm propeller,really ultra-compact palm sized quadcopter.

Light weight,about 46g in total,battery included.

Flight time up to 6 minutes with standard 650mAh Li-Po rechargeable battery.

Standard Micro USB connector for charging witch takes about 40min for the stock 650mAh battery with 2A adapter.

On-board low-energy radio based on the nRF24L01+ chip.

Powerful 32 bit MCU: STM32F103T8U6 @ 72 MHz (64Kbs flash, 20kb RAM).

3-axis high-performance MEMs gyros with 3-axis accelerometer: Invensense MPU-6050.

High precision altimeter MS5611-01BA03.

Extended reservation position for compass HMC5883L.

With common USB to UART bridge CP2102,micro USB connector for firmware download and debug.

Bluetooth 4.0 LE wireless connection (with TI CC2541 chip) for smartphone client control.

4-layer low noise PCB design with separate voltage regulators for digital and analog supply.

Specifications of the Crazepony MINI RC Transmitter.

Powerful 32 bit MCU: STM32F103T8U6 @ 72 MHz (64Kbs flash, 20kb RAM).

Pluggable nRF24L01+ dongle for 20m range,up to 100m with power amplifier(PA) and SMA antenna.

With common USB to UART bridge CP2102,micro USB connector for firmware download and debug.

The default mode is the throttle on the left joystick.The left throttle joystick self centres in the up/down axis and have a excellent operation experience in altitude hold mode.

What I can use the quadcopter for?

The Crazepony MINI Quadcopter can of course be flown just because it’s fun, but the main usage is as a development, teaching or experimentation platform.

Is this quadcopter ready to fly?

Yes,it is full assembled and tested before send to you.You could control it by 4 simple steps and enjoy the fun of flying.

how to hook up the power antenna and SMA to extend RF to 100m?

This kind of nRF24L01 SMA Antenna Wireless Transceiver is available for Crazepony RC on Amazon.No new firmware is needed.Just plug out the old one and replace the tranceiver with PA.

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Crazepony propeller got damaged and what replacements are available?

The stock propellers of Crazepony MINI quadcopter is 75mm nylon propeller.This is available on e-platform like Amazon.Also you to use the propeller of Parrot Minidrone Rolling Spider instead.The propellers of Parrot Rolling Spider are 66mm and work well on Crazepony.You could just replace all the props with Rolling Spider props and no upgrade firmware needed.

How to flash a modified firmware to the quadcopter or remote control?

Using the FlyMcu.exe tool on Windows System.

  • Connect quad to usb.You need a Micro USB data cable,like the one for Android smartphone.
  • Download and launch FlyMcu.exe.
  • Click "EnumPort" menu item then select the COM port the quad is attached to(Make sure you have installed the CP210x driver correctlly).
  • Go to STM ISP tab.
  • Click "..." then select the .hex file you want to flash to the quad.
  • In the dropdown on the bottom of the window, select "Reset @RTS High(>+3V),ISP @DTR High
  • Uncheck "Program OptionBytes when ISP" (not mandatory, but safer, we don't need to touch that ...)
  • Click "Start ISP"
  • It should flash the firmware to the quad...
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