New brushless motors for the drone buoy
February 24, 2022 · 1 min read
The first version used motors that were far too small and weak.
Now I’ve got stronger ones—brushless motors.
These are controlled via an ESC. After a bit of code, I had control. Promising!
Here is a bench test:
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