{"id":68,"date":"2015-04-10T15:20:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/?p=68"},"modified":"2015-04-10T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:20:20","slug":"modifications-to-syma-x5c-1-remote-controlled-quadcopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/modifications-to-syma-x5c-1-remote-controlled-quadcopter\/","title":{"rendered":"Modifications to Syma X5C-1 remote controlled quadcopter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antenna Modification
\n<\/strong>The antenna that comes with the transmitter is not the correct wavelength. I used a soldering iron to remove the stock antenna and replace it with a 12.5cm wire (a full wave length at 2.4 ghz). I tested the antenna both before and afterward by having someone hold the quadcopter while I walked away from it. The antenna mod easily doubled the range.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Syma X5C-1 stock transmitter antenna is less than a quarter wave<\/p><\/div>\n

\"My<\/a>

My new antenna is 12.5cm, a full 2.4 ghz wavelength<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I<\/a>

I tucked the new antenna up into the handle of the transmitter<\/p><\/div>\n

Flotation Modification
\n<\/strong>I saw a sad YouTube video of someone’s new Syma X5C-1 quadcopter sinking into a body of water. I took my quadcopter apart and installed 6 styrofoam packing peanuts. I haven’t crashed into the water to try it out (I hope I never do), but this is cheap\/easy insurance that will helpfully keep my investment afloat.<\/p>\n

\"Adding<\/a>

Adding styrofoam packing peanuts to help the Syma X5C-1 quadcopter float<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Syma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antenna Modification The antenna that comes with the transmitter is not the correct wavelength. I used a soldering iron to remove the stock antenna and replace it with a 12.5cm wire (a full wave length at 2.4 ghz). I tested the antenna both before and afterward by having someone hold the quadcopter while I walked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4JWzp-16","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookatmypage.net\/handy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}