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Tips, deep-dives, and field reports from the FPV motor-music project. New posts every few weeks.

Why carbon-fibre frames sound louder (and how to use it)

· hardware · sound quality · frames

Your motors barely make sound on their own — the frame does most of the radiating. Carbon-fibre arms turn out to be accidental loudspeakers, and there's a lot you can do with that.

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How to fit a 3-minute song into 62 notes

· workflow · midi · tips

The whole song doesn't fit. Here's the workflow we use to crop, simplify, and arrange a long MIDI down to something recognisable that still fits Bluejay's budget.

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Bluejay vs BLHeli_S — why you need to flash for startup melodies

· bluejay · blheli · firmware · getting started

Stock BLHeli_S can't play custom melodies at all — that beep-beep-beep on battery plug is all you get. Here's what Bluejay changes and why the flash is worth ten minutes.

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Best 5-inch motors for music playback

· motors · hardware · sound quality

After a few weekends of comparing 5-inch FPV motors with the same song playing through each one, here's what actually makes a difference and what doesn't.

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