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Super cool... Please share build pics/vids here dear.. About reset.. It may happen if battery actual C rating is less than 15C.. When throttle is more than 80% it draws much more current from battery and it cause dip in battery voltage below 3V momentarily that may be a cause of ESP8266 brownout reset...And regarding 2n2222, its bjt not mosfet and it never give performance like mosfet which is having very less (few milli ohms) RDSon compared to BJT..

share small video / pics about whats actual setup

make sure your android phone hotspot set at 2.4GHz band.. Esp8266 will not connect if its 5.8GHz band. Also make sure no special character and space used in hot spot name.. some time it creates issue in esp8266

would love to see it in action. Can you please share a video of this plane flying??

Add line after analogwriterange(255) like above pic

Actually problem with motor heating due to very low 1khz pwm frequency.. i had used 1khz because at the time i published code , esp8266 Arduino sdk had only 1khz stable frequency..For current sdk pwm is nmi interrupt driven so we can use higher frequency.. i had experienced 5khz is much stable now..So simply modify analogWriteFreq(5000);It will greatly reduce motor heating..Ideal pwm frequency for this tiny coreless dc motor is 20 to 30khz but esp8266 lacks hardware pwm so not possible..Also you can connect 1uf cap parallel to each motor this will further smooth throttle and reduce heating

Here is playlist of my esp32 based drone.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6rHZ-FYvZtF6hlQYMDqh2MVW9tmvNeTT

I would suggest you to migrate to esp32 coz it has lots of hardware pwm channels and plenty of processing power.. you can interface many motors and servos too..Have a look at my esp32 based board which i am happily using for drone and plane..

Regarding ldo, currently i am using 2.8v ldo which works fine with esp8266 and provides more room for breathing until battery completely drain out..Diode still works good.. but i am repeating that it's very crude way for voltage regulator..

Great... I have made custom pcb for this project.. its having on board USB charging and LDO.. With battery it weights 9 gram.. and giving 7 min of flying time..Also made more advanced android app.. that supports all version of android os..

Empty pads on PCB is for adding IMU and more motors.. so I can make self stabilized plane and drone (quad) with same board

Nice and neat build.... Perfect gliding....Thanks for sharing dear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59wM2HqkeQVideo of Flying this plane

Here is flying wing Airframe design with same electronics hardware and app

Sourcing Electronics Parts : If you are electronics hobbyist than you will find many of the parts listed below in your inventory..2 nos. Coreless DC motor with cw and ccw prop --> 5$1 nos. ESP-12 or ESP-07 module --> 2$1 nos. 3.7V 180mAH 20C LiPo battery -- > 5$2 nos. SI2302DS A2SHB SOT23 MOSFET --> 0.05$5 nos. 3.3kOhms 1/10 watt smd or 1/4 watt through hole resistors --> 0.05$ (3.3K to 10K any resistor will work)1 nos. 1N4007 smd or through hole diode --> 0.02 $1 nos. TP4056 1S 1A Lipo Charger module --> 0.06$2 male and 1 female mini JST connector --> 0.05$Total Cost--------> 13$ Approx

Here is pic and video link of flying wing airframe design with same electronics hardware and android apphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAAx21j6hkM

Thanks :)

Wrong Com port, wrong board selected or there is error in connections

Share pics of Ur setup... So will get to know .. where exact problem is

check Tx-Rx connections.. if Nodemcu is acting as programmer than RST-GND short on nodemcu must... also make sure you powerup board after doing all connection... BTW schematic and video in instructable for upload code contein all info..

About Motor..You can get it from Amazon.in Also

yes you can... Just make sure its light and CG not affected

why only Car/Boat/Plane.. I am just few step away including Drone and hovercraft.. But this time its esp32 with custom PCB

yes.. its 100% competible... Go Ahead

Yes you can tweak esp8266 firmware to add servo support...

please use LiPo as its having low internal resistance... so ESP8266 not reset due to under voltage at high load...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zMCOLPK6YJ...active

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gKxi-3xPDlb2TV8EPb2U0kMg5PIsWq74/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gKxi-3xPDlb2TV8EP...App Source

In fact 25C is good compared to 20C ... Go for it...

Just swap motor wires.... Enjoy

Need hbridge means 4mosfet per motor

I'm amazed. Truly amazing video, love the complete end-to-end demonstration.You've made a complex scenario (parallel/right angle indication, graphics, reference, calibration, charging, battery indicator), all look easy!!!I watched the video twice, it was so good to see.All the parts of the end-to-end solution worked together very well.I must say, congratulations on your highly impressive project!!Good luck.Ravi

Hii.. Great to know that you have build plane based on my Instructable..Answer: both motor should rotate in opposite direction to cancel reverse torque..at a same time both should produce thrust in same direction..You have to reverse motor connection..., motor rotation direction is not programmable as I haven't used H-Bridge in this design..Hope this helped..

Yes it's possible... go ahead with Arduino Uno or any Arduino having usb to UART converter on board for program esp12 with following same procedure mentioned in this blog with following details, make sure rst pin of Arduino held low... Connect tx marked pin of Arduino to tx of esp12 directly and connect rx marked pin of Arduino to rx esp12 via 100ohms series resistor to avoid any damage due to logic level mismatch .. Arduino micro will not work as it's not having usb to UART converter on board.. as atmega32u4 having onchip usb device function..Hope it helps..

If after upload finished and than LED of Nodemcu start blink at 1 Hz rate instead of ESP12 LED means Program Uploded on Nodemcu, not on Stand Alone ESP12..You need to make sure RST of Nodemcu connected to Ground while uploading program...follow this video for better understanding..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8aYQBdBZoc

Please share small video shows how it behaves with powered launching and glide test...so I can help you out with trim settings and tunning... Also confirm CG location

Good finding... 2sk2734 and 2sk2851 any of these will work like a charm.. Thanks for Sharing...

Yes you can ... Con-It adds extra 4-5 gram to plane..

Its best to buy esp12e module for receiver than desolder from nodemcu

You can buy it from https://www.sunrom.com/p/si2302Ahmedabad and reach you on next day..

Right side CW and left side CCW... Also as plane is pusher type, both prop mounted with leading edge toward motor...

Go ahead with esp-12f... All steps remains 100% same... esp-12e and esp-12f are identical expect minor change in antenna... let me know if you stuck any where..Ravi

Thanks Dear...

Great... you liked my project.. You are doing awesome man... I got lots of inspiration by visiting your personal website..