multirotor

love the show, and i have seen almost all of you fly FPV at one point or another. i really liked the video about making a race quad out of the electrohub and recently purchased what ill need to convert my (crashed) tricopter. i find FPV racing fascinating, having a commercial pilots license i...

I am helping a friend of mine build a quad copter and he is trying to stay on a low budget. He wants to use the flip 1.5 flight control board. I have a dx4e sitting around that I am never going to use again that I said he could use. Will they work together? I know that in the set-up process you...

The store shows the Dragonfly kit with the same detachable landing gear as the tri or quad copter, my question is, would that provide enough ground clearance. I dont see anything thing that saying how long they are but it looks to be about 3" and I can't help but think the 2 downward facing...

Sometimes I think I bit off more than I can chew, but it's coming together nicely. I have about 10 hours into the build so far. Everything tests great! But I can't get it in the air until my order comes in for props. (Hobbyking is correcting some issues with my order that were either wrong...

Hey all. After seeing some great examples of board isolation on multicopters thought some of these ideas might also apply to landing gear. So, the idea I've borrowed is to use earplugs as suspension and I hope the attached image explains this. BTW, not sure about outer/inner diameters of CF...

Hola! Does anyone know what the best 30A ESC's are with 5V BEC? I was looking at Lumenier's, but could not find a lot of feedback. Preferably something available on Amazon.com. Thanks.

From the AR Drone 1.0 to current DJI and HH products, it seems an astoundingly high percentage of drones/multirotors unexpectedly head for the hills while in one of the automated modes. I would enjoy learning more about the causes of this behavior and what the users of these drones can do to...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a Dromida Ominus, and I am also looking into getting into FPV. What I am wondering, is if anyone has used FPV with a Dromida Ominus, and if so, what setup do you use? Any suggestions and/or comments would be greatly appriciated. Thanks!

There was the episode a while back with the parachute plane, but I would love to see an episode for Heli, Multirotor, and plane pilots on recovery parachute options, for when things go too wrong to catch, and espeically for multis, since they have the glide path of a homesick rock. I know...

It is a good idea (if you want to keep your multirotor in one piece) that you allow your craft to acclimate to the temperature you will be flying in. I typically let mine adjust to the outside temp for an hour. Then recalibrate your control board. Otherwise this could happen to you...

At the suggestion of one of the mods, I am splitting up my previous request thread. The meat of this one is this: There doesn't seem to exist anywhere a good guide to the differences, advantages, disadvantages, and best uses of the various kinds of multicopter configurations. I am considering...

I just recently got into quadcopters and I bought my first kit, the Electrohub. I got everything together with some help from some great people on the forums. I went in my backyard and got it in the air for about 10 seconds and landed it now satisfied it would fly. Later that night someone on...

Hi guys... So I want to build an octocopter based off of the electrohub system, but I just have no clue what batteries, motors, or how to distribute the power. I'd like this heli to be on the small side, maybe 6 or 7 inch props, but I'm not one to scavenge the internet looking for each...

Y3 Tri-Copter - with Tail Yaw Mechanism - |Build Log| Carbon TriCopter with Novel Yaw Mechanism |Scratch Build Log| Hey Guys, i'm new here, and starting to plan my first build with a tricopter design. love the flite test videos, very good to get to grips with everything! i will document my...

Check out this video from this year's CES:http://www.cesweb.org/News/CES-TV/Video-Detail?vID=UN64IwzGXIpg&dID=DliGIusJiD1C&sID=OhYr3WpdgEMj

I have just got into multi rotors and just built my first kit, the Electrohub. Everything went together fine, but my controller (dx6i and dx5e I tried both) would not do anything (yes i did bind, I'm using a Lemon 6 channel RX). The next thing I noticed was all 4 of my ECS were getting burning...

Hello Everyone, I'm Dave, we are sorry that we have not posted in a while, but rest assured we will be more active here this year. Check out this link from CES 2015:http://www.cesweb.org/News/CES-TV/Video-Detail?vID=UN64IwzGXIpg&dID=DliGIusJiD1C&sID=OhYr3WpdgEMj

So I'm (im)patiently waiting for the arrival of my new Christmas present (which seems to be a recurring theme among the forums lately) in the form of FatShark Predators and ImmersionRC circular polarized antennas. I'll be putting my setup on a Bat Bone with a KK 2.1.5 controller board and...

Hi forums, I have finally finished my Electrohub build and need help with arming it. It has the Electrohub kit so the Flip 1.5. I have this for my transmitter http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__15140__Hobby_King_2_4Ghz_6Ch_Tx_Rx_V2_Mode_2_USA_Warehouse_.html. It is bound to the receiver...

Hey, I'm new to quadcopter and all and was hoping for some help. I've been looking around for a while and can't seem to find a good answer. What quad should I buy? I have saved up about $600. I am completely new to rc flying and have no experience. At first I was thinking about getting the...