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    Yet another NOOB with questions

    Greetings all. I have been trying for a while to build a couple of foamies which were first, the "Snowball" and lately the "Cheap N Easy". I have had no luck yet getting either to fly so I have decided to build my first kit plane so as to get some experience and flying time under my belt so to...
  2. Austeyr

    G'day Mates From Adelaide South Australia

    Hi guy's Im Austeyr The Aussie. Im pretty new to RC Planes, main reason being is when i was a kid it would have cost an arm and a leg for a 2 channel 20$ plane like now days. I've always loved RC Planes and Boats Something about them has always spoken to me their price tag always spoke to my...
  3. P

    Hello...your advice is much appreciated

    Hello from New Zealand I'm a complete noob in regards to r/c flight and builds. I have just brought a spektrum dx6 and phoenix 5 flight sim to get some stress free practice in. I am looking at building a ft versa and maybe a ft tiny trainer, however I'm finding the foam board hard to find. I...
  4. Y

    Diving in

    Making my entrance into fixed-wing with some plans, some foam, a beer and a Flitetest video! I'm being a little bold with an Arrow, but I'm really excited about it and hoping my few months of 'copter experience will give me a walking-start! Wish me luck!
  5. AltxF4

    Built and Promptly Crashed my first plane, Mini Arrow

    Hi All! I am a total Noob to RC flying bits, but after watching much on the FT channel I finally built my first ever RC plane. I Built a Mini Arrow scratch build per the tiled plans using the FPV nose. Build consisted of: - Emax MT2204 2300kV motor - Emax 12A ESC SimonK - Gemfan 5030 prop -...
  6. J

    turnigy 9x problems when using with naza v2

    Hay guys I tried to post this on the hobbyking forum but it wont let me post anything so I figured I would try here. I am having a problem that is so weird I cant understand what is happening. I plug the battery into my newly built quad copter and nothing works except the pitch on the gimbal...
  7. N

    Hello there! - and a motor question

    Hello all the way from Norway! I'm a noob, and have only been doing some rc car back in my youth. I’ve now got the interest for both multirotors and planes. I’ve been learning a lot from Flite Test’s vids and planning on building a quadcopter and plane this summer. I’m also hoping to get into...
  8. A

    Versacopter won't take off/lifts to one side.

    Hey folks, I've built my Versacopter but I have a hit a bit of a snag with setting it up, here are my specs: Powerpack E Naze32 Afroflight by X8R receiver Taranis Transmitter I've double checked prop orientation, as well as calibrated the ESC's/Accelerometer at least a dozen times now. It...
  9. R

    First Post/Build. Have a 'tiny' question about my Micro FPV setup.

    Hello people who know more about Quadcopters and Radios and Electricities than me! My story is below. I'll cut to the chase here: I just now noticed the camera output voltage on the AltitudeRC 25mw TVX I ordered last night is rated at just 3.6V! The problem is that last night I also...
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    Just Starting the Hobby and I have the 1st of Many Questions

    Hello, I am a complete noob to the RC community. I randomly fell upon the flite test youtube channel and I have been binge watching for almost two months now. When you are deployed in the military and not flying missions what else is there is to do? LOL! Before I am lit up for not searching...
  11. S

    (Video) Aerofly, finaly back in the RC hobby! :D

    Hey, if you dont like long stories about random ppl (me), the video is down below :) so, im new to RC. or... actually i've flown ALOT on both aerofly and realflight, but this was YEARS ago. i also never got my real rc planes to fly, me and my dad wanted to get into RC moddeling, we build a...
  12. Z

    Noob in need of help: Two different props

    Hey! I just bought my first racing quad. Im a total noob to stuff like this, but I broke but 2 of my 5030 props. I have a ton of 6040 props, but they dont fit on the front of the quad, but they fit fine on the back to motors. I was wondering if it is possible to put 2 5030s in the front and...
  13. J

    New to Quadcopters... Throttle seems too sensitive?

    Hi all, I'm very new to Quadcopters (RC in general), and I recently bought an electrohub frame along with its respective ready to fly quads electrohub electronics kit. I'm flying on a 3000 mah 4S nanotech battery. I'm not entirely sure if it's just me, because I have nothing to compare my drone...
  14. L

    Complete noob, building electrohub quad

    Hello! I'm building a Quadcopter for a project in School. I know basically nothing about quadcopters and I need some help picking parts. To get started with my project, I purchased an Electrohub frame, but I'm to afraid to mess up to buy any more parts. Anyway, I've made a little list of parts...
  15. K

    Proof read my quadcopter build please!

    Hi guys so im planning my first scratch quadcopter build after toying around with a small quad for a while and I now want something to get some aerial footage of the world with my gopro! Im hoping to keep this build cheapish and here is what I'm planning to get so far: Motors- Multistar 2213...
  16. O

    miniquad

    i just built my first miniquad nothing special just lokked fun and i desided to try :). i am running a 35 mhz. but i am plannig on upgradeing using the frsky module. the problem for me right now is that my signal sometimes just gets random feedback. when i hooked it up to clean flight evrything...
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    Help for ESC available in the Shop !

    Hello, I have a question about the ESC that you provide in the https://store.flitetest.com/power-pack-d-standard-quadcopter/ powerpack D for quads ? Do they all have a BEC ? Is it better if only one of them as a BEC ? Can we remove BECs ? What is UBEC ? And another question : are the...
  18. P

    A good second plane

    Hello I've been flying for some time now spending most of my time with the E-flite apprentice se15 and am to the point of doing basic aerobatics with it. I'm looking to step up and can't really seem to come to a good conclusion for a second plane. Anyone got any good second plane suggestions.
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    Tricopter buildplan for a noob

    Hey everyone, I'm looking for a tricopter buildplan for somebody who has no experience at all with building custom copters. I dont known anything about it so i'm looking for tips and a buildplan. Thanks in advance!
  20. P

    Quadcopter or Tricopter

    I have been flying quadcopters for quite some time but mainly have been rtf. I really want to make a multirotor for fpv racing. I'm stuck on the fence between trying to make a 250 class quad or a tricopter as I like the yaw characteristics of a tri and they are relatively cheaper to make. Any...