I have 2 tricopters I am considering trading or selling. Both are a few years old but have mostly good components.
I just replaced a dead DX6i that had these tricopters loaded and have only reprogrammed for one of them.
The first one I never reprogrammed. It has a Paris v3.0 board and MultiWii 1.9 loaded. It flies great but the tail servo is only a 9G servo so that needs to be updated. I am very gentle flying so it has been ok for the few flights it has. I tried to use this one for learning FPV and just can't trust myself with FPV...plus I can never find a spotter to help. This tricopter has Pulso Motors (AXI knock offs) that are quiet and perform as good as AXI. The ESCs are Turnigy Plush 25amp. It flies but I just haven't reprogrammed my radio and haven't got the bug to try FPV again. Flies around 10 minutes on a 2200 3S battery.
The second one has the Paris v4.0 board and I tried loading MultiWii 2.3 and can't get it to work. Someone on the RCGroups Paris forum told me 2.3 would work but I'm just lost in the code. I had 2.0 loaded and it was flying pretty good but for some reason I can't get my DX7 radio AUX switches to work on the copter. They worked great on the DX6i. This copter is the sweet one. It has the same Plus ESCs but it has 3 AXI 2212/34 Gold Line motors. It has a better servo on the tail that has been good for a few years even though it's only a small JR. Because of the AXI motors this copter has some value in the hardware alone.
On both copters I have flown a GoPro and FPV Camera and gear all at the same time. They can lift pretty well for the size.
I am thinking if someone wants to experiment with the controllers and the code they can get 2 nice copters. If someone want's to use them for parts and just add a controller it will be a piece of cake. The body is all wood and doesn't fold so it may be pricey to ship them. If someone just want's all the components I could remove everything from the frames and ship the wiring harnesses with everything setup. Then all you need to do is put them on a frame and mount the motors and a controller.
Ultimately if someone has a Blade 350 they are not happy with or a first gen Phantom I would love to trade everything for one of those. I used to be into aerial video and photo but not so much lately. I would like to be able to occasionally fly a GoPro for a few special shots but I don't do it that often. If you have a setup that can fly a GoPro that you aren't happy with and want to build a more custom tricopter this may be for you.
Here is a video I made a few years ago of my tricopters to showcase them when I was trying to make money with them.
https://vimeo.com/33550950
Obviously the GoPro, receivers and radio are not included. I am in WI so if someone wanted the full copters we could arrange a pick up.
Just want to see if there is any interest. I have pondered pulling one apart and building three combat planes for some fun but just haven't done it yet.
I just replaced a dead DX6i that had these tricopters loaded and have only reprogrammed for one of them.
The first one I never reprogrammed. It has a Paris v3.0 board and MultiWii 1.9 loaded. It flies great but the tail servo is only a 9G servo so that needs to be updated. I am very gentle flying so it has been ok for the few flights it has. I tried to use this one for learning FPV and just can't trust myself with FPV...plus I can never find a spotter to help. This tricopter has Pulso Motors (AXI knock offs) that are quiet and perform as good as AXI. The ESCs are Turnigy Plush 25amp. It flies but I just haven't reprogrammed my radio and haven't got the bug to try FPV again. Flies around 10 minutes on a 2200 3S battery.
The second one has the Paris v4.0 board and I tried loading MultiWii 2.3 and can't get it to work. Someone on the RCGroups Paris forum told me 2.3 would work but I'm just lost in the code. I had 2.0 loaded and it was flying pretty good but for some reason I can't get my DX7 radio AUX switches to work on the copter. They worked great on the DX6i. This copter is the sweet one. It has the same Plus ESCs but it has 3 AXI 2212/34 Gold Line motors. It has a better servo on the tail that has been good for a few years even though it's only a small JR. Because of the AXI motors this copter has some value in the hardware alone.
On both copters I have flown a GoPro and FPV Camera and gear all at the same time. They can lift pretty well for the size.
I am thinking if someone wants to experiment with the controllers and the code they can get 2 nice copters. If someone want's to use them for parts and just add a controller it will be a piece of cake. The body is all wood and doesn't fold so it may be pricey to ship them. If someone just want's all the components I could remove everything from the frames and ship the wiring harnesses with everything setup. Then all you need to do is put them on a frame and mount the motors and a controller.
Ultimately if someone has a Blade 350 they are not happy with or a first gen Phantom I would love to trade everything for one of those. I used to be into aerial video and photo but not so much lately. I would like to be able to occasionally fly a GoPro for a few special shots but I don't do it that often. If you have a setup that can fly a GoPro that you aren't happy with and want to build a more custom tricopter this may be for you.
Here is a video I made a few years ago of my tricopters to showcase them when I was trying to make money with them.
https://vimeo.com/33550950
Obviously the GoPro, receivers and radio are not included. I am in WI so if someone wanted the full copters we could arrange a pick up.
Just want to see if there is any interest. I have pondered pulling one apart and building three combat planes for some fun but just haven't done it yet.
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