Hi, It all started in late 2009 when my bro bought me an Arduino Uno for my B Day. I started searching projects to build with this board and I bumped into Ardupilot from DIY Drones which lead me to UAV's, FPV's and LRS, I WAS HOOKED!!
So after more research I bought the Skywalker as a platform, Long range system, FPV system, batteries, Turnigy 9X Radio, well and much, much more. Now the thing is I never flew anything RC before but with the help of the Ardupilot Stabilization I managed to get a couple of good flights before crashing one final time and made me give up...for a couple of months.
Then I went on spending money on Quads, Quad Kits, more batteries, motors, much more props and much more but yet no luck in getting a decent flight without crashing the thing to pieces. More months went by where I discovered these great guys from FliteTest, I made it a point to watch all 314 (at the time) videos on youtube, which I did in about 3 weeks.
So I went on to purchase an other Radio (Spektrum DX8), the Bixler 2, GoPro and Fatshark, and some more stuff. I built the Bixler but it never seen the light of day because I'm too scared to crash it now so I downloaded the plans for the Nutball built it with the stuff I had laying around and with all the correct specs but all I managed to do is break two props only a few seconds in flight.
Up till now I spent well over 3000 Euros and I have nothing good to show,
Am I too old (35 years)to learn to fly RC?
What can I do?
I'm on my knees asking no no pleading for help!!
My three year old twins first full sentence was "Daddy you broke your arplane?"
Help
Desperate Steve
So after more research I bought the Skywalker as a platform, Long range system, FPV system, batteries, Turnigy 9X Radio, well and much, much more. Now the thing is I never flew anything RC before but with the help of the Ardupilot Stabilization I managed to get a couple of good flights before crashing one final time and made me give up...for a couple of months.
Then I went on spending money on Quads, Quad Kits, more batteries, motors, much more props and much more but yet no luck in getting a decent flight without crashing the thing to pieces. More months went by where I discovered these great guys from FliteTest, I made it a point to watch all 314 (at the time) videos on youtube, which I did in about 3 weeks.
So I went on to purchase an other Radio (Spektrum DX8), the Bixler 2, GoPro and Fatshark, and some more stuff. I built the Bixler but it never seen the light of day because I'm too scared to crash it now so I downloaded the plans for the Nutball built it with the stuff I had laying around and with all the correct specs but all I managed to do is break two props only a few seconds in flight.
Up till now I spent well over 3000 Euros and I have nothing good to show,
Am I too old (35 years)to learn to fly RC?
What can I do?
I'm on my knees asking no no pleading for help!!
My three year old twins first full sentence was "Daddy you broke your arplane?"
Help
Desperate Steve