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Backstory….
Back in the day, I had some gas and electric RC cars, (still have one) and used to have a gas Heli (Concept 60) it was fast, and scary to fly. I’d only crashed it once real bad, but honestly only had maybe less than 50 flights with it. It was stable and I could easily get it trimmed out to hover, without touching the sticks on the radio. Because of its large size, it seemed to handle wind pretty well and I was pretty happy with it until I sold it for some reason. I think it was because I decided I needed a Mustang 5.0 to bother the local police with…. Or to pay for speeding tickets. Either way… I’m pretty sure I sold it because of that damn Mustang!
With the technology jump in multirotors, and mini cameras like the GoPro, I decided I should get back into it, and multirotors look too awesome not to. I have a hard time nowadays with certain cognitive functions, from a work accident, so I decided to find a build that looked extremely simple for my first one. I probably should have just bought a turn-key copter, with GPS, auto return, and easy fly-ability, but I know I used to like to build things… and crash things…so I thought I’d give it a shot… plus it was much cheaper. I’m open to suggestions by all who care to help too.
The design I decided on was the H-Quad design that FliteTest did a build on. I know the tricopters have a more natural movement, better yaw control, and are possibly less cost since there are less motors, props, and ESC’s, but I thought for my first one, a more stable design, with more space for camera, FPV equipment, battery, etc… might be better. Plus with its wide platform, I can easily rent it out to Amazon.com for drone delivery jobs… or to the NSA for spying on your hot girlfriend. (Don’t tell my wife)
Of course about a year ago, I joined a couple RC forums, to find out as much as I can, then I did some research and found the design I liked with a nearly complete parts list, and build video from the guys here at Flitetest.com
I ordered up most of my parts from Hobbyking, and am still waiting for one of them to arrive on the slow boat from China, but thought I’d at least start the thread. Like I said, I now have a problem with coordinating my eyes to my fat fingers, due to my accident, so the build is taking me longer than it probably should, but what the heck… winter’s a long time and I hate the cold, so I don’t mind taking my time.
The geek I am, I also created an Excel spreadsheet, and am keeping track of everything down to the wood glue, (as far as cost is concerned) so I’ll be able to tell you exactly how much I’ve spent on this flying disaster when it’s complete.
I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoy building it! And I apologize in advance for all the stupid questions I'm sure to be asking along the way...
Back in the day, I had some gas and electric RC cars, (still have one) and used to have a gas Heli (Concept 60) it was fast, and scary to fly. I’d only crashed it once real bad, but honestly only had maybe less than 50 flights with it. It was stable and I could easily get it trimmed out to hover, without touching the sticks on the radio. Because of its large size, it seemed to handle wind pretty well and I was pretty happy with it until I sold it for some reason. I think it was because I decided I needed a Mustang 5.0 to bother the local police with…. Or to pay for speeding tickets. Either way… I’m pretty sure I sold it because of that damn Mustang!
With the technology jump in multirotors, and mini cameras like the GoPro, I decided I should get back into it, and multirotors look too awesome not to. I have a hard time nowadays with certain cognitive functions, from a work accident, so I decided to find a build that looked extremely simple for my first one. I probably should have just bought a turn-key copter, with GPS, auto return, and easy fly-ability, but I know I used to like to build things… and crash things…so I thought I’d give it a shot… plus it was much cheaper. I’m open to suggestions by all who care to help too.
The design I decided on was the H-Quad design that FliteTest did a build on. I know the tricopters have a more natural movement, better yaw control, and are possibly less cost since there are less motors, props, and ESC’s, but I thought for my first one, a more stable design, with more space for camera, FPV equipment, battery, etc… might be better. Plus with its wide platform, I can easily rent it out to Amazon.com for drone delivery jobs… or to the NSA for spying on your hot girlfriend. (Don’t tell my wife)
Of course about a year ago, I joined a couple RC forums, to find out as much as I can, then I did some research and found the design I liked with a nearly complete parts list, and build video from the guys here at Flitetest.com
I ordered up most of my parts from Hobbyking, and am still waiting for one of them to arrive on the slow boat from China, but thought I’d at least start the thread. Like I said, I now have a problem with coordinating my eyes to my fat fingers, due to my accident, so the build is taking me longer than it probably should, but what the heck… winter’s a long time and I hate the cold, so I don’t mind taking my time.
The geek I am, I also created an Excel spreadsheet, and am keeping track of everything down to the wood glue, (as far as cost is concerned) so I’ll be able to tell you exactly how much I’ve spent on this flying disaster when it’s complete.
I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoy building it! And I apologize in advance for all the stupid questions I'm sure to be asking along the way...
