Help! Making my first Quad!

[Houndpup Rc]

Hey guys do you think these props would work fine for it? the ones that come with it are 2345's with three blades. I know that these are 4 blades but they also have less pitch and diameter. Also would these be less likely to have "prop wash"? (what is that?) which ones would have better speed?

 

[Mr Man]

In my opinion, 3blade would be better.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Hey @LitterBug will this drone require any setup in Betaflight? Also am I right in thinking that the FC is already flashed being that it is a RTF?

ZING 110mm FPV Racing Drone Brushless (PNF) | SpeedyFPV

Take off with the Zing 110 Cross. Fitted with a built-in FPV camera, the mini drone is a lightweight plug-and-fly model. Using dedicated 3-in-1 drivers, the 50 MHz operating frequency ensures a smoother start and limits the speed to a maximum of 500kv RPM. The Zing 110 features exposed pads for...

speedyfpv.com

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Hey @LitterBug will this drone require any setup in Betaflight? Also am I right in thinking that the FC is already flashed being that it is a RTF?

ZING 110mm FPV Racing Drone Brushless (PNF) | SpeedyFPV

Take off with the Zing 110 Cross. Fitted with a built-in FPV camera, the mini drone is a lightweight plug-and-fly model. Using dedicated 3-in-1 drivers, the 50 MHz operating frequency ensures a smoother start and limits the speed to a maximum of 500kv RPM. The Zing 110 features exposed pads for...

speedyfpv.com

Okay, its already flashed I am just not sure if it requires any programming for the receiver and to setup a arming switch.....here's a video I found of it, seems pretty decent!

 

[LitterBug]

Don't know much about it. Hopefully the stock tune is OK. You will need to hook up an RX, bind it, and configure that since it is a PNF (plug and fly)

Frame kinda looks like a strix mini hellbender frame I have

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Don't know much about it. Hopefully the stock tune is OK. You will need to hook up an RX, bind it, and configure that since it is a PNF (plug and fly)

So should this video get me thru it?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Don't know much about it. Hopefully the stock tune is OK. You will need to hook up an RX, bind it, and configure that since it is a PNF (plug and fly)

Frame kinda looks like a strix mini hellbender frame I have

Being that its not a super sensitive drone like a 5" should PPM be fine?

 

[LitterBug]

Well if it's an F3 based flight controller like the first video suggests, you may have "fun" configuring it. It will require a much older BetaFlight Configurator, or CLI only configuration. Where did you find old stuff like my classic builds?

 

[LitterBug]

Rule of thumb. DUMP and backup all settings BEFORE making ANY changes in case you need to get back to original.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Rule of thumb. DUMP and backup all settings BEFORE making ANY changes in case you need to get back to original.

"Dump"? Is that a back up?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Well if it's an F3 based flight controller like the first video suggests, you may have "fun" configuring it. It will require a much older BetaFlight Configurator, or CLI only configuration. Where did you find old stuff like my classic builds?

Oh dear....I found the drone at SpeedyFPV. It was cheap, it worked with our Flysky transmitters, and was fairly fast. Do you think its do able for somebody who has never used Betaflight?

 

[LitterBug]

DUMP is the BetaFlight command to list all settings. Sorry, I was offline the first half of the month and just getting caught up on this thread.

 

[LitterBug]

It's plausible with forum help. Older gear like that can be a royal pain, but a good learning experience.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

DUMP is the BetaFlight command to list all settings. Sorry, I was offline the first half of the month and just getting caught up on this thread.

It's plausible with forum help. Older gear like that can be a royal pain, but a good learning experience.

Okay yeah! I have been working on building my own website with wordpress so I know I can pick up on how to do this.....Yeah, I was wondering why I wasn't getting any input from you. Glad you are back! Any recommended YouTube videos for a tutorial for how to work betaflight?

 

[LitterBug]

I know enough to get by. When I was starting out 10-ish years ago, the *Flight Developers really ticked me off. I spent a lot of years working directly with the developers of dRonin instead so most of my multirotors were based around that. BetaFlight in particular was also focusing primarily on racing and kept dropping more and more features. dRonin is no longer developed and I have been focusing more on wings for longer flight anyway. Now I primarily try to use hardware that will run Adupilot but have a few with INAV. I have a few quads that still will always have dRonnin on them, but also some with inav and betaflight. Took a few years, but betaflight is now adding back features they once were shedding. Unfortunately, not for F3 processors so you get just the basics. F3s were pretty much dumped by all firmwares several years ago due to their limited memory and clock speeds. Still fun to bust them out now and then to shake the cobwebs out. All my indoor flyers are still F3 based. Some dronin, but I have flipped a few to the last F3 supported version of betaflight for comparison.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I know enough to get by. When I was starting out 10-ish years ago, the *Flight Developers really ticked me off. I spent a lot of years working directly with the developers of dRonin instead so most of my multirotors were based around that. BetaFlight in particular was also focusing primarily on racing and kept dropping more and more features. dRonin is no longer developed and I have been focusing more on wings for longer flight anyway. Now I primarily try to use hardware that will run Adupilot but have a few with INAV. I have a few quads that still will always have dRonnin on them, but also some with inav and betaflight. Took a few years, but betaflight is now adding back features they once were shedding. Unfortunately, not for F3 processors so you get just the basics. F3s were pretty much dumped by all firmwares several years ago due to their limited memory and clock speeds. Still fun to bust them out now and then to shake the cobwebs out. All my indoor flyers are still F3 based. Some dronin, but I have flipped a few to the last F3 supported version of betaflight for comparison.

Guess the article I read on GetFPV was outdated....

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I found another place where they have this:

ZING 110 Cross Drone PNF

Buy RC multi rotors online at HobbyKing for the lowest prices. The Zing 110 Mini Drone has in-built FPV camera and BL Heli-S firmware for drone racing.

hobbyking.com

Can you even program this with Betaflight? I thought I saw something I saw about it, but now I don't see anything about it.....

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Looks like it has a Raptor S-Tower 12A-OSD......whatever that is...

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Got Betaflight installed!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Hey @LitterBug does this video look good to walk me thru the setup?