Hello fellow FliteTesters.
In the spoiler is a quick introduction about me:
I am a 15 year old student currently doing the IB system in the Netherlands. I am quite new to the world of RC. I have been an active fan of FT for about 5 months and am now ready to proceed with my first self build multirotor. I have little experience but i recently bought myself a Latrax Alias. I have become quite skilled after about 1 hour of flying a day. indoor and outdoor. I have secretly fallen in love with the bat bone and especially the v-tail design.
So I have the plans on building myself a batbone v-tail (the upside down v-tail like in the batbone video at the factory). I have not yet ordered anyparts yet because i would like to abuse your knowledge about multirotors to make sure i have a nice beginner platform that will do well later on when i eventually get into FPV. (Shipping is quite expensive so i want to do it right the first time :])
This is what I am aiming for:
The maximum budget I have is about $250-$300 (without or with shipping. The cheaper the better!!!)
For the control board I am planning on getting the KK2.1 board
The part I would like your help with most are the motors. I plan on getting these turnigy D2836/8 1100KV
Is this a good choice or would you recommend other motors. Please keep in mid that I would potentially want to mount fpv gear onto it so they must be able to lift that too
As for the ESC I plan on getting the AFRO 30amps one (taking afro as i am too lazy and scarred to flash them myself)
For the props I had 9x4.5 SF for the front and 8X4.5 for the rear.
As i don't have a transmitter yet the Turnigy 9x looks like a good option. It's rather cheap and looks promising.
A 3s turnigy nano-tech 3300mAh looks like the battery for the job. I would like flight times of about 20-25 minutes if possible.
I also have receiver leads and the power breakout cable on the list but they are not as important.
As for the frame, my school has a laser cutter and i have found some CAD designs of the batbone and already cut them out from plywood [Pictures but as i can't find the plans for the motor mounts i think i will buy the batbone frame from FT too. This really depends if everything fits inside the budget.
I can't wait to start building this sucker and take it for its maiden so please let the advice come rollin' in!!
- Khostr
In the spoiler is a quick introduction about me:
Spoiler!
I am a 15 year old student currently doing the IB system in the Netherlands. I am quite new to the world of RC. I have been an active fan of FT for about 5 months and am now ready to proceed with my first self build multirotor. I have little experience but i recently bought myself a Latrax Alias. I have become quite skilled after about 1 hour of flying a day. indoor and outdoor. I have secretly fallen in love with the bat bone and especially the v-tail design.
So I have the plans on building myself a batbone v-tail (the upside down v-tail like in the batbone video at the factory). I have not yet ordered anyparts yet because i would like to abuse your knowledge about multirotors to make sure i have a nice beginner platform that will do well later on when i eventually get into FPV. (Shipping is quite expensive so i want to do it right the first time :])
This is what I am aiming for:
The maximum budget I have is about $250-$300 (without or with shipping. The cheaper the better!!!)
For the control board I am planning on getting the KK2.1 board
The part I would like your help with most are the motors. I plan on getting these turnigy D2836/8 1100KV
Is this a good choice or would you recommend other motors. Please keep in mid that I would potentially want to mount fpv gear onto it so they must be able to lift that too
As for the ESC I plan on getting the AFRO 30amps one (taking afro as i am too lazy and scarred to flash them myself)
For the props I had 9x4.5 SF for the front and 8X4.5 for the rear.
As i don't have a transmitter yet the Turnigy 9x looks like a good option. It's rather cheap and looks promising.
A 3s turnigy nano-tech 3300mAh looks like the battery for the job. I would like flight times of about 20-25 minutes if possible.
I also have receiver leads and the power breakout cable on the list but they are not as important.
As for the frame, my school has a laser cutter and i have found some CAD designs of the batbone and already cut them out from plywood [Pictures but as i can't find the plans for the motor mounts i think i will buy the batbone frame from FT too. This really depends if everything fits inside the budget.
I can't wait to start building this sucker and take it for its maiden so please let the advice come rollin' in!!
- Khostr
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