felixontherocks
New member
Hi everyone,
I am new to this hobby. Flying some DJI quadcopters for work got me into it (and flite test videos) - I want to eventually build my own surveying drone (my endgoal would be a VTOL with all the bells and whistles!) but I thought I should start from scratch! So I just finished building myself a tiny trainer from scratch - and loved the process. Of course there are many things I did wrong - but I guess that's how you learn right?
- I still can't fly it - I crashed it a couple of times already but so far it's still alive!
- It took me forever to build it - some parcels never made the long journey all the way from china to my apartment - some things were ordered wrong etc.
- It's never ending... e.g. I have a frsky transmitter so I thought ok I need a receiver - so I bought one. But hey, that doesn't have anything to plug a servo in - so I needed to get a pwm - sbus adapter. Turns out I ALSO need a servo channel changer! Then of course I bought the wrong battery, and the motor was a bit big as well! So many things to think of if you start without knowing anything (and you don't just by the kit). If I'd do it again I'd definitely buy the power pack - I now found out there are distributors for it here in the UK!
- I think I'm getting there - I'm just hoping next weekend is decent weather so I can fly!
- I still need to work out how to stop my servos from buzzing like crazy! They should move freely, but I think I need to somehow change the deadband (?) maybe? I'll try to figure that one out next.
There is loads to learn for me and I am really enjoying it! I will hopefully get it flying soon! I might pick your wonderful brains in the future, but for now, most topics are covered in forums already! All the best,
Felix
I am new to this hobby. Flying some DJI quadcopters for work got me into it (and flite test videos) - I want to eventually build my own surveying drone (my endgoal would be a VTOL with all the bells and whistles!) but I thought I should start from scratch! So I just finished building myself a tiny trainer from scratch - and loved the process. Of course there are many things I did wrong - but I guess that's how you learn right?
- I still can't fly it - I crashed it a couple of times already but so far it's still alive!
- It took me forever to build it - some parcels never made the long journey all the way from china to my apartment - some things were ordered wrong etc.
- It's never ending... e.g. I have a frsky transmitter so I thought ok I need a receiver - so I bought one. But hey, that doesn't have anything to plug a servo in - so I needed to get a pwm - sbus adapter. Turns out I ALSO need a servo channel changer! Then of course I bought the wrong battery, and the motor was a bit big as well! So many things to think of if you start without knowing anything (and you don't just by the kit). If I'd do it again I'd definitely buy the power pack - I now found out there are distributors for it here in the UK!
- I think I'm getting there - I'm just hoping next weekend is decent weather so I can fly!
- I still need to work out how to stop my servos from buzzing like crazy! They should move freely, but I think I need to somehow change the deadband (?) maybe? I'll try to figure that one out next.
There is loads to learn for me and I am really enjoying it! I will hopefully get it flying soon! I might pick your wonderful brains in the future, but for now, most topics are covered in forums already! All the best,
Felix