Since it was FliteTest on Youtube that got me interested in RC and "forced" me to start this hobby, I figured I would log my progress here on flitetest forum >.<;;
My adventure starts with 2 years of watching FliteTest videos and drooling over the RC vehicles
After being really bored one 4 day weekend... I decided to plunge into the world of RC quadcopter....
Here is where I am glad I listened to the podcasts.
I wanted to get into FPV racequads, but I decided not to fly the 250 quad right away (although I bought it at the same time >.<;
I bought 3 quads in total at once and after browsing the forum a bit, a Taranis Plus
A cheap nanoquad from HobbyKing.
I flew this about 5 batteries which equal about 30~40 minutes.
I realized that flying a quad is very very difficult...
Especially when your battery runs out in 5 minutes. After few tries, I finally got it to hover, but then realized I had to constantly correct the throttle because the battery will lose power >.<;;
So i moved on to the next quad.
This one was a lot easier to control and more stable than the previous one, mainly because it has more battery capacity and was larger. I went through about 5 batteries worth, which is equivalent to about an hour of flying.
I was able to hover, go back and forth, and walk the dog..., but the moment I made the quad face anywhere but the "front", I lost orientation and crashed...
I guess I have a lot more practicing to do >.<;;
I knew I was moving on too fast, but I just wanted to see how the 250 size quad felt like.
After I set up everything on the taranis, and the quad, I decided to maiden it today.
I was still terrible, and went too high while practicing to hover... It hit a branch, and I cut the throttle...
Fortunately, the quad landed on its feet, and only the landing pegs fell off the arms. I lost one of the feet in the grass but no major damage to the quad as shown below ^.^
I got too scared to fly it again... and decided to go back to the smaller quad until I get better at flying things... >.<;;
Well that's it for now... Maybe I will get better...
If anyone has any advice for a beginner at RC in general like me, please let me know ^.^
-Oaktree-
My adventure starts with 2 years of watching FliteTest videos and drooling over the RC vehicles
After being really bored one 4 day weekend... I decided to plunge into the world of RC quadcopter....
Here is where I am glad I listened to the podcasts.
I wanted to get into FPV racequads, but I decided not to fly the 250 quad right away (although I bought it at the same time >.<;
I bought 3 quads in total at once and after browsing the forum a bit, a Taranis Plus
A cheap nanoquad from HobbyKing.
I flew this about 5 batteries which equal about 30~40 minutes.
I realized that flying a quad is very very difficult...
Especially when your battery runs out in 5 minutes. After few tries, I finally got it to hover, but then realized I had to constantly correct the throttle because the battery will lose power >.<;;
So i moved on to the next quad.
This one was a lot easier to control and more stable than the previous one, mainly because it has more battery capacity and was larger. I went through about 5 batteries worth, which is equivalent to about an hour of flying.
I was able to hover, go back and forth, and walk the dog..., but the moment I made the quad face anywhere but the "front", I lost orientation and crashed...
I guess I have a lot more practicing to do >.<;;
I knew I was moving on too fast, but I just wanted to see how the 250 size quad felt like.
After I set up everything on the taranis, and the quad, I decided to maiden it today.
I was still terrible, and went too high while practicing to hover... It hit a branch, and I cut the throttle...
Fortunately, the quad landed on its feet, and only the landing pegs fell off the arms. I lost one of the feet in the grass but no major damage to the quad as shown below ^.^
I got too scared to fly it again... and decided to go back to the smaller quad until I get better at flying things... >.<;;
Well that's it for now... Maybe I will get better...
If anyone has any advice for a beginner at RC in general like me, please let me know ^.^
-Oaktree-