I have a vtail quad copter question about props. Do I place the 8.5x4R propellers on the clockwise turning motors and the L propellers on the counterclockwise motors. I'm totally new at this and spent 9 hours building this and can't get it airborne. I'm wondering if it is propellers.
Question about starting new in Multirotors
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So Helidirect.com is literally right down the street from my house.. LITERALLY and I went in there today and their showroom is pretty nice. They had this great Helicopter simulator hooked up to a Spektrum DX6 I think and i got to crash the helicopter a bunch and finally got used to flying it for a bit.. but its hard!!
So I got to talking to the guy there, his name was Long super nice guy. I told him what I wanted to do and he recommended this kit to me, its everything i need minus the flight board and Tx/Rx and i think its priced rather well. Replacement parts are cheap if you break an arm or something so I wanted to ask you guys what do you think?
http://www.helidirect.com/dji-flame-wheel-f450-arf-kit-wmotors-esc-propellers-p-26622.hdx
Comes with the body, esc's, motors and props. He really suggested GPS but I don't have 400 bux to drop on the system they sell.
He was familiar w/ Hobby King and their KK2 board but the only problem is getting one in stock. So my question to you is this kit worth it? It was real solid, they had a hexacopter on the bench he was working on and i picked it up and rather liked it. but I'd like to start small and work my way up.
So please, comments and suggestions are always appreciated especially if you have any experience with this type of multirotor. Thanks!
So I got to talking to the guy there, his name was Long super nice guy. I told him what I wanted to do and he recommended this kit to me, its everything i need minus the flight board and Tx/Rx and i think its priced rather well. Replacement parts are cheap if you break an arm or something so I wanted to ask you guys what do you think?
http://www.helidirect.com/dji-flame-wheel-f450-arf-kit-wmotors-esc-propellers-p-26622.hdx
Comes with the body, esc's, motors and props. He really suggested GPS but I don't have 400 bux to drop on the system they sell.
He was familiar w/ Hobby King and their KK2 board but the only problem is getting one in stock. So my question to you is this kit worth it? It was real solid, they had a hexacopter on the bench he was working on and i picked it up and rather liked it. but I'd like to start small and work my way up.
So please, comments and suggestions are always appreciated especially if you have any experience with this type of multirotor. Thanks!
I don't have any experience, but if it includes everything but the flight control board, the price isn't too bad.
The DJI flamewheel kits are good and quite popular. A lot of people buy cheaper Chinese clones of that frame and use non-DJI components, which tends to keep the price down (a few people hate DJI, but I think the general consensus is that their products are good, just a bit overpriced).
Someone with direct experience with the DJI components in that kit should pipe in, but as far as I know the ESCs and everything else should work fine with any flight controller (like a KK2).
Someone with direct experience with the DJI components in that kit should pipe in, but as far as I know the ESCs and everything else should work fine with any flight controller (like a KK2).
According to this thread, the DJI ESCs will work fine with a KK2 or other common flight controllers. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1714807
You will need a soldering iron and some solder. You'll also need a transmitter/receiver, a flight controller, a battery, and battery charger. Depending on exactly what connectors they use and how long the wires are on the included parts, you might need some wire and connectors. It sounds like the guy at the store will know the details, and you can check back with the forums to make sure he's not trying to rip you off.
You will need a soldering iron and some solder. You'll also need a transmitter/receiver, a flight controller, a battery, and battery charger. Depending on exactly what connectors they use and how long the wires are on the included parts, you might need some wire and connectors. It sounds like the guy at the store will know the details, and you can check back with the forums to make sure he's not trying to rip you off.
Yea like I said Helidirect is literally 1/2 mile down from my house and they are a pretty reputable company online for heli parts. I wouldn't mind making my own using the flitetest kits but adding the all the seperate components would add up. so i was looking for an easy solution and if this it just to get me in then I think its a win win all around honestly.
Another question, the quad in this video is called an Armattan and it looks FAST and nimble and the manuevers he does is pretty impressive anyone know more about that particular model?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbCF9ai3BQU
thanks for the replies.
Another question, the quad in this video is called an Armattan and it looks FAST and nimble and the manuevers he does is pretty impressive anyone know more about that particular model?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbCF9ai3BQU
thanks for the replies.
Armattan makes a wide variety of multirotor frames. See the RCGroups mega-thread here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1843444
Any reasonable medium or small quad should be approximately that fast and nimble, but some of us just aren't good enough pilots to do that stuff.
If you want to see the best multirotor pilot out there, check out warthox: http://vimeo.com/74068466
Any reasonable medium or small quad should be approximately that fast and nimble, but some of us just aren't good enough pilots to do that stuff.
If you want to see the best multirotor pilot out there, check out warthox: http://vimeo.com/74068466
I don't pull off any flips, not yet, but I've only been flying for a few weekends now. They're not terribly difficult to do though, and YouTube and the forums are full of people able to do basic flips. With the KK2 board, you just increase your stick scaling to make the controls very sensitive, then just gain some altitude and go for it. You just have to be willing to crash.
Honestly, I'm more impressed by warthox's grasp on orientation. Those really fast banking maneuvers combined with those SNAPPY flips is really cool.
Honestly, I'm more impressed by warthox's grasp on orientation. Those really fast banking maneuvers combined with those SNAPPY flips is really cool.
Just click on the "one" pic and there's a "buy now" button top right...
http://www.armattanquads.com/armattan-one
http://www.armattanquads.com/armattan-one
I was just looking at that. He says they bend and you can just bend them back...He hasn't had to sell any replacement booms. Now, how the motors hold up....
I did that, then it takes u to the same page you select the model you want and then the button says get parts. never takes you to a place to get the actual frame.
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