narcolepticltd
I unbuild stuff regularly
Hello all,
Looking for some perspective here as I continue to read up and research my first multi-rotor build. A bit of background:
I'm an adult, with a modest income... a very small bit of RC experience (protoX, a Blade nano MSRX, a micro CP heli disaster, and an RTF micro warbird foam jigsaw puzzle).
I got decent with the blade nano, but the CP micro heli I spent way too much money for didn't ever fly more than a foot off the ground before tipping over. Pretty sure the warbird (given as a gift for my birthday) turned me off of RC planes for several years after it lasted about 10 seconds. I learned the hard way with that one =)
now years later I randomly found flitetest on youtube (several weeks ago) and became interested again, mainly in the swapable and DTF scratch building. I managed to scratch out an FT flyer (no speed build kits here!), and have the electronics installed... once the weather and my time allows I plan to go out and practice some HSVLs!
Although I wanted to see how cheaply I could build the airframe, I did go ahead and purchase a decent transmitter, as well as a nice battery charger. I'm planning ahead, as I want to have something that will last a long time and be versatile (since it will be in my hands instead of in the air), and wanted something that would be able to handle many different types of models.
I did learn quite a bit from the blade nano, and even the protoX (the airframe and original props outlived the battery in the protoX if that says anything, and I pushed that little terd about as hard as you can).
flash forward to now, I've fallen down the rabbit hole researching the components needed for my own multi-copter.
My plan as of this moment is to purchase a Blade 180QX (bnf - no camera), a few extra batteries, bind it to the DX6 and fly the crap out of it in 'acro' mode to make sure I can learn to fly correctly, get a feel for things, and generally see if it's something I like as much as I think I like it =)
While I'm flying the 180qx, I'm wondering which direction to go with my build. I'm leaning strongly toward a mini spider hex, but I'm not sure if I should go all out on the frame (blackout), or go on the cheap side (thorax).
My thoughts are that the blackout is premium priced, but the build will be much more smooth due to the layout, and the power distribution board... would I be wasting my money to build a thorax first and then want the black out spider hex? I'm not against saving a bit and picking up the more expensive frame (I believe it will last as long or longer than the thorax), but I've also seen some really nice builds on a thorax.
I have a billion questions brewing in my mind, but I'll leave the novel above as a starting point. Thanks to all of you who managed to read through the rambling above and I hope it makes some sense!
Looking for some perspective here as I continue to read up and research my first multi-rotor build. A bit of background:
I'm an adult, with a modest income... a very small bit of RC experience (protoX, a Blade nano MSRX, a micro CP heli disaster, and an RTF micro warbird foam jigsaw puzzle).
I got decent with the blade nano, but the CP micro heli I spent way too much money for didn't ever fly more than a foot off the ground before tipping over. Pretty sure the warbird (given as a gift for my birthday) turned me off of RC planes for several years after it lasted about 10 seconds. I learned the hard way with that one =)
now years later I randomly found flitetest on youtube (several weeks ago) and became interested again, mainly in the swapable and DTF scratch building. I managed to scratch out an FT flyer (no speed build kits here!), and have the electronics installed... once the weather and my time allows I plan to go out and practice some HSVLs!
Although I wanted to see how cheaply I could build the airframe, I did go ahead and purchase a decent transmitter, as well as a nice battery charger. I'm planning ahead, as I want to have something that will last a long time and be versatile (since it will be in my hands instead of in the air), and wanted something that would be able to handle many different types of models.
I did learn quite a bit from the blade nano, and even the protoX (the airframe and original props outlived the battery in the protoX if that says anything, and I pushed that little terd about as hard as you can).
flash forward to now, I've fallen down the rabbit hole researching the components needed for my own multi-copter.
My plan as of this moment is to purchase a Blade 180QX (bnf - no camera), a few extra batteries, bind it to the DX6 and fly the crap out of it in 'acro' mode to make sure I can learn to fly correctly, get a feel for things, and generally see if it's something I like as much as I think I like it =)
While I'm flying the 180qx, I'm wondering which direction to go with my build. I'm leaning strongly toward a mini spider hex, but I'm not sure if I should go all out on the frame (blackout), or go on the cheap side (thorax).
My thoughts are that the blackout is premium priced, but the build will be much more smooth due to the layout, and the power distribution board... would I be wasting my money to build a thorax first and then want the black out spider hex? I'm not against saving a bit and picking up the more expensive frame (I believe it will last as long or longer than the thorax), but I've also seen some really nice builds on a thorax.
I have a billion questions brewing in my mind, but I'll leave the novel above as a starting point. Thanks to all of you who managed to read through the rambling above and I hope it makes some sense!