Russianwolf
Complete Newb
Been interested for a while (my uncle was very much into RC model planes back in the 70's and 80's) and my interest really took off when I saw the multirotor copters and the FPV set-ups.
So a couple weekends ago I went to my local hobby store and bought a QX-75 micro Quad to play with and learn to fly. I had a hard landing while trying to get the trim right (less than 15 minutes in) and pinched a motor wire and shorted out a portion of the control board (All four motors work, but the control board now only controls 3 motors). Went to buy a new one and they didn't have it in the store at the time and it cost about half what I paid for the whole set-up. So I put it on the shelf for now.
My ideal is to work my way up to a nice tri/quad copter with FPV, and $1000 isn't too much to throw at it if I'm enjoying it. Problem I'm having at the moment is how durable these things are, Am I going to have to throw $50+ at it every time I have a hard landing.
Are my expectation too high? Is this a hobby for me? Was my problem a fluke that doesn't generally happen? I so want this to be a fun hobby for me.
So a couple weekends ago I went to my local hobby store and bought a QX-75 micro Quad to play with and learn to fly. I had a hard landing while trying to get the trim right (less than 15 minutes in) and pinched a motor wire and shorted out a portion of the control board (All four motors work, but the control board now only controls 3 motors). Went to buy a new one and they didn't have it in the store at the time and it cost about half what I paid for the whole set-up. So I put it on the shelf for now.
My ideal is to work my way up to a nice tri/quad copter with FPV, and $1000 isn't too much to throw at it if I'm enjoying it. Problem I'm having at the moment is how durable these things are, Am I going to have to throw $50+ at it every time I have a hard landing.
Are my expectation too high? Is this a hobby for me? Was my problem a fluke that doesn't generally happen? I so want this to be a fun hobby for me.