Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

Thanks for the replies! So on the whole it sounds like it's good but not great. I'm still a ways off putting a spec together yet but thought I'd check anyway.
 
Hobbyking allways seem to have stock problems with popular items,what bugs me is sometimes you order something and it can take 5+ days just to get out of the printing queue and into the warehouse.

Giantshark are pretty good,fast delivery,though not as cheap as Hobbyking.


For props and small items i usually use these sites below:

https://www.electricwingman.com/
http://www.electriflite.co.uk
http://www.unmannedtechshop.co.uk/
http://quadcopters.co.uk/




Thinking about getting a 3 axis brushless gimbal,didnt realise how cheap these have become.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Light...550?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a852224d6
 
PinkFloyd said:
Some of those sites look damn expensive for purchasing some things! :eek:
I've clearly got too used to Hobbyking/Ebay when looking at motors and other accessories.
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They are,i just buy small things like props and connectors,lipo alarms,power boards.

Everything else i buy from these sites : ebay,hobbyking,goodluckbuy,foxtechfpv.
 
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I'm afraid I remember the days of £50 inrunner brushless motors (to replace speed 350/400 brushed motors!) and similar price ~1500mah 3s lipo where you could only charge them at 1C max. So these days it seems silly cheap and amazing amount of power compared to my first artf plane which had a speed 350 brushed motor and ran on a 9.6v 400mah nicd!
 
Couple of snaps of mist rolling in over work this morning..

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saitrix said:
I'm afraid I remember the days of £50 inrunner brushless motors (to replace speed 350/400 brushed motors!) and similar price ~1500mah 3s lipo where you could only charge them at 1C max. So these days it seems silly cheap and amazing amount of power compared to my first artf plane which had a speed 350 brushed motor and ran on a 9.6v 400mah nicd!
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Brushless motors for helicopters that are decent generally still are that price!

And also, charging over 1C, people actually do that? :D
 
First lot of bits arrived this morning from HobbyKing for my Tri.
From ordering to delivery, 2days. From the UK warehouse mind you. Can't fault it fair play.
Another few bits due to arrive sometime this week as I stupidly forgot to order the KK board!
Need to source arm material and pcb board for some fibre glass and smoe m3 and m4 locknuts.

Watch this space :D
 
Flukester said:
Couple of snaps of mist rolling in over work this morning..

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73603922/mist2_small.jpg[IMG]


This was from about **** (altimeter reading **** above sea level)

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I hate to be a party pooper but I think you should remove the references to altitude. You should not legally be over 400feet indicated with Any RC aircraft.

All of you should read up on this [url]http://www.fpvuk.org/fpv-law/[/url]

It's very important as the legal aspects of this hobby will become more and more relevant and you really want to be on the right side of the law.

Coming from a full sized aviation background, do not underestimate the potential for these things to cause damage to full sized aircraft regardless of what that tool Trappy from Team Black Sheep says - if you've ever seen the mess that a bird does to an aircraft then you'd have second thoughts about taking risks.

Just as an example - I've seen the hole (about the size of a football) in the side of a fighter plane after a bird got ingested, made it's way through the engine and got thrown out the side of the fuselage. Having a quad or a foamy which is significantly more solid than a bird, contains a highly flammable/explosive LiPo on board at an altitude that 'could' potentially end up in a flightpath is not a place where any of you want to be.

Please be careful guys, TBS is NOT an example of where you want to be at with your FPV.
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