Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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I grow cereals (barley and wheat) and at times i can have a big Crow problems, scarecrows don't work for long and normally we just shoot at them with a shot gun, it more to make noise because normally you don't get in range.
so my question is it legal to buy a drone and paint/make it look like a large bird of prey, and fly it around the crows to scare them, i know it sound like a mad idea but would it work
so my question is it legal to buy a drone and paint/make it look like a large bird of prey, and fly it around the crows to scare them, i know it sound like a mad idea but would it work
Talking to one of the people in local model shop, that was how he fits them to builds he does. Between the mounting plates, there is a small spacer between them and the lower board. This stops the fasteners from the plates digging into the lower board.
I did have the LED mounted at the front of the lower plate so I could see it in the air, you can see the Velcro I used to Mount it.
May get to try it next week, all being well. Not easy flying near my house. The one place I could go, now has an 80m wind turbine in the field!
I did have the LED mounted at the front of the lower plate so I could see it in the air, you can see the Velcro I used to Mount it.
May get to try it next week, all being well. Not easy flying near my house. The one place I could go, now has an 80m wind turbine in the field!
Well this is just great isn't it, more idiots abusing something to the detriment of others.
See here for details
See here for details
My 4S 5000 25c is over 500 grams I think, cant remember the weight.
My 250 battery is a 3s 1300 and weighs 129ish grams
Saying that people do fly 4s, just not those ones
Remove the middle plate, turn the aluminium brackets so they are facing up and align them with holes in the frame. It may be different for the proper frame but on the £10 cheap one the holes line up
I will give it a bash see if this will work. Although if your taking away the metal plate and turning those alu things upside down to screw in to the dji board, how are you screwing them :/ there is only one way to screw stuff in to those alu things, that's from the top. And you cant screw them from the dji plate downwards. It would need to screw upwards through the dji board and in to the dji arm thread holes
I did try and line those alu things up, two of them lined up. But two didn't. Will let you know if I manage it, or if I cone up with something
Ta
I did try and line those alu things up, two of them lined up. But two didn't. Will let you know if I manage it, or if I cone up with something
Ta
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What I done last night has worked this morning, I will post video of the difference, and some pics to show the mounting, I kept the middle plate, but instead of it being the way around it was (IE the aluminum round things with the rubber bungs above the plate) providing no real support for the bottom plate of the DJI) so when props were spun up, the model would be rocking from side to side causing that shaking.
I simply turned the plate around so the plate was resting and giving support for the DJI bottom plate, but not screwed in.
The bolts on the front and rear are holding that in place. But the middle plate is now providing extra support so the main body doesnt rock when the props are spun up.
I am assuming that middle plate was so that you could mount something else, and whilst it still can probably do that, I am not sure if there will be anything mounted at the middle and if I need to I can find the way, the FPV camera will most likely go on the model itself or just underneath the legs, and the Mobius will either go in a gimbal and gopro to mobius conversion case or I will somehow mount it
Unless im borrowing a go pro
See below for pics, and difference
Im now charging up the battery fully and going to see how much difference it makes to my flight times.
Thinking of getting these STROBEON White LED's for the rear
http://www.flytron.com/led-systems/99-strobon-navigation-strobe-light.html
and maybe either some static RED leds for the front arms, or strobe also
I simply turned the plate around so the plate was resting and giving support for the DJI bottom plate, but not screwed in.
The bolts on the front and rear are holding that in place. But the middle plate is now providing extra support so the main body doesnt rock when the props are spun up.
I am assuming that middle plate was so that you could mount something else, and whilst it still can probably do that, I am not sure if there will be anything mounted at the middle and if I need to I can find the way, the FPV camera will most likely go on the model itself or just underneath the legs, and the Mobius will either go in a gimbal and gopro to mobius conversion case or I will somehow mount it
Unless im borrowing a go pro
See below for pics, and difference
Im now charging up the battery fully and going to see how much difference it makes to my flight times.
Thinking of getting these STROBEON White LED's for the rear
http://www.flytron.com/led-systems/99-strobon-navigation-strobe-light.html
and maybe either some static RED leds for the front arms, or strobe also
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Managed 16m 40s flying time before I ran out of juice to fly, thats from fully charged with the landing gear now attached to the DJi F450, with some steady flying, and some fast flying.
Avg throttle around 60-70% but did max out the throttle on a number of occations when I was gaining altitude, and also when I was doing distance flying. Went out to around 140meters alt and 140meters radius line of sight.
dont know how much my flying time was with the white legs
Maybe an extra minute or two
Battery 4S 5000mah 25C.
White legs are around 99grams, these landing skids are around 300 grams I think
Avg throttle around 60-70% but did max out the throttle on a number of occations when I was gaining altitude, and also when I was doing distance flying. Went out to around 140meters alt and 140meters radius line of sight.
dont know how much my flying time was with the white legs
Maybe an extra minute or two
Battery 4S 5000mah 25C.
White legs are around 99grams, these landing skids are around 300 grams I think
My 1300mah 3S batteries were about 6 quid each so just stock up on them.
Where did you pay that
im sure I paid around £13-£14 inc deliveryNew DIY landing legs (white nylon standoffs painted black and screwed in)
Next purchases are going to be:
Strobeon Navigation Strobe pulsing LEDs (x 2) for the rear of my 450 build
Red LEDs for the front of my 450 build
FrSky Variometer Sensor and Battery Sensor
Need to buy some spare batteries at some point, but need to be good on spending this month, I am on a RC Hobby Spending freeze
Hobbyking.
Took mine out today and it's in pieces again. I'm less and less impressed with this frame every time I use it. The thread strips from the red uprights so easily that one hard crash and it will never go back together properly.
I've also decided that I'm not good enough to fly fast acrobatic flight as my brain won't compute multiple axis at once. So I think I will stop spending on the 250 and look at moving to something bigger and more stable in the future. I might look at getting a full Naze32 onto an RC Explorer tri to get altitude hold and other stability goodness.
Took mine out today and it's in pieces again. I'm less and less impressed with this frame every time I use it. The thread strips from the red uprights so easily that one hard crash and it will never go back together properly.
I've also decided that I'm not good enough to fly fast acrobatic flight as my brain won't compute multiple axis at once. So I think I will stop spending on the 250 and look at moving to something bigger and more stable in the future. I might look at getting a full Naze32 onto an RC Explorer tri to get altitude hold and other stability goodness.
Cool, I think they were not in stock hence why I didn't bother
What type of terrain are you flying over? Find a field with some nice fluffy grass, long enough to soften blows,but not to long enough that you can't take off and land. Or try some form of foam legs to try and take some of any potential impact off the frame itself if it comes down
How are you flying it in level mode? And how long have you been flying it in acro mode? I am mainly flying it in level ATM but flick the switch if I want to flip or roll, then flick it back to angle
Keep at it, if you want to build something bigger for aerial videography or what ever then down the quad 450 route.
I can still do faster flying, and its good if you pitch it forward and throttle it it covers a lot of distance in short time. Not flown in manual mode so can't see what they can really do. But fly it in atti and GPS atti
What type of terrain are you flying over? Find a field with some nice fluffy grass, long enough to soften blows,but not to long enough that you can't take off and land. Or try some form of foam legs to try and take some of any potential impact off the frame itself if it comes down
How are you flying it in level mode? And how long have you been flying it in acro mode? I am mainly flying it in level ATM but flick the switch if I want to flip or roll, then flick it back to angle
Keep at it, if you want to build something bigger for aerial videography or what ever then down the quad 450 route.
I can still do faster flying, and its good if you pitch it forward and throttle it it covers a lot of distance in short time. Not flown in manual mode so can't see what they can really do. But fly it in atti and GPS atti
Like someone on here mentioned recently I've found that flying in self level when LOS and with self level off in FPV is the best way. Trying to fight against the self level in FPV just makes it hard work.
The problem I have is the same reason I could never play the drums, I struggle to control all the things going on at once. If I concentrate on keeping the heading correct and the yaw in check so I'm traveling where I'm facing I'll be all over the place with the throttle. If I concentrate on holding altitude I'll be drifting everywhere. Its taking a lot of the fun out of it being constantly frustrated with myself.
I'm flying on a big playing field that's pretty soft. The problem is I've had big crashes in the past that have stripped the threads. Today I had one landing only a bit bumpy that meant the craft bounced and landed upside down, and I've lost 3 of the frame screws and was lucky to find the pole that fell off. Again its no fun having to rebuild a fragile craft every time you take it out.
As I'm not hard core into it and only fly occasionally I want to focus on what I enjoy, which is soaring about pretending I can fly, and getting a few nice photos. I want to try to minimise the bits I don't enjoy, which is stuggling to control everything at once, and being to afraid I'll have to rebuild it to take it out.
Basically I'm lazy and at the moment my 250 is hard work and becoming less fun because of it. I've given serious thought to getting a Phantom or similar, but half the fun (and learning) of my 250 was the building, so I think I will wait for my bonus and then look at building a stable, slow, and assisted flying tri, as there's lots of learning potential in it.
The problem I have is the same reason I could never play the drums, I struggle to control all the things going on at once. If I concentrate on keeping the heading correct and the yaw in check so I'm traveling where I'm facing I'll be all over the place with the throttle. If I concentrate on holding altitude I'll be drifting everywhere. Its taking a lot of the fun out of it being constantly frustrated with myself.
I'm flying on a big playing field that's pretty soft. The problem is I've had big crashes in the past that have stripped the threads. Today I had one landing only a bit bumpy that meant the craft bounced and landed upside down, and I've lost 3 of the frame screws and was lucky to find the pole that fell off. Again its no fun having to rebuild a fragile craft every time you take it out.
As I'm not hard core into it and only fly occasionally I want to focus on what I enjoy, which is soaring about pretending I can fly, and getting a few nice photos. I want to try to minimise the bits I don't enjoy, which is stuggling to control everything at once, and being to afraid I'll have to rebuild it to take it out.
Basically I'm lazy and at the moment my 250 is hard work and becoming less fun because of it. I've given serious thought to getting a Phantom or similar, but half the fun (and learning) of my 250 was the building, so I think I will wait for my bonus and then look at building a stable, slow, and assisted flying tri, as there's lots of learning potential in it.
Im the opposite, tried some fpv again today and I struggle so much with it in acro, Los I am actually pretty decent and manage fast acrobatics.
One thing that is realy hampering me at the moment is the yaw pids, I can not for the life of me get rid of the horrible overshoot and bounce. I have the rest locked in now, I even reverted back to cleanflight ( I know I know, again I hear you say!) and its like it is on rails now and am really pleased with it but the yaw makes it impossible to fly at the moment. I have read that it can be the props but I don't fancy the 6" upgrade this month.
One thing that is realy hampering me at the moment is the yaw pids, I can not for the life of me get rid of the horrible overshoot and bounce. I have the rest locked in now, I even reverted back to cleanflight ( I know I know, again I hear you say!) and its like it is on rails now and am really pleased with it but the yaw makes it impossible to fly at the moment. I have read that it can be the props but I don't fancy the 6" upgrade this month.
I find having it always try and level itself makes it difficult to fly FPV. Although it's much easier to lose control and fall out the sky, which I've done
zmr250 you have? I have heard a few complain about the uprights, if it was me I would measure the poles, buy some standoffs of the same length with full internal thread and buy longer screws. be don't with them!