Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

Aye mines a 250 racer.

Personally I'd get 2204 or upgrade to 2205 motors, not sure how well the 1806 ones will work but I've never used them so only going by what I have and have used.

Again personally I wouldn't use carbon blades, they'd snap easily no? Unless you're happy having at least 5 pairs for the time being.

I would also go for the 1500mah of those batteries, it carries them fine on mine. Having said that you will have a LOT more fun with the 1300 4S batteris, you will soon out grow the 3S ones.

Another thing to consider is a decent charger, I use a Eachine D800, works lovely. Others use the IMAX B6 charger (just be sure it has power, otherwise you'll need to purchasr a laptop charger)

Essential spares? Props, screws (washers I guess), balance lead extensions (for charging or repairing), XT-60 Y cables (for charging or repairs), electrical tape as you say, heat shrink wrap. Another thing to get one day is a parallel charging board (one with a fuse on it) otherwise you'll be charging one battery up at a time.

Oh, may be worth investing in a lost alarm buzzer or a low voltage buzzer, these generally won't have low voltage buzzers built in (yours won;t unless you put one on)....So unless you time your flights to 2/3 mins depending on the battery etc then you'll soon kill your battery if you start flying way below 3.6/3.7v per cell.

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Just to give you an idea, one of my motors shook loose last night, so in turn it ripped itself off the ESC, put the quad into a spin, after it hit the floor the battery ripped one of it's cables out of the XT-60 plug...Oh and all four props are bent.

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So you can see why you need spares!
 
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Delvis said:
Aye mines a 250 racer.

Personally I'd get 2204 or upgrade to 2205 motors, not sure how well the 1806 ones will work but I've never used them so only going by what I have and have used.

Again personally I wouldn't use carbon blades, they'd snap easily no? Unless you're happy having at least 5 pairs for the time being.

I would also go for the 1500mah of those batteries, it carries them fine on mine. Having said that you will have a LOT more fun with the 1300 4S batteris, you will soon out grow the 3S ones.

Another thing to consider is a decent charger, I use a Eachine D800, works lovely. Others use the IMAX B6 charger (just be sure it has power, otherwise you'll need to purchasr a laptop charger)

Essential spares? Props, screws (washers I guess), balance lead extensions (for charging or repairing), XT-60 Y cables (for charging or repairs), electrical tape as you say, heat shrink wrap. Another thing to get one day is a parallel charging board (one with a fuse on it) otherwise you'll be charging one battery up at a time.

Oh, may be worth investing in a lost alarm buzzer or a low voltage buzzer, these generally won't have low voltage buzzers built in (yours won;t unless you put one on)....So unless you time your flights to 2/3 mins depending on the battery etc then you'll soon kill your battery if you start flying way below 3.6/3.7v per cell.

EDIT:

Just to give you an idea, one of my motors shook loose last night, so in turn it ripped itself off the ESC, put the quad into a spin, after it hit the floor the battery ripped one of it's cables out of the XT-60 plug...Oh and all four props are bent.



So you can see why you need spares!
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Dude, you're a legend! Thank you for the information, if you're local I'll buy you a beer.

Why should I get dual blade instead of tri blade props? Does it matter?
 
agnes said:
Dude, you're a legend! Thank you for the information, if you're local I'll buy you a beer.

Why should I get dual blade instead of tri blade props? Does it matter?
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Tris are good for acrobatics, rolls and flips etc. I stuck with the standard setup (well, king kong 5045bn(bull nose)) just because really....I'll eventually change to tris. The dial props are theoretically better for speed but unless you're racing professionally then meh

agnes said:
If I went for these:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__98911__DYS_MR2205_2750KV_250_Size_Quad_Motor_CCW.html

The max draw is 36A!!! The previous choice was 8A.

Does this mean I need matching ESC's with a similar output?

All new to me this :D
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I have 2204-2300kv motors, the esc's are 20A, not sure on the max draw etc...defo go for at least 20A, I'm not sure if 30A is needed for the 2205s though if I'm honest

Yeah I'm still learning, mine was an RTF quad but I've changed bits and repaired it so learning as I go :)
 
I probably wouldn't jump to 40A but I'm not sure on their requirements really. 30S should be fine on a 250 I'd have thought.

As for the FC I'm not sure really I've only dealt with a CC3D board in all honesty, flashed from open pilot to betaflight
 
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that looks exactly what ive been looking for (including the controller), now do I save up for the high price, or build my own which would never be as good, but cheaper and I enjoy building.

or wait for someone to go to America and pick me up one for a decent discount.



very nice fold up size. I want. small controller that clamps phone in. I think they read my mind.
 
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I want to "upgrade" from my pro 3 now.....................:(

And cheaper the the pro 4 with more features, same flight time, almost as fast and is tiny. What's not to love.
 
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Just been watching the Mavic videos via FroKnows.

Always been interested in a drone with high quality cameram, but everything has either always been too clunky, too expensive, not enough battery juice... or all three.

The Mavic looks just the ticket. I'll be adding it to my shopping list I think for the end of the year. The footage that I could get down here would be ace, and then some.
 
Very tempted by one of the Mavic units - much easier to transport than a phantom - especially if travelling abroad - will have to see how the footage compares!

Look forward to reading some reviews / seeing comparisons to the Karma but I think the Mavic wins it for me!
 
I'm really tempted too just because it's so portable, Could take it pretty much everywhere with you.

Couple of pics from this evening, Took off 10-15 minutes too early and missed an amazing sky :(

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^^ Wow, those shots are incredible!

Looks like something off Lord of the rings

The DJI Mavic does look very good. Would it be possible to have it track you when skiing and not crash into anything like Ski lifts?
 
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The DJI Mavic does look very good. Would it be possible to have it track you when skiing and not crash into anything like Ski lifts?
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in theory yes, it will track you, stay at a certain height above the floor and has collision avoidance.
whether it would see things like cables and how well it works in practice you would need to look at reviews.
 
Glaucus said:
in theory yes, it will track you, stay at a certain height above the floor and has collision avoidance.
whether it would see things like cables and how well it works in practice you would need to look at reviews.
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It would need to constantly change height to record someone skiing. I'll check out some videos if I can find any. Ta
 
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