Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

The_Abyss · 19 Feb 2017 at 23:15

Sadly not, although they did absorb some of the cost after reviewing the flight data. I'm £170 poorer.

Shimmy · 20 Feb 2017 at 07:53

Ah that's not too bad, would have been a similar amount with DJI care.

bulb66 · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:08

The_Abyss said:
I crashed it. I flew backwards into some long grass by a river and it tangled around one of the rotors. What followed was a mini acrobatic display and a broken gimbal!

I haven't tested the filters with video yet, only stills. This was with an ND4 post-repair.

Greg,

How often to you go flying? I built a quadcopter a while ago but never really learnt how to fly it. I'd love to get out with an experienced flyer to get some tips and as we both live in Ipswich

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James.

The_Abyss · 20 Feb 2017 at 17:03

Normally every other weekend - I selected the Mavic purely based on it being so portable as the primary use for it is to take on motorbike trips, and space and weight is at an absolute premium!

I'm far from an experienced pilot though - this is only my second drone. I've no desire to become an awesome pilot - I just want to be sufficiently competent to be able to make it an effective photography and video platform. Happy to meet up some time though - this weekend I flew it over Rushmere and out at Bawdsey. Still toying with the thought of taking it to Barcelona this weekend...

Spammeh · 20 Feb 2017 at 21:29

On a trip to Northern Ireland earlier this month, I got the Mavic up over the Giant's Causeway, my first time there. Got some really good reactions from people thinking it was awesome to have the opportunity to fly a drone there. Couldn't believe how blue the sea was though, awesome place!

Delvis · 21 Feb 2017 at 08:49

bulb66 said:
Greg,

How often to you go flying? I built a quadcopter a while ago but never really learnt how to fly it. I'd love to get out with an experienced flyer to get some tips and as we both live in Ipswich .

James.

What are you struggling with? It should effectively fly itself; as in not wander off when the wind pushes it.

Rilot · 21 Feb 2017 at 11:48

Depends on what he built. If he built an item with no GPS then it won't.

bulb66 · 21 Feb 2017 at 12:19

Delvis said:
What are you struggling with? It should effectively fly itself; as in not wander off when the wind pushes it.

Rilot said:
Depends on what he built. If he built an item with no GPS then it won't.

It's more the flying from all angles if you no what I mean, it's orientation I find hard. It's a 250mm ZMR frame quad, no gps.

Delvis · 21 Feb 2017 at 16:48

Rilot said:
Depends on what he built. If he built an item with no GPS then it won't.

For some reason I assume he meant a Phantom, no idea why!

bulb66 said:
It's more the flying from all angles if you no what I mean, it's orientation I find hard. It's a 250mm ZMR frame quad, no gps.

As for a racing quad, orientation takes a while...however in ALL honesty,get a screen, flying FPV makes it a lot nicer and you'll enjoy it a tonne more, you can also get a bog standard screen or goggles for not a lot of money nowadays.

One more thing, flying FPV will be easier on RATE mode or Acro (so you have no self levelling aids etc) but doing line of site I'd maybe stick with a self levelling mode for the time being, however I'd dabble without using it.

Clum · 21 Feb 2017 at 17:41

Spammeh said:
On a trip to Northern Ireland earlier this month, I got the Mavic up over the Giant's Causeway, my first time there. Got some really good reactions from people thinking it was awesome to have the opportunity to fly a drone there. Couldn't believe how blue the sea was though, awesome place!

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I'm not epileptic, but I just about had a seizure watching that intro! Cool vid otherwise.

Delvis · 21 Feb 2017 at 18:15

Clum said:
I'm not epileptic, but I just about had a seizure watching that intro! Cool vid otherwise.

gbradders123 · 21 Feb 2017 at 23:04

Why do people use a filter? Do they do anything that you cant adjust post production?

The_Abyss · 21 Feb 2017 at 23:29

I use it to slow shutter speed - on a bright sunny day it can get too high on the Mavic and some distortion can creep in

Spammeh · 22 Feb 2017 at 00:16

Clum said:
I'm not epileptic, but I just about had a seizure watching that intro! Cool vid otherwise.

It seemed like a great idea at the time... the more i watch, the worse it looks! haha! Lesson learnt!

Kronos · 26 Feb 2017 at 13:22

Quite fancy dipping my toe into the world of Quadcopters.
I think something like the Blade Inductrix RTF might be a good starting point though am open to suggestions.

gbradders123 · 26 Feb 2017 at 20:13

Kronos said:
Quite fancy dipping my toe into the world of Quadcopters.
I think something like the Blade Inductrix RTF might be a good starting point though am open to suggestions.

Inductrix are pretty awesome, once you get the hang of it you can then turn off all the help such as self leveling, then upgrade motors etc. The fpv one is a good way into fpv flying as well, plus they are cheap and can take lots of abuse. Best things i have used as a starting point.

Rilot · 26 Feb 2017 at 20:30

These are great: https://www.rcgeeks.co.uk/quadcopters/hobby-drones/makerfire-tiny-whoop-with-vr007-fpv-goggles

bulb66 · 26 Feb 2017 at 20:55

Rilot said:
These are great: https://www.rcgeeks.co.uk/quadcopters/hobby-drones/makerfire-tiny-whoop-with-vr007-fpv-goggles

Thanks for that, I think I'll get one to practice with

Kronos · 27 Feb 2017 at 08:47

gbradders123 said:
Inductrix are pretty awesome, once you get the hang of it you can then turn off all the help such as self leveling, then upgrade motors etc. The fpv one is a good way into fpv flying as well, plus they are cheap and can take lots of abuse. Best things i have used as a starting point.

Cheers.

Charlie Bravo · 27 Feb 2017 at 21:15

Following on from a mate buying a Phantom 3 Adv last year, I decided I wanted in on this drone action and bought myself an Autel X-Star Premium.

I've only been out with it once so far (typically it got delivered the day Storm Doris blew in) but I'm certainly impressed so far. Roll on the better weather!