Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

You shouldn't need to dismantle the whole thing which is where the real risks lies. Just wire up a few of the 12V out feeds to positive input on your Balance charger and the same for some of the ground cables. Then you just need to join the correct pins/cables on the 24pin ATX connector to switch it on. From memory you just need to connect the green cable to any ground.
 
Very little I would say.
The capacitors in these things pack a good punch (not enough to kill you) but will be enough for slight burns and a bit of pain :D
Wear some rubber gloves if you can, you'll be fine.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-an-ATX-Power-Supply-Into-a-Regular-DC-Powe/
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/bat...0951-how-convert-atx-power-supply-rc-use.html

Edit: PinkFloyd is right however, if you wanted a proper PSU (with a switch, power light, banana plug jacks etc) then you need to open it up.



Disclaimer: I shall not be held responsible for any death, injury or suffering you, your family, pets and sheep may be subjected too following those two links :D
 
So I got my Fatshark Attitude V2's in the post today, dont think im quite ready for FPV flight yet but I had a bit of spare cash and decided to go ahead and buy these. Also purchased the spironet antennas with them as well.

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Will probably end up buying a Qav400 frame aswell very soon
 
There has never been a better time for getting a flight controller what with APM copter v3.1 firmware out, the Pixhawk shipping, KK2.1 available and a Naza lite+GPS under £110.

I feel 2014 is going to be a good year for multis :) (probably bad for wallets)
 
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All built, tidy a few wires up charge the lipo and wait for the rain to stop -

Well i couldnt help but to start it up before i charged the lipo err in the house 2cm lifting up - i think i better order some new blades and wait for the rain to stop damm it powerful

 
FunkyCowie said:
Blade 350qx if its for some fun and filming, they have used it on the Gadget show for their aerial shots and it is £100+ cheaper than a DJI which means you can spend more on FPV, Gimbal, etc.

Cheapest I have seen it for is £318 RTF
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Nice! Are flight times comparable to the phantom? Can I uprate anything on the 350QX to extend flight time?

Some reviews online say the stock props are awful. Does the 350QX have auto stability etc like the Phantom? The Phantom can be had for £349 it seems...
 
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PinkFloyd said:
I'd think that even a cheapish powersupply should be more than adequate for an entry level balance charger.
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Its an 850w one that was suffering load issues so might fail anyway eventually... but if its only for charging lipo's it might suffice.

Narj said:
Nice! Are flight times comparable to the phantom? Can I uprate anything on the 350QX to extend flight time?

Some reviews online say the stock props are awful. Does the 350QX have auto stability etc like the Phantom? The Phantom can be had for £349 it seems...
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The Blade does everything the Phantom can do, Phantom is a great camera platform but is not as fun as the Blade which is a good all rounder from what I have read just not quite as smooth. Depends which you are willing to sacrifice.

As for the props, the initial ones were ****e if you flew aggressively, the currently shipped ones are better but if you are an aggressive flyer you'd need to upgrade to carbon props which you would do any way.

Flight times are the same.

Last time I looked at the Phantom, a few months ago, it was hard to get for below £400... but if thats their current prices its up to you whether you want a great camera platform and a little fun or a good camera platform and something that's very fun.
 
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rhysduck said:
Very little I would say.
The capacitors in these things pack a good punch (not enough to kill you) but will be enough for slight burns and a bit of pain :D
Wear some rubber gloves if you can, you'll be fine.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-an-ATX-Power-Supply-Into-a-Regular-DC-Powe/
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/bat...0951-how-convert-atx-power-supply-rc-use.html

Edit: PinkFloyd is right however, if you wanted a proper PSU (with a switch, power light, banana plug jacks etc) then you need to open it up.



Disclaimer: I shall not be held responsible for any death, injury or suffering you, your family, pets and sheep may be subjected too following those two links :D
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So in theory according to the instructables one as this PSU has x4 +12volt rails... and it has x2 PCIE Connectors it looks like I just need to use one of those... They have only Yellow and Black wires which are for +12volt.

Woo hoo I think I have my easy solution :D
 
Companies like Hubsan should really push things like the x4 and how easy it is to fly for the small cost. It will get people (like me) into RC stuff which I would have never done before.

The only reason I got it was because it was cheap and was on hotukdeals - I wasn't actually expecting it to be good! (easy to fly, stable, doesn't break easily fun)

The last time I had a small RC helicopter was ~5 years ago, it was totally crap and broke after about 10 minutes of use and £30 down the crapper
 
Same reason I bought a Blade mQX it was virtually indestructible though not quite as cheap as the Hubsan x4, it survived a year of anything from colliding with furniture inside to 50 foot crashes outside. This only cost me one set of standard props but it came with a spare set and 1 new boom £2.00 which was the only 'costly' part I had to replace. But it enabled me to learn so much because it was pretty good at acro as standard.
 
From what I read briefly after buying the x4 the mQX is easier to fly and learn with and is a bit bigger than the x4. I thought the x4 would be really hard to fly but is actually quite easy (or it is for me now after a few goes)

Beginner question - Do any of the more expensive quads have negative throttle?
 
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