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Mine's been despatched
Can anyone recommend a charger that can charge a few of the Hubsan batteries at once?
Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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Mine's been despatched
Can anyone recommend a charger that can charge a few of the Hubsan batteries at once?
Don't jab them with screwdrivers and you'll be fine
My maiden flight has been delayed. Turns out that while HobbyKing have gone full hog with XT60 connectors on their batteries, they haven't done the same with their accessories. Unpacked my nice shiny charger to discover it has every type of battery connector, except XT60.
Doh. I've got a handful of XT60 connectors around, what connections does your charger take - wondering if it is 4mm bullets like mine. Might have some bits lying around!
If you let me know before this evening I can probably quickly solder a charge cable together for you and post it to you tomorrow?
Greetings guys, I know there's all the information I'm about to ask is contained within this thread, but there's pages to go through, and I will. But I want to get into multirotors with cameras, I've got a small quad copter that I fly and a honeybee 2 that I'm good at flying, I'm not the greatest pilot but I'm learning 
The question is what's the best to start with? I like the idea of being able to view the feed from the camera realtime. I don't mind building something or is a rtf better?
I'm also thinking this could assist me at work, a aerial view of some of our outside events would be fantastic.
Thanks
The question is what's the best to start with? I like the idea of being able to view the feed from the camera realtime. I don't mind building something or is a rtf better?
I'm also thinking this could assist me at work, a aerial view of some of our outside events would be fantastic.
Thanks
Mine's been despatched
Can anyone recommend a charger that can charge a few of the Hubsan batteries at once?
Banggood have a balance cable that will charge 5 of the X4 batteries. I have one and it works great.
I've got a cable arriving tomorrow, but cheers for the offer.
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Found the cable, looks good. What do I need to plug it into 
Greetings guys, I know there's all the information I'm about to ask is contained within this thread, but there's pages to go through, and I will. But I want to get into multirotors with cameras, I've got a small quad copter that I fly and a honeybee 2 that I'm good at flying, I'm not the greatest pilot but I'm learning
The question is what's the best to start with? I like the idea of being able to view the feed from the camera realtime. I don't mind building something or is a rtf better?
I'm also thinking this could assist me at work, a aerial view of some of our outside events would be fantastic.
Thanks
It really depends. Your last point would mean that you'd need to be fully certified and have relevant insurance, its far from a cake walk but doable if you're determined to use UAVs for commercial work.
I am heavily biased by recent experience but I think mini quads are the best thing since sliced ham (bread takes first place obviously). A 250mm sized machine would be capable of carrying normal sized gear for the most part, have great performance and be a blast to fly. Also, hitting the deck with a <500g quad is likely to cost you no more than a prop or two, if you're unlucky
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Next time, for the sake of humanity, PLEASE film in landscape
.It does help that they are insane fun too
after a while I was scared to really push my tricopter and 450 quad, as stuffing up would probably mean being grounded waiting for replacement parts. I don't actually think my 250 is that much cheaper than my 450, maybe a few pints in itGoing to have to join the 250 bandwagon some time. But I'm having an absolute riot on my 330 still.... 3S, 1200kV motors and 8" props with a plastic frame I don't mind breaking. So much fun and now I've got the KK2.0 dialed in amazingly agile.
I like the noise it makes, whilst the smaller ones sound too high pitched
I like the noise it makes, whilst the smaller ones sound too high pitched
Next time, for the sake of humanity, PLEASE film in landscape
Haha, I was far too excited....my mate was far too scared to notice
It really depends. Your last point would mean that you'd need to be fully certified and have relevant insurance, its far from a cake walk but doable if you're determined to use UAVs for commercial work.
I am heavily biased by recent experience but I think mini quads are the best thing since sliced ham (bread takes first place obviously). A 250mm sized machine would be capable of carrying normal sized gear for the most part, have great performance and be a blast to fly. Also, hitting the deck with a <500g quad is likely to cost you no more than a prop or two, if you're unlucky
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so what would you advise as a good starting platform? The commercial side would be set aside at the moment.
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Managed to get out while it stopped raining.
Video may be a bit weird as tried youtube stabilize
Video may be a bit weird as tried youtube stabilize
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I started my mini quad adventure with a Hobbyking FPV250 like several here. Its not bad, but the kit has been perpetually out of stock. The FPV250 frame is quite good to learn with, as they are pretty robust and cost about £6. The downside is that there isn't much space on them for great, so you need to be creative to fit your FPV stuff onboard. They also do an L version of the frame, which comes with 2 plates and some spacers, which form the cage for camera/vtx equipment. If anything, I buy the bits separately and make something much better than most AFT/RTF kits. What's your soldering/electronics experience like?
It really is a good idea to build your own IMO. You'll be thankful when you crash and need to fix it, you'll know how and why everything works together. And it will need fixing, mavity demands it.
If you want instant gratification with bells and whistles like GPS, perhaps look at the DJI Phantom range, but pleeeease don't do anything silly with it!
It really is a good idea to build your own IMO. You'll be thankful when you crash and need to fix it, you'll know how and why everything works together. And it will need fixing, mavity demands it.
If you want instant gratification with bells and whistles like GPS, perhaps look at the DJI Phantom range, but pleeeease don't do anything silly with it!
Also, I don't think there is anywhere that does a RTF package for the 250 sized quads. They will all come as a kit form that will require *some* soldering/assembly/programming/tuning.
As Mr Brennen states, better off building and learning, you can fix it then when it inevitably breaks