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Quadcopters anyone?

Discussion in 'Sports, Hobbies & Interests' started by Btnewman, Oct 8, 2013.

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  1. Mar 4, 2015 at 9:03 PM
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    So i have an ideafly apollo, but might be purchasing a new airframe for it due to a few cracks. are there other airframes out there, in a similar size, that I might want to look at? It's getting a little cramped and I think its a little flimsy, especially with fpv and a brushless gimbal, along with a bigger battery.
    Any ideas on a frame that I could transfer everything over to?
     
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    :yes:

    No, maybe. Not 3 though lol. Ideally I would get a long range TBS disco with a GP4.
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    maybe a flamewheel 450... I'm sure there are a ton of frames out there that are roughly the same size...

    Just ditch it and get an Inspire or Iris+... :D lol
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    lol...

    oh and TBS = :facepalm:
     
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  5. Mar 6, 2015 at 5:48 AM
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    Y u no like TBS?
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    Trappy and his band of merry degenerates are assholes and part of the problem... I'd never help fund their 'stunts' by purchasing from TBS...
     
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    What if you just like the copter though :tinfoilhat:
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    There are some clone type aircraft that are similar to the disco....
     
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    I so wanna get into this, and I have a butt load of questions. I've posted earlier in this thread about flying regular helis, and planes, no expert, but not a total noob. I so want a quad, but not sure what I want or need. Not going to drop a wad for a beginner, but don't want a total POS either. I understand R/C anything is spendy (have raced surface models since the mid 80's). So, I guess my question is loaded, but, is there a half-assed model for a couple hundred bones that's a substantial size that I can fly, and then grow into? OK, go ahead and educate me.
     
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    DJI phantom, I regularly see them on CL for $300
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock

    Like Large said, Phantoms come pretty cheap these days but there isn't much room to grow... I really like the Iris as its good for both beginners and advanced flyers due to the autopilot... You may be able to find an Iris+ for 500 used....

    Avoid the Blade product as you'll get bored pretty quickly...
     
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    Yeah I just wouldn't count on the phantom to RTH if needed lol use manual mode for that
     
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    Is the X525 generic kit I see out there worth even having? What about the Turnergy stuff from HobbyKing? I have batteries (mostly 3s, but some 2s and 4s of varying Mah) and a radio/receivers (6 or 8 channel) a Spectrum DX6i.
     
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    Anyone have experience wiring a brushless gimbal to a naza m lite? Got everything working except the tilt :(
     
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    What gimbal is it? It's possible if you have enough channels on your radio
     
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    I have enough channels but do I go through the flight controller or just straight from the receiver? It's just a china two axis brushless with its own gimbal controller
     
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    I have the Tarot 2D, which is probably the same gimbal or similar enough. I went straight to the receiver and it works great! I had to make some tweaks to the gimbal using the included tuning software, but it was really easy. Just stuff like setting the center point and how fast it moves.
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    you get what you pay for
     
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    It's the wife's T4R so it's stock
    Flew with my idroneLink again this past weekend... it now has audio alerts which is awesome.. I use my bluetooth earbuds and put one side in... since I'm using my iphone, I don't have access to waypoints, but the guys at Fighting Walrus Radio are working on iphone implementation (it already exists for the ipad).

    :woot:
     
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