Remote controlled flying things-Quads, Hex, Octo or anything

[CBRK]

New ESC fixed it... Now for the flight test !! ( Crispy - I might need a coupla 4S batteries for this one !!! LOL ) 

Cheers to y'all

Steve

Hi Steve,

Thats great news!  I was thinking it was either the esc, it sounds like one of the FET's is dying.  I'm using 4s on my Tricopter, it can really move when I push it now (I think it's power to weight ratio is better than my mini quad).

Hi Mark,

I've got my optical flow it arrived the other day.  I have hooked it up to my test pixhawk and it looks good.   Still to fit the lidarlite to my tricopter (I keep adding stuff to my poor tricopter) - I'll most likely to that in the morning as it weighs next to nothing.  Did you end up ordering a pixhawk lite or are you waiting a bit to see if the price drops due to the pixhawk 2?

Chris

[Marschy]

Waiting at the moment, I'm going to persevere with the APM for now.

[Mandrake]

Here's the hexa hovering this arvo ... Looking quite good ( unlike the Alien this one actually gets into the air !!! )

[Marschy]

Looking good Steve

[Mandrake]

And the boring video -- Maiden test flight ...
www.lingeringlandscapes.com/Photos/Hexaflight.mp4

[Marschy]

Hexa looks great Steve,

The legs can be a bit of a pain. If you land off level, they snap like twigs.I have 8 spare that I don't use anymore. I'll bring to the meet in September, they're yours in you want them.

Cheers, Marschy

[Mandrake]

I'm gunna put the bandy ones you sent me on it -- Just wanted the three legs until I have it working OK .. I can hang the vidcam off of the bandy leg unit ...

My newest vidcam has FPV and works really well its a no brand G3 from Banggood ( its the NTSC one I complained about ...) Got to wire that up into the

Phantom for best video --

Alien has been pulled apart and boxed for now - When I get 4 ESCs I'll rebuild it with the APM FC but that is a long way away for now ...

The Phantom 1 I bought with the 17 batteries is going to get a motor refit soon so I can use spin on rotors at the moment all 4 motors on it are threaded the same way !!

That's  my news update --- Steve

[Mandrake]

Drilled the 4 retaining holes for the bandy legs and fitted them today - along with the FPV camera and transmitter ( all works !! ) ...

Somehow or another I seem to have a spare 700TVL 12V camera here - Must have bought 2 for a special price  LOL .. Anyone interested ? PM me ...

[Darcy7]

Hi all

Just returned from a trip to the US and Canada and bought myself a quad.  A Parrot Bebop. Not quite as good as some of the pro kit you guys have but it's easy to fly and has a pretty good camera.

Also discovered iMovie on the iPad. Boy you can have some fun with this stuff...!





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[Darcy7]

Hi all

Just returned from a trip to the US and Canada and bought myself a quad.  A Parrot Bebop. Not quite as good as some of the pro kit you guys have but it's easy to fly and has a pretty good camera.

Also discovered iMovie on the iPad. Boy you can have some fun with this stuff...!





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[CBRK]

Hi all

Just returned from a trip to the US and Canada and bought myself a quad.  A Parrot Bebop. Not quite as good as some of the pro kit you guys have but it's easy to fly and has a pretty good camera.

Also discovered iMovie on the iPad. Boy you can have some fun with this stuff...!





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Hi,

Oh no, now you've got the bug it wont stop, once you get your first one the 2nd, 3rd, etc will follow quickly :-
Good to see some other footage out there.  Keep getting out there and get a good feel for it, just make sure that if you dont already know the CASA regs that you do so soon.  Oh and keep having fun with it!

Chris

[Marschy]

Hi all

Just returned from a trip to the US and Canada and bought myself a quad.  A Parrot Bebop. Not quite as good as some of the pro kit you guys have but it's easy to fly and has a pretty good camera.

Also discovered iMovie on the iPad. Boy you can have some fun with this stuff...!





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LOL love the vid

[Mandrake]

Looks very neat .. Hope you have some spare props .

[Darcy7]

Unfortunately the vid had been compressed by Tapatalk so its not as good as what the original looks.  Also doubled up the post...?

That iMovie app is heaps of fun.

Got a set of spare props.  Not intending to fly it too close to trees and other obstacles for now.

I always knew these things were cool but I never realised how much fun they really are.

This forum has a lot to answer for...!

[prodigyrf]

You call that a drone? THIS is a drone!
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/australia-to-join-us-armed-forces-in-pilotless-aircraft-revolution/story-fni6um3i-1227416768299

[dales133]

I saw the most amazing drones today.... There was one in a shop that had huge motors...8 of them and a full aluminium frame.
It was full gps touch screen control and held a full size cinematographic camera.
I've got major issues with pics on my memory card but they are saving to my Google back up.
From the quick research I did 200 Au will get you a full gps takeoff and land control and flight track.
I've never seen anything they have here in aus

[Crisp Image]

Hi all

Just returned from a trip to the US and Canada and bought myself a quad.  A Parrot Bebop. Not quite as good as some of the pro kit you guys have but it's easy to fly and has a pretty good camera.

Also discovered iMovie on the iPad. Boy you can have some fun with this stuff...!





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That is a very cool video. It is like a trailer for the next action movie!
Well done.
Enjoy your new camera and keep posting the videos for us.
Regards
Crispy


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[Darcy7]

 Thanks Crispy.

Making the movie was a pinch.  Used the iMovie app on iOS. It's so easy any idiot can look like Steven Spielberg...!


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[Darcy7]

OK...not strictly a Quad or Orno thingy but how super cool is this...

http://www.poweruptoys.com/

[Kennchris]

After some advice, If you were going to buy a ready to fly drone for photos and video, which one would you get? Don't want to spent any more then $2000.00, I know everyone will have a different opinion.   

[Mandrake]

Phantom 2 or Vision Plus ..

[yogi]

All in one ... Phantom 3 Professional

yogi

[CBRK]

After some advice, If you were going to buy a ready to fly drone for photos and video, which one would you get? Don't want to spent any more then $2000.00, I know everyone will have a different opinion.

If you are looking at only RTF then I'd have a serious look at the 3DR Solo (https://store.3drobotics.com/t/solo), but the DJI products are good as well, as best as they can be for a RTF.  Seems alot of people can understand the DJI's range quite well.

But it really depends on what kind of photos and videos you want to take?  Did you want to sling a DSLR under it or something like a gopro?  If you want to put a DSLR up in the air with some reliability then you need to rethink the budget, if it's a gopro sized camera then the above suggestions will work well.

Regards,

Chris

[Darcy7]

There's a new smaller and lighter GoPro on the market.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/6/8887691/gopro-hero-4-session-camera-cube-hands-on

[yogi]

Not sure how much you know but if you plan on using your camera with a gimbal then said gimbal need to be designed, built and calibrated for that camera otherwise it will not behave in a desirable manner.

Solo looks the goods but I don't like the cost or the fish eye effect you get with the GoPro cameras.

You can also have a look at the new Yneec 500 Typhoon or the Blade 350 QX3 or the new Blade Chroma their at a lower price point but all have the pros and cons.

yogi