Soldato
No, unfortunately not, I was enjoying it from the basin with a few bevvies and friends instead 
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.Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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No, unfortunately not, I was enjoying it from the basin with a few bevvies and friends instead
Can't blame you. I was on the fly over direct view. It was Firestorm (M5 crash) lot that did it
Right the Hobbyking order arrived!!!
However a couple of initial things I can't seem to work out.
NTM motors - why the long shaft that points down the way - what the difference between long/short shafts??
On all the videos/pictures etc - the motor seems to mount like this (nice neat wiring that you can fed down through the arm etc to the ESC underneath.
However - the only way the screw holes line up is like this with the wiring going off to the side which looks awful and harder to get underneath.
Am I missing something? It only will mount one way with wiring off to the side.
However a couple of initial things I can't seem to work out.
NTM motors - why the long shaft that points down the way - what the difference between long/short shafts??
On all the videos/pictures etc - the motor seems to mount like this (nice neat wiring that you can fed down through the arm etc to the ESC underneath.
However - the only way the screw holes line up is like this with the wiring going off to the side which looks awful and harder to get underneath.
Am I missing something? It only will mount one way with wiring off to the side.
Soldato
The long shaft is so you can use the collet type prop adaptors if you want. Not many MR builds use them, mostly for plane type applications. Pointing down is fine. I have long shaft motors on my 330 quad. The shafts are protected by the feet on the frame mostly.
As for the screws, there should be at least 2 that line up?
Lipo Voltage Checker @ £1.92 at HobbyKing. Downside is it might take a week or 2 for delivery.
If you keep the page open for a minute or 2 you might get it cheaper.
If you keep the page open for a minute or 2 you might get it cheaper.
They are only about 2-50 on eBay from UK seller. I ordered one the other day.
2 screw holes line up if I put them facing straight down the arm but just not the four. Will check again later but if the two were at cross positions then I might say ok. But fairly sure that only two line up they are on the same side of the motor.
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FPV Alien X-Mode Quad
Been reading this for a while and thought id chip in with my setups.
Been flying FPV for a couple of years now, mainly planes i have
Bixler2 http://rangler.co.uk/bixler-2-build-3-finally-complete/
Penguin http://rangler.co.uk/penguin-v2-almost-built/
And an Alien X-Mode Quad http://rangler.co.uk/fpv-quadcopter-build-log/
The quad was originally using a DJI e300 setup but ive since switched to 750KV Tiger motors and 11x3.7 CF Tiger props.
With my Gopro3+ strapped on i can hover for 20 mins and have a nice fly around for a good 15minutes.
Quick review video here http://youtu.be/wYCS2qAd_Ag?list=UUYh7ftJV6jfQl37FYacI1fw
Been reading this for a while and thought id chip in with my setups.
Been flying FPV for a couple of years now, mainly planes i have
Bixler2 http://rangler.co.uk/bixler-2-build-3-finally-complete/
Penguin http://rangler.co.uk/penguin-v2-almost-built/
And an Alien X-Mode Quad http://rangler.co.uk/fpv-quadcopter-build-log/
The quad was originally using a DJI e300 setup but ive since switched to 750KV Tiger motors and 11x3.7 CF Tiger props.
With my Gopro3+ strapped on i can hover for 20 mins and have a nice fly around for a good 15minutes.
Quick review video here http://youtu.be/wYCS2qAd_Ag?list=UUYh7ftJV6jfQl37FYacI1fw
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Got myself the syma x4 yesterday but need more juice for it. Read the 300mah batteries fit buy unsure where to get them from? Is there any way to charge a few at a time?
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Would love to know more about this as well, im guessing the oem battery takes an hour or so to charge for only 5 mins flying time?
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Yeah seems to take about 45mins for about 5 minutes flight time
doh - also didn't realise the Turnigy 9XR reciever needs a lipo battery as well! Another order and more postage required!!
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...d_11_1v_3s_2200mAh_1_5C_Transmitter_Pack.html
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...d_11_1v_3s_2200mAh_1_5C_Transmitter_Pack.html
Just seen some of the aerial footage from the display and it's not amazing
Shame really
Soldato
You can charge multiple batteries at once with a proper charger and a parallel charge cable. Not familiar with Syma stuff, Banggood probably have something.
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Which is a proper charger then?
Soldato
http://www.horizonimaging.co.uk/
I REALLY REALLY want to offer this service! I currently photography for a couple of local estate agents on their large properties. Currently have a motorised tripod which can shoot from a height of 8 metres. These drone shots look ideal but having read up on it, it seems you would need a licence for unmanned aircraft. Not really viable as the licence costs are around £2000 but wouldn't that be a pretty cool job.
I REALLY REALLY want to offer this service! I currently photography for a couple of local estate agents on their large properties. Currently have a motorised tripod which can shoot from a height of 8 metres. These drone shots look ideal but having read up on it, it seems you would need a licence for unmanned aircraft. Not really viable as the licence costs are around £2000 but wouldn't that be a pretty cool job.
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DJI Zenmuse H3-3D Gimbal @ Maplins £249
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/dji-zenmuse-h3-3d-gimbal-a65rx
Think they will send it via the proper means of a tracked service?
Edit.... Sod it, order has been place and now time will tell. It listed only 3-5 working day delivery.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/dji-zenmuse-h3-3d-gimbal-a65rx
Think they will send it via the proper means of a tracked service?
Edit.... Sod it, order has been place and now time will tell. It listed only 3-5 working day delivery.
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Don
The 300mAh batteries I had for my Hubsan X4 don't fit. The 240mAh ones do though.
There's no parallel charger for these tiny cells. The best thing is to just get a few of the charge cables. A lot of the places on the bay give you a free charge cable with some batteries so you can charge more than 1 at once.