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

[Marschy]

Courier's Please just delivered my Tek Sumo at 4:30 on Anzac Day. Gob smacked.

Guess what I'm going to be doing for the remainder of the weekend?

[Crisp Image]

I need to do some maintenance on my quad. I just nee some time to sit down with it. Maybe next week.
Have fun with your new toy Marschy and remember 
Crispy

[Marschy]

Started putting my Tek Suma delta wing together.

Moved the battery and receiver/ESC compartment from the top surface of the wing to the bottom surface of the wing. Left wing is after mod, right wing is yet to be modified.



Wings all joined together (epoxy and fibre glass tape).



My power plant of choice. A 2200Kv outrunner spinning a 6x5 prop, 40A ESC, fueled by 2200mAh liPo



More to come as it progresses.

[Crisp Image]

Hey Mandrake,
Nice video in the other thread. Are you FPVing or LOS?
And at night you have to watch out for drop bears in the gum trees.
Regards
Crispy

[Mandrake]

LOS at the moment - I've got the FPV camera and app but find it difficult to watch when flying -Its a time thing - I'll get it sooner or later .. Mandrake

[speewa158]

After how many hair cuts    ,   or worse 

[Marschy]

LOS at the moment - I've got the FPV camera and app but find it difficult to watch when flying -Its a time thing - I'll get it sooner or later .. Mandrake

I haven't taken the plunge with fpv yet. I'm going to wait until the GPS upgrade is done. OSD looks fantastic for finding your way home over tree tops

[Tim - Stratford]

Anyone building one of these? 

Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun!

Tim

[Marschy]

Pizza anyone?

Food flying fast via drone delivery at Francesco?s Pizzeria in Mumbai

[Mandrake]

I think the price of Pizza might go up after a few one way deliveries....$2500 each.

Sent from the thing that does everything.

[Marschy]

The GPS upgrade is about to happen for my F450 quad. I've just received a MultiWii Pro + MTK3329 GPS, bluetooth adapter and OSD in the mail. That's for my F450, which will be my hack FPV platform. I'll be flashing the MultiWii Pro with MegaPirateNG firmware so I can use the ArduCoptor software for waypoint navigation.

I've also received a very roomy HK Alien 560 carbon fibre frame along with a Naza M V2 + GPS with BTU and iOSD. This one is going to be my photography platform and will be decked out with the best I can afford.



I've bought this along with a Tarot T2D gimbal and also found a camera on Aliexpress that is 1080 @ 30fps and 720 @ 60fps and about the same size as a GoPro, but more importantly, it has live video out for only $82.99US. I am curious to see if this camera can double as an FPV/DVR camera on the F450 quad.

HD 1080P 1.5 inch Sport Action Helmet Camera DV Waterproof Extreme mini camcorders With HDMI TV Output H.264 8MP 150 view angle

[Mandrake]

If that camera doesn't have WIFI how do you get FPV ? Is there a video transmitter on board as well ? M

[Crisp Image]

If that camera doesn't have WIFI how do you get FPV ? Is there a video transmitter on board as well ? M

If you use, wifi it can play up with the radio. Best use a dedicated 5.8GHz video transmitter and receiver.
Regards
Crispy

Sent from a thing that can't spell

[Marschy]

^^^^^^^^^ What Crispy said, this is the Vtx I've bought

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=17507

[Mandrake]

My Phantom is the reverse - 5.8 for controlling flight and 2.4 for Video / FPV ...
I'm waiting on a new gimbal as I had a accident with landing on the last one !! Camera survived gimbal control board didn't ...
Once I get it and fit it up I'll take a pic and post it ... M

[Marschy]

Did you get the same gimbal again, or are you trying a different one?

This is the one I've just bought and received in the mail yesterday. Why is everything with this hobby "some assembly required". Ah well it's all good fun.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=51635

[Mandrake]

Different ... its black..LOL..


From the thing that is also a phone

[Marschy]

Camera I bought is no good for FPV. Although it has live TV out, the on screen display cannot be turned off, which means if I want to use it in conjunction with a DJI iOSD it can't be done as the two on screen displays will clash with each other.

[Marschy]

This stuff is gold for a geek like me. They fly, they're fun to put together, they almost give you a heart attack the first time you get them up too high.!!

You can see the Alien 560 is a wee bit bigger than my F450.



The Alien is going on the back burner until I get the F450 back together with the MultiWii controller.



Still haven't flown the Tek Suma, I'm in the process of swapping the receiver from the F450 into the flying wing, so I can run a DSM2 receiver and satellite in the quads.

[Ness]

I was thinking I must have jumped across to the rc group some how funny to see all this on a camper site. I started off with the Dji phatom last year and put the tarot gimbal on it and put a 10k pot in the transmitter to control the tilt. and use the fpv 5.8 to goggles
I have a s800 evo and in the process of setting it up 2 transmitters one for the gimbal and the other for the aircraft.
Have another one I put together using 17inch props and 360 kv motors on a small tarot body the the dam thing has cut me and I have to run fast at times.
Keen to get a small blackout quad and use a kk controller so for now I am saving.
Anyway good to see your builds. will try and post some of mine.     

[Darcy7]

Hey what a great thread...!

I've been thinking about getting an RC unit of some description for aerial photography.  I recently got a small digital camera similar to a Go Pro but not quite as good.  Its a bit lighter and smaller.

What would be a good RC device to have that could carry this camera in outdoor flight?  I'm not too keen on spending a fortune and if it was reasonably transportable, that would be better.

I've seen a couple of large RC helicopters that look like they would do the job but stability is a concern.

Any suggestions?   

[Marschy]

Hey what a great thread...!

I've been thinking about getting an RC unit of some description for aerial photography.  I recently got a small digital camera similar to a Go Pro but not quite as good.  Its a bit lighter and smaller.

What would be a good RC device to have that could carry this camera in outdoor flight?  I'm not too keen on spending a fortune and if it was reasonably transportable, that would be better.

I've seen a couple of large RC helicopters that look like they would do the job but stability is a concern.

Any suggestions?

Large RC helicopters = $$$$$
Stability for helicopters is proportional to how much money you spend on a good quality flight control board.

A 350 quad that can carry a Go-Pro can set you back around $700 for a buy and fly.
The S800 Evo mentioned by Ness will set you back thousands.

How much money you have to spend will be the deciding factor on what anyone can suggest.

[CBRK]

Well just ordered all the parts for a home built tricopter (rcexplorer.se v2.5). Have spent months reading and finally decided that the tricopter is the way to go. Under $350 without the fpv.

With work going gang busters (busy month but it is paying for my new hobby) will take me a while to assemble once the bits get here.  Decided to put a small fpv camera and tx on it. I ended up picking up a small 7 inch lcd screen with fpv rx built in plus it can save to sd card to.

I will mount my cheap action cam for high res video once I've worked out how to fly it (used to fly rc planes years ago).

Chris

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[Marschy]

Cool Chris, looking forward to some pictures.

[edz]

Sooooo whens the leap to the next level going to be guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEKNHruTU8     
Like to be able to play with a quad camera ship  mmmmmm maybe soon ..