/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I got a battery for my 650 build today, it's huge O_o

>>1120739
>>1120771
>speed holes

I'm hoping that was a joke/troll, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually made it slower due to messing with aerodynamics (assuming it didn't just wreck it completely).

>Goggles 2

Those are one of the single screen style sets & Stu ranks them as the best of that type that he's tried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70GInMwezc0

>>1120351
Apparently the Racerstar 615 are a solid choice. For cameras I much prefer the form factor of the Q25 - no big CPL antenna to get banged up in crashes.

>>1120337
>an "original" tiny whoop
I got 22k views on my YouTube video showing how to bind those things to an Orange module :3 Honestly I much prefer the E010 now - frame doesn't break as easily & it binds flawlessly with the Banggood multiprotocol module (the Orange module would have to be power cycled on occasion). Just put a Kingkong Q25 on one of them, but the stock motors aren't quite powerful enough - might try the motors from my old Inductrix before I by new ones though! And at the other end of the spectrum (no pun intended), I'm building a 650 now...

>>1120175
>I'm still running a Naze32rev6 in my 210, but that's because i'm too lazy/cheap to buy something different when it flies good enough.

Yeah, I have two rev6 quads flying atm & now one rev5 after the wooden one took it's maiden flight on Sunday. Not going to buy any more f1 FCs, but I'm also not rushing out to replace the ones that are flying fine.

>>1120235
So glad it worked out for you, welcome to the hobby! :D

>>1119153
The f1 chip itself isn't obsolete, but a miniquad flight controller based around it is. The hobby has moved on & people now expect faster PID loops (f1 struggles to achieve 1KHz loop with 1KHz gyro sample, people now want to run 4-8KHz+) & only having 2x UARTs is very limiting - if you have USB on one & your RC receiver on the other, you have none left for telemetry, OSD, etc. & have to resort to softserial.

Banggood is my usual source for RC stuff from China & there are plenty of f3 boards. I've used these for my last two builds, but there are cheaper options available without built in power distro.

http://www.banggood.com/Diatone-D-Link-F3-Flight-Controller-MPU6050-Integrated-PDB-36x36mm-For-RC-Multirotor-p-1095503.html?rmmds=search

>>1119058
>>1119060

Anything in this form factor running a stm32 f1 is considered obsolete now, I only used it in this build because I was using up spare parts. If you're in the market for something similar today, you're going to be looking at stm32 f3 options.

Obviously the older f1 boards still work just fine, but the newer f3 boards aren't really any more expensive & provide more UARTs & can handle much faster PID loop times.

The board underneath is just a power distro board. XT60 input, bunch of output pads for the ESCs, plus 5v & 12v regulators.

>>1118994
Naze32 rev5.

Had enough spare electronics for an entire new build, but no frame, so I figured I'd visit the hardware store... Going to see if it flies tomorrow :)

>>1116472
Thanks, I think the Cub name sounds familiar from Flite Test videos.

Fixed wing people, can you recommend anything for somebody who is interested in getting into fixed wing but who doesn't have any particularly large open spaces nearby? I have a few spots that I'm comfortable flying multirotors at, but I'm just worried that fixed wing is going to need a lot more space. Bonus if there is something cheap & which can eventually carry a small AIO fpv cam/vtx module.

>>1115520
>flew like crap but was considered good at the time.

Mine is definitely the most finickity of all my multirotors, but I just love how it looks so I'm happy to put up with its quirks :3

>>1114604
Rubbish, I went & flew in the snow yesterday :p

Added FPV kit to my tricopter last week~ First time I tried to fly it like this I immediately discovered I'm too used to flying miniquads with upward camera tilt so had to change it from how it is in this picture!

For OP's question, I will also recommend /r/multicopter & mention Flite Test's videos - you can learn a huge amount about the different parts & the process of building a multirotor by watching one of their build videos, even if it's not for a particular multirotor that you plan to build. I tend to stay away from rcgroups, as the discussion there seems to very quickly get way too serious & into more detail than I care about.

>>1075096
I've recently started doing aerial photogaphy commercially here in the UK - a normal job is a load of planning/paperwork, followed by a couple batteries of relatively boring flying, then a load of postprocessing, all to produce at most a few minutes worth of footage.

>>951255
>why do these racing quads all need to be visually-ambiguous, black-colored gnats with no good orientation reference?

I totally get what you mean - I've only really flown it pointing away from me so far, because I'm really intimidated by how disorientating I find it when actually yawing away from my own frame of reference. I guess it'll come with practice though?

>>951266
Diatone.

>>950628
I know, I have a mode switch set up on my transmitter to change between attitude/rate, but today I was literally just practising getting the thing off the ground & trying to remember what the two sticks do, not really much turning going on yet :3

>>949618
>>950029
Just got back from the park, flew 2x batteries, didn't lose it, didn't fall apart in mid air, didn't even break any props. Didn't really do anything but try to hover & a bit of walking the dog, all in self levelling mode, but I figured slow & steady is the best.

Spent today watching Flite Test & rebuilding the ZMR250 I put together badly a couple months back then never took outside because I didn't trust any of it. Now I actually trust it & look forward to crashing it straight into the ground tomorrow if it's not raining :)

>>868305
Ah, thanks for the detailed explanation, it'll probably help me troubleshoot when I start flying & need to troubleshoot issues.

>>868266
I had no idea what sort of batteries to get, but I only had a few minutes left to order if I wanted the 20% discount (ebay voucher) so I just did a quick Google image search & bought 2x of these that I saw other people using on 250 frames :3

>>868232
I'm probably mostly going to be flying like picrelated (which is perfectly balanced), but I guess it wouldn't take much to add another strap/velcro further forward so I can move the battery depending.

Going any faster than a walking pace is probably a while away for me too... First quad & all...

>>868121
Mainly to keep the space in front available for a camera & FPV stuff. Is it particularly important to balance the weight if the flight controller will just compensate for it anyway?

Built this yesterday, was the absolute cheapest build I could manage, £130 including transmitter, 2x batteries & charger. Liberal use of velcro & zipties so I can move things around.

Didn't really know what to do with the aerial, I couldn't think of any obvious way to mount it sticking up (especially without breaking as soon as I crash it upside down)?