Really looking forward to this.

Well I am diving head first into this corner of the R/C hobby. I have been doing R/C aircraft for quite a while now and was amazed the first time I saw a well performing quad rotor. I am now even more amazed with where the prices are in relation to what you get! Now is the time for me to get into this hobby. Although I need a little guidance... I have been reading everything I can on this site for about a week before I signed up. I will have MANY more questions but to get started I wanted to confirm my basic needs to get this going. This is a list of what I think I need FOR BASIC FLYING and a couple of things that are nice to have. Let me know if I have missed anything major.

1) quad rotor airframe

2) minimum 6 CH TX and RX

3) 4 brushless motors and ESC

4) LIPO battery

5) I am wanting to buy the APM 2.5+ with power module add on and telemetry set. This should take care of everything else no?

6) various connectors, hardware, and simple stuff.

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  • Is there any type of formula to figure this out without actually just buying stuff and trying it.

  • Yes to all of that. Good idea on the test stand. As far as power to weight ratio for picking a motor setup I read that I should try to maintain a 60% weight to available thrust ratio to have a good responsive craft. Meaning that say I have a max thrust of 1000g my total craft weight should be 600g. How does that sound?
  • I assume you have a lipo charger and a prop balancer if you've been flying RC already.

    Mission Planner needs a machine running Windows or Linux, a laptop or tablet is most convenient.

    I would strongly recommend installing LED position lights on your quad, maintaining orientation can be a bit difficult with multi-rotors.

    A test stand is almost a requirement, in my opinion, a well tuned craft saves a lot of money and keeps morale in the green zone. 

  • I figured that would fall under the hardware I had mentioned. Thanks for the suggestion to buy more though I will make it so.
  • Props.  Buy eight because you're going to go through a few while learning to fly.

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