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Anders Rothman commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad"@Kirill robust as for testing, playing around. I will not send a camera or adding more weight to this. But its cheap, buy it and make it better."
DeveloperMark Colwell commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad
"Thanks,
Bought mine as test bed too, but I will make it rigid with some Cf, I will post a blog when it flys.
My next frame is scratch built with 2 T-Rex600 Cf Tail booms and landing gear set.
SK 3530- 1100 motor maybe a bit too much for HK…"
ModeratorKirill commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad
"Is frame enough robust? I considered purchasing this frame, but finally thought that it might be too fragile."
Anders Rothman commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad"@Mark Colwell the armes came pre-glued and were straight. But then do flex, I have done nothing to them. This model was just a testbed for the ArduPilot. Im going to build something larger (keeping the ESC and engines).
/anders"
DeveloperMark Colwell commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad
"Anders'
Nice flights,
I have a HK Quad frame like yours. HK glued all arms together, but one is slightly twisted. Was yours OK?
I think HK frame is a bit flexible. Did you add anything to make it more rigid?
Twisting arms or motor mount will…"
Anders Rothman commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad"@apocolipse, thanks the tips. Yes, this radio is abit on the low end side, im used to JR 9x and Spektrum DX7 but it works. A bit expo would be nice :)
Now I need to figure out what settings to tweak to make this stable. It's a bit…"
apocolipse commented on Anders Rothman's blog post Maiden flight with wooden quad"Very nice. Just a suggestion for you, still on the cheap-o from HK line is the $50 Turnigy 9x radio, toss a $40 smartieparts programmer board (designed specifically for the 9x) and you have a $90 radio that has features of a $2000 radio.…"
Anders Rothman posted a blog postMaiden flight with wooden quad
Today I maiden my wooden hobbyking Quadcopter and it went fine! I have flown rc helicopters quite a bit, but that was a couple of years ago. Then i heard an interview with Chris Anderson on Leo Laportes podcast 'Triangulation' and I was intrigued about the drone part of the hobby. Me and a friend ordererd two ArduPilots and got into it again. Part list, I went for the 'el cheapo' line:Model:…See More
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Maiden flight with wooden quad
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 6:30am 9 Comments 0 Likes
Today I maiden my wooden hobbyking Quadcopter and it went fine!
I have flown rc helicopters quite a bit, but that was a couple of years ago. Then i heard an interview with Chris Anderson on Leo Laportes podcast 'Triangulation' and I was intrigued about the drone part of the hobby.
Me and a friend ordererd two ArduPilots and got into it again.
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