"You might be coming at the design from the wrong direction.
One of the important things you've said is that the quad must carry a load - your camera of choice and any associated gear (e.g. transmitter for FPV). So, size and weight of that…"
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Quadcopter, decisions decisions...
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Hello everybody,Forgive me if the information is already out there, well... the information IS out there but its a near impossible task for the human mind of a newbie (such as myself) to be able to…Continue
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Richard Neville replied to Michael's discussion Quadcopter, decisions decisions..."I am designing my first quad also, so I don't know that much but I'll try. There should be a way to log ground speed using the gps, but it depends on your setup. It knows how far to tilt due to either gyro or accelerometer (not sure…"
Michael replied to Michael's discussion Quadcopter, decisions decisions..."If it could fly at 12mph, it would do the journey in 15minutes. However, i cannot figure out how to work out groundspeed of these things. When it moves forward, i assume the two rear motors speed up, so then it would tilt forward, but how does it…"
Ruwan replied to Michael's discussion Quadcopter, decisions decisions..."Well, do you think a quad could do the entire 3 mile flight below 20min (average time, I've seen a quad flying time in the forum)? I honestly don't know, may be someone more experienced could give an insight on this..
regards,
Ruwan. "
Michael posted a discussionQuadcopter, decisions decisions...
Hello everybody,Forgive me if the information is already out there, well... the information IS out there but its a near impossible task for the human mind of a newbie (such as myself) to be able to piece it all together. The actual terminology of everything is a task in its own!Anyhow, id like to build a quadcopter. Should it be big/small, heavy/light, fast/slow, efficient/inefficient... the list goes on, it seems that to know the answer to these questions, you would have to know the weight of…See More
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