Any quadcopter pilots here?

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:53 am

Got this DJI Phantom baby since christmas :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGCZLUOE8E0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIuhWJLd-pY

Too-DAMN-Much · Post by **Too-DAMN-Much** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:26 pm

no offense meant, really, but those things always make me wonder why someone wanted his dining table to fly.

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:09 am

Too-DAMN-Much wrote:no offense meant, really, but those things always make me wonder why someone wanted his dining table to fly.

Well what about a flying pot-plant? :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwfTk22x6g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWv-Lj3oig

Had a great day at the Deich (Hamburg) :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OMSGnrHcW4

Great to fly when it's getting dark...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LN_p532Jo

Trent · Post by **Trent** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:15 am

Lutz G wrote:
Too-DAMN-Much wrote:no offense meant, really, but those things always make me wonder why someone wanted his dining table to fly.

Well what about a flying pot-plant? :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwfTk22x6g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWv-Lj3oig

Personally I prefer a flying cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfM23iChzs

Or maybe a flying ostrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS-4s0ilxhs

Too-DAMN-Much · Post by **Too-DAMN-Much** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:45 pm

as far as the flying pot plant, i think someone beat you to the harvest. ;)

Mad_Maxine · Post by **Mad_Maxine** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:15 pm

Well I want one of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L75ESD9PBOw

But what now anyway? you going spying on people?

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:49 am

The other day at the Elbdeich *g*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDRBs0K4mwo

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:17 pm

Lutz G, I like the mini copta, first stage of human control over objects that over remotely :P

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:19 am

lemonrev wrote:Lutz G, I like the mini copta, first stage of human control over objects that over remotely :P

More from the mini copter ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eghb9HXW1_0

Too-DAMN-Much · Post by **Too-DAMN-Much** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:52 pm

you guys and your flying meat grinders.....

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:52 am

Over the clouds the other day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYS4by9nO4

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:10 pm

Great day at Harksheide...

Trying the GoPro 240 FPS mode

The other day at Harksheide

Bonus for artistic impression · Sun May 11, 2014 9:23 am

Cool machines they are :) Here is a nice trick:

And here's them in a pretty impressive lightshow:

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:54 pm

Just got home from a long night at mum's lol, anyways thanks so much for shareing that show of the quads with us, really sweet and funny at the end. If its your con grats for a great vid. I hope theres many more of those to come :)

Bonus for artistic impression · Sun May 11, 2014 4:40 pm

Neuhw it ain't my vid, 'just' something that would would fit in here without going offtopic rather than creating a new thread for ;)

(Youtube) Jean Michelle Jarre has more in that direction, but that ís offtopic..

Cheers,

B. (only has RC helicopters)

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Fri May 23, 2014 12:31 pm

Got a Zenmuse H3-2D Gimbal now

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:08 pm

Great evening at a former Bundeswehr Area (Army)

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:26 am

More 240 fps slow motion...

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:58 am

Hey Lutz G, by coincidence I just ordered one of these:

Alien Frame

As I love the look of it, and having done a lot of (partial scratch) RC car building in the past I was looking for a new hobby - I'm keen to get into aerial photography with a quadcopter. So I'm now researching all the ancillaries I'm going to need to bolt onto this baby to get airborne! So far I've ordered the frame, a set of Afro speed controllers and a set of "High crab FPV landing skids" (as the kit legs are apparently badly flimsy!).

Any advice would be welcome!

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:39 am

Okay, further purchases for my first quadcopter:

Alien 560

Turnigy 2213 980Kv x 4

Afro ESC 30amp x4

Slow Fly Electric Prop 12x4.5R SF

FrSky DJT 2.4Ghz Combo Pack for JR w/ Telemetry Module & V8FR-II RX

Naza Lite

Turnigy 9XR Transmitter Mode 2

Then when it all arrives I can work out all the stuff I still haven't got that I need to make it all fit together! :)

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:56 am

i thought you would have just like brought the unit as a whole and just put the propellers on the craft after taking it directly out of box.

I hope you got des-dructions for putting it all together :P

I have no idear what all that electrical stuff is unless i bother to look it up but i wish you luck nobby :)

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:24 pm

I like making kits!

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:06 am

nobby wrote:Hey Lutz G, by coincidence I just ordered one of these:
Alien Frame

As I love the look of it, and having done a lot of (partial scratch) RC car building in the past I was looking for a new hobby - I'm keen to get into aerial photography with a quadcopter. So I'm now researching all the ancillaries I'm going to need to bolt onto this baby to get airborne! So far I've ordered the frame, a set of Afro speed controllers and a set of "High crab FPV landing skids" (as the kit legs are apparently badly flimsy!).

Any advice would be welcome!

(...)

Alien 560

Turnigy 2213 980Kv x 4

Afro ESC 30amp x4

Slow Fly Electric Prop 12x4.5R SF

FrSky DJT 2.4Ghz Combo Pack for JR w/ Telemetry Module & V8FR-II RX

Naza Lite

Turnigy 9XR Transmitter Mode 2

Then when it all arrives I can work out all the stuff I still haven't got that I need to make it all fit together!

Hey Nobby - great stuff! Did also RC car (and boat) building in the past (very Speed Racer/Carmageddon like *g*)

I'm more the DJI Phantom (1) guy - but the Alien Copter looks great.

Got now FPV:

New Clips :D

If you got any questions, just drop me a line here...

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:40 am

South of the Elbe...

Copter flipping in Harksheide

Got my DJI OSD Mini yesterday (On Screen Display)...

have now my complete setup - Gimbal, FPV, OSD.

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:42 pm

My Phantom 1.1.1 in action (beginning of the clip) ;)

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:27 am

Hey Lutz G - great videos, I look forward to making my own videos (and to that end I now own 3 gimbals; one 2-axis servo for D-SLR, one 3-axis for D-SLR and a Tarot 2-axis for goPro). I'm still looking at FPV options though.

Hopefully I'll be in the air this coming weekend. In the meantime I need to do all the electrical wiring for my first quad (which I decided will be the Alien, as the Predator is going to be more awkward to fit all the electrics to). And then... just learn to fly it too! :)

So, the buying frenzy continued! I'm now the proud (slightly ashamed?) owner of:

HobbyKing® Alien 560 Folding Quad-Copter Carbon Fibre

HobbyKing® Predator 650 Folding Quad-Copter Carbon Fibre Version

Afro ESC 30Amp Multi-rotor Motor Speed Controller

Slow Fly Electric Prop 12x4.5R SF (4 pc Right Hand Rotation)

Turnigy Multistar 2213-980Kv 14Pole Multi-Rotor

Turnigy 9XR Transmitter Mode 2

DJI Naza-M Lite Multi-Rotor Flight Controller GPS Combo

FrSky DJT 2.4Ghz Combo Pack for JR w/ Telemetry Module & V8FR-II RX

FrSky D4R-II 4ch 2.4Ghz ACCST Receiver (w/telemetry)

2.4Ghz 7DB Antenna for FrSky Modules (And compatible Radios/Modules)

ZIPPY Flightmax 4000mAh 3S1P 40C

HobbyKing® B6 AC/DC Compact LiPO/NiMh 50W Charger

1 x ST Products RC Camera Mount Kit S-550 2 axis

Multifunction Care-Free High Crab FPV Landing Gear Set (Black)

4 x 16mm 3k Carbon Fiber Tube (16mm C/F Tube)

1x Hobby King Quadcopter Power Distribution Board

3 Axis Brushless Gimbal for Sony NEX Size camera (UnmannedTech)

4x Turnigy D3536/9 910KV Brushless Outrunner Motor

1x Turnigy HD ActionCam 1080p Full HD Video Camera w/waterproof case

1x Tarot T-2D V2 GoPRO 3 Brushless Camera Gimbal and ZYX22 Controller

Still finding no sensible prop options for the motors - UK buying options for props seem a bit crap. I want sets of four matching RH/LH rotation props to match my motors - can anyone recommend where best to get them? I'm happy to buy from China if the suppliers are reputable and can ship in sensible time-frames.

The Alien and Predator frames are now both built. I can highly recommend the Predator to fans of ill-thought out kits with hard-to-read and inaccurate instructions and screws made of hardened cheese. However, the resultant frame - after hours of swearing, some discarding of unnecessary fripperies, and some Dremel work to access screw holes rendered inaccessible by construction - is very light and stiff... and I do really like the motor/ESC mounts.

The Alien was much easier to screw together, and I've added HobbyKing's skids to it rather than the fragile stock legs, to make it better as a camera platform.

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:00 pm

Hey Nobby,

great copter lineup :D Looking forward to your clips ;)

nobby wrote:
The Alien and Predator frames are now both built. I can highly recommend the Predator to fans of ill-thought out kits with hard-to-read and inaccurate instructions and screws made of hardened cheese. However, the resultant frame - after hours of swearing, some discarding of unnecessary fripperies, and some Dremel work to access screw holes rendered inaccessible by construction - is very light and stiff... and I do really like the motor/ESC mounts.

:D

Can't say anything about the prop stuff...

Ohnhai · Post by **Ohnhai** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:01 pm

I have a gen 1 Parrot i've not used in a while

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:49 pm

At our local multimedia store they sell these quadcopters along with some other minor robotic stuff.
http://www.rctigermotor.com/index.php?m=content&c=search&a=init&catid=11&info%5Bcatid%5D=11&dosubmit

I saw they were advertising this too(linked the recommendation page)..don't know if its any good though..At least their site looks decent :D

I have no knowledge of these things whatsoever..B

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:34 am

The other day south of the Elbe - 250 mm Mini H Quad + TBS Discovery pro in slow motion

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:50 am

Hey Nobby - great gfx, fps rate and damage model *g*

The other day copter buddy Alex was invited to the Computer Club 2 (German tv):D

I did the groundstation clip for the show - here's the "uncut" version ;)

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:43 am

Lutz G, Do you know if you can manually put those routs in to the quad ? ie instead of just having a circle or a triangle you can make it say zig zag in between buildings ?.

I can really see that this is going to be a dangerous object to behold if its quite enough to sneak about.

The only thing i hate would be if they make it a license based flight object, Which i hear government is considering doing.

Great video, I could no understand the German science show but i like the watch even though its more of a iphone stupid take off with windows based mechanisms.

More distance training for you, that first video of that hill side if you could make it skim just above those plants and go down the valley a ways then come back that would be a video....

Anyways great work.

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:37 pm

lemonrev wrote:Lutz G, Do you know if you can manually put those routs in to the quad ? ie instead of just having a circle or a triangle you can make it say zig zag in between buildings ?.

Yes you can draw any zig zag route you like

lemonrev wrote:More distance training for you, that first video of that hill side if you could make it skim just above those plants and go down the valley a ways then come back that would be a video....
Anyways great work.

Thx :)

About the first clip - tell Nobby - it's his video ;)

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:55 am

LOL Oppose lol ill have to re figure who's flying what lol

NP Lutz ill jump on that.

Nobby Training needs to be had :P!!!!!

Lutz G · Post by **Lutz G** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:58 pm

Testing my new Flytrex Core 2 + Dashware :D

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