The two that I was looking at before. I think I will get one. Yeah, the Taranis needs a module to work with them. Doubt I'll get one just yet. Maybe when I order the other parts, depending how much it is. Why do you have so many X1s?
RC battles could be fun. Equip a fleet of quads with...
You're tempting me to get an X1 or similar now :) Might be a good training tool that won't break as easily. Or that's how I'll justify it to the wife ;)
I think I will need a lot of practise. Early days tho, and I usually find these things easier in real life than on the computer. My little heli was crashed so many times at first but only gets the odd bump now.
I was tempted to get a micro/mini quad but thought I might as well use the money...
Well I took my first flight using my Taranis last night. In AeroSim that is :) And only for 2 minutes at a time as I don't have a proper USB adapter for it.
I think it's a good thing I am getting some practise first. Wasnt finding it too easy at first and was flying all over the place...
I had a play tonight and got the Taranis controlling the servos of the car easily enough. I unplugged them from the old receiver (which doesn't appear to work anymore - or maybe the Tx but the lights come on) and plugged them into the 8XR. Got it all binded and the sticks controlling the servos...
It's not 2.4GHz. I haven't used it in 8 years or so and plan to sell it. I night pull a couple of servos off it so I can plug it into the 8XR to see it working.
Woo hoo. My Taranis arrived this morning. Had a quick look in the box and a hold of it this morning before work. It's rather nice. Need to work out some way to test it now. I assume I can connect it to my old nitro RC car.
Gonna be a long wait before I get the rest now :)
She's pretty good really, most of the time. Has her moments tho ;) I was a bit shocked earlier, mentioned money for my birthday to build my project and she offered to lend me the money.
Thanks, I'll need it I think.
Haha. Definitely true. My wife would not appreciate this at all. She had a quick go of my Syma heli, crashed it and gave up. I'm surprised she wasn't more negative when I said I wanted to build myself a quad.
My mother in law very kindly offered to lend me the money to buy the rest of what I...
That's what I was going for. I could have gone cheap but didn't see the point later regretting it and wanting something better. If it had been £400, like some others, I doubt I would have bought it.
Had a look at some setup videos for it last night, it can certainly do some complex stuff but...
That's nice to know it's accurate and I can work out my build properly with it. Obviously an estimate for the frame and I hope I've slightly overestimated rather than under.
My first part has been despatched today, the Taranis. Not many around in the UK, found somewhere with stock so thought...
How accurate are the results from eCalc? I've tried all sorts of motors, most give me a flight time of 6-7 minutes, hover time around 14-16 minutes.
I've estimated the weight based on a X550 (like the look of that frame) with other bits on it. I did have one combination of motor and prop, I...
Good point. I have read some good quick deliveries from their UK warehouse but it might be an idea to get somewhere local in case I need a replacement and they are out of stock or whatever. I'll have a look around.
Thanks for all the help. This is a great forum with lots of helpful people :)
I've been pricing up some parts from HobbyKing, didn't realise they have a UK warehouse. That is going to make things a lot cheaper than I was expecting and possibly get this build off the ground quicker than I was...