Recent content by nate

Yea those are the length of the cables on the motors. I will get some extenders thanks! I ended up buying the Vulcan 250 Amp Power Distribution Board, Turnigy 6X FHSS 2.4ghz Transmitter and Receiver (Mode 2), and a battery charger. Hopefully the wire will be the last components! Hehe Oh...

OK, so I've noticed that I need some wire connectors/extenders. I need (I think) some to connect and solder the ESC's to the power distribution board, and also extra wire to go from the ESC's to the motors. What kind of wire do I need for both? Thanks!

Yes the Vulcan board will have plenty of current available. I will definitely get those! Thanks!

I plan on getting better motors with a lower Kv on later builds. Thanks for the advice! So I forgot a couple of parts to get, one being the Power Distribution Board. I have been doing some research and http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=28255 I've found that...

Hey thanks for the welcome! I did plug it into eCalc and numbers came out to about what I expected. It should generate plenty of lift with no payload. I may carry some payload on down the road, but I think for my first build this will just be getting it to fly and what not. Once I get this...

Hey all, wasn't sure if I should put this in the beginner section, but I'm more of a builder than beginner, so it goes here! I am an ex commercial pilot turned computer science student and I've decided to build/program a quadcopter during my off time. My blog nathanthunem.wordpress.com goes over...