Recent content by squarjn

I'm in the process of building my first quadcopter. So far I have something that can 'fly' if I send serial input through a wire from my laptop to the arduino on board, but as of yet I don't have a transmitter/receiver or any sort of flight software/sensors working. I got one of these from...

Thanks for explaining that, I think I understand what to look for in a motor now. It looks like the motors I'm looking at produce between 180 and 360g of thrust depending on prop and battery, so since my quadcoptor will probably weigh about 400-450g that should be good enough.

Thanks for the reply. I think I will look into getting a bigger battery. I saw those comments on the ESCs, one was "Maximum motor current is 10 A. 12A ESC should be enough, but I recommend 18A." I'm a bit confused... does this mean that 18A ESCs are better equipped to supply 10A motors, or...

This is my first attempt to build a quadrotor. My goal right now is to build something that can fly, with a very low budget, preferably under $150. Later I will probably make a larger investment to build a better multirotor, but for now I'm just interested in the learning process/building...