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    Sanity checking requested for first-time build.

    It flies! Everything came together smoothly, and I got a chance to fly (i.e. snow mostly gone, not frigidly cold) a few weekends back. I hadn't flown a multirotor before, but it seemed to perform well once everything was trimmed/tuned. My girlfriend came along to practice with her camera...
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    Sanity checking requested for first-time build.

    But when your future plan is to build a fully autonomous multirotor (i.e. no Tx involved), learning (and having a little fun) on a base-spec Tx starts sounding nice. :friendly_wink: I think this will be my route, and I will upgrade to a higher spec/ch/price Tx later should I continue on with the...
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    Sanity checking requested for first-time build.

    Thanks for your input Scott(?). I'm warming up to the FrSky Taranis X9D, it seems to be a full-featured radio at a reasonable cost (Spektrum, etc. seem out of my price range at present). But now I'm a little lost on the receiver side of things. I'm assuming the X9D won't work with the OrangeRX...
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    Sanity checking requested for first-time build.

    Hi Pete, thanks for the reply! I'm looking to learn while doing this, so could you explain what makes those SunnySky motors better?
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    Sanity checking requested for first-time build.

    I've decided to put together a multirotor to get into the hobby. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something that will get me in the air and that I can learn from. I would eventually like to get into autonomous flight, but I must crawl before I walk/run. The group-build topic is...
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