Hello from Dorset UK

[phantom_alex]

Hi everyone,

Been browsing and researching from these forums for a couple of weeks now but just took had my maiden F450 flight! (In the dark!) Luckily the mud was a soft landing...!

Thank you for all the help along the way, great resource

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Kind Regards,
Alex

 

[jbrumberg]

Congratulations on the maiden flight. You only got two props muddy and nothing got broken. Great first flight.

 

[Carapau]

Good stuff, now watch that rig grow- next year it will be an Ikarus with an M10 gimbal! Welcome to the forums!


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[Krissykristian]

I am glad your quad didnt break!!! cuz damn it sucks! haha you should really get some LED light strips, I do alot of night flying and man they do really help with your orientation.

Happy Flying!!!

 

[phantom_alex]

Thank you very much everyone! Link to the building of my F450 here ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHH88Ge0RQ

Second flight didnt end that well....managed to break my receiver and GPS pole! MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR RX ON TIGHT!! My antennas go caught up in the propellers during a gust of wind!

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[jbrumberg]

It is amazing what we learn through experience. Good luck on the repairs. Hope to see you airborne soon.

 

[phantom_alex]

So my receiver still works fine! I'd lost the little antenna plugs from the PCB of the Rx so i cut some old ones off of an unused WWAN port on a Dell D420 and its all running ok. GPS pole is also back on and ok, albeit 1CM shorter than before.

Third flight over and rockin' 17 minutes on my 3000Mah 20C 3S LiPo (end voltage 9.6V), very happy indeed.

 

[Droider]

So my receiver still works fine! I'd lost the little antenna plugs from the PCB of the Rx so i cut some old ones off of an unused WWAN port on a Dell D420 and its all running ok. GPS pole is also back on and ok, albeit 1CM shorter than before.

Third flight over and rockin' 17 minutes on my 3000Mah 20C 3S LiPo (end voltage 9.6V), very happy indeed.

@ Alex

slowly slowly.. welcome to MRF. enjoy your stay

Dave

 

[phantom_alex]

It seems to drift slightly forward and right. Which gains would I need to change to solve this?

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