New and need advice and information

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vortexring

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Hello everyone, this is my first post, I hope I'm posting in the right area.
I'm a newbie to the hobby, basically I'm extremely interested in quad rotors , but I haven't bought anything yet, only researched. So please bear with me as I don't have any experience building these things. I have a few questions whose answers will guide me in my journey. Any input and help is greatly appreciated :)
What I want to build is a quad rotor with FPV capability, for filming paintball, my car driving down a twisty road, and just scenery in general.
#1. Do I need FPV goggles, or can I use a laptop, and is there any video transmitters that send to a laptop? More specifically, I have a Macbook, will I be able to use it with this or will I need a PC?
#2. Help with the build... 4 motors connected to 4 individual ESC's. Do the ESC's hook up to the flight controller or to the radio receiver? If someone could please explain in detail the connection "map" of all the components of a FPV quad rotor it would be very helpful. (this part plugs into that part, which transmits/receives to this other part)

I have very little knowledge of these things except from what I've read from parts descriptions on Hobby King and similar sites. Sometimes they are in broken English, so it's even harder to understand just what certain things do.

Thanks for any help you can provide, once I have a basic understanding I'll ask more specific questions.
Cheers
 

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oldflyer2

Member
Welcome to the madness.

Here is one site that gives some basic info ... http://oddcopter.com/2012/04/13/quadcopter-wiring/

Remember, Mr. Google is your friend, and there is very little about quads that hasn't been documented somewhere on the net.

Very simply ... battery goes to esc's ... if esc's have bec's in them, then that will go to the flight controller and power it, which then sends power to the receiver, which sends signal back to flight controller, which sends signal to motors. If no bec's are built in, then a separate one is required to power the flight controller/receiver, etc.

That's it in the nutshell I think..... I too am learning.

Cheers
 


kloner

kloner

Aerial DP
no you don't need goggles but you do need a dedicated SD type screen or something. foxtech has 7,8 and 10" versions. there in my way of doing this a better way to go. The goggles are so immersive, it's hard to fly and have your senses stretched out like they do. Laptops are so delayed it's not something you can fly from, Capturing on a pc tends to crash them often.

if i was you, id start with a quad and worry about fpv later. figure out how to fly the thing LOS, figure out how to get a camera on it consistently recording high enough quality to risk carrying a cam, etc

you have a rc transmitter in your hand, you got a video reciever hooked to a monitor or goggles in your face. The craft has an rc receiver and a video transmitter hooked to a camera. the rest is as you describe, heres a pile of pics of a bunch of different fpv rigs. your welcome to surf away.
http://rchelicollective.com/zen/kloner/TBS Discovery/
http://rchelicollective.com/zen/kloner/kloners/
http://rchelicollective.com/zen/kloner/DJIf450quad/
http://rchelicollective.com/zen/kloner/

I might suggest something you can live with not bringing home to start. then build you a nice fpv dedicated rig. Your gonna learn alot if your gonna be succesful. get used to reading forums like this

http://www.foxtechfpv.com/fpv-equipments-fpv-monitor-c-70_130.html

i use those 7 and 8". there fine for my 42 year old eyes. You can hang a SD card dvr on the back for another $40-$60 to record what you saw on the monitors end
 
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vortexring

Member
Ok thanks, thats great info. I think I'll only order the parts to build the quad rotor, and start thinking about FPV again once I can fly it skillfully.
 

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