Hi, Keith, from VA here.
My wife bought me a WLToys Ladybird V2 knockoff for my birthday, and I am hooked. I have been wanting to get into RC helos and multicopters for a while, and now feel like I have the impetus to make it happen (not to mention the income, now that I am out of grad school!).
I bought my wife a Walkera Ladybird that she has liked as well, and we are now planning our foray into "full sized" multirotors. Our first build will be a DJI 550 that I plan to add FPV to, and use as a moderate lift vehicle for the HobbyKing beer lift competition (in the disaster class, I figure a little AP might go a longer way than any noob efforts at true heavy lifting).
My background is in engineering, and I have just invested in a shapeoko 2, so I figure I am well on my way to fabricating my own custom hex, but for now I am happy to start with a DJI ARF. Plan to use the Naza M Lite, a 5.8 GHz FPV, Remzibi OSD, and a FlySky 2.4 GHz 9ch transmitter I found on Amazon. The wife has asked to do the actual DJI ARF kit build, so we probably won't be up and running for a few months as she'll be deploying for work for the month of January, but I figure I can use that time to get the FPV systems integrated and operational, since I plan to have that be separate from the Naza anyway.
I look forward to all the resources available from the wealth of experience on this forum, as I have been a lurker for a while now.
Best wishes to all,
Keith
My wife bought me a WLToys Ladybird V2 knockoff for my birthday, and I am hooked. I have been wanting to get into RC helos and multicopters for a while, and now feel like I have the impetus to make it happen (not to mention the income, now that I am out of grad school!).
I bought my wife a Walkera Ladybird that she has liked as well, and we are now planning our foray into "full sized" multirotors. Our first build will be a DJI 550 that I plan to add FPV to, and use as a moderate lift vehicle for the HobbyKing beer lift competition (in the disaster class, I figure a little AP might go a longer way than any noob efforts at true heavy lifting).
My background is in engineering, and I have just invested in a shapeoko 2, so I figure I am well on my way to fabricating my own custom hex, but for now I am happy to start with a DJI ARF. Plan to use the Naza M Lite, a 5.8 GHz FPV, Remzibi OSD, and a FlySky 2.4 GHz 9ch transmitter I found on Amazon. The wife has asked to do the actual DJI ARF kit build, so we probably won't be up and running for a few months as she'll be deploying for work for the month of January, but I figure I can use that time to get the FPV systems integrated and operational, since I plan to have that be separate from the Naza anyway.
I look forward to all the resources available from the wealth of experience on this forum, as I have been a lurker for a while now.
Best wishes to all,
Keith
