Stock F450 For My First Build?

[brettskermetzger]

Hey guys I'm new to this area and have been reading all the posts in this section and love all the feed back.

I just picked up a Blade MQX from my LHS and instantly fell in love with the quads...I have been flying copters for a few years now and this has just re-ignited my inner child and now I want bigger and better...

After looking through many forums and discussions it looks like for the price and quality you can't beat the F450...This is where I'm stuck

My budget isn't the highest but quality is still important...I was wondering if a DX6 would get this quad off the ground...I do plan on setting up a camera and possibly some day an FPV set up but the money is just not here right now and I would rather get comfortable flying with it first...

If you guys could give me any feedback on a good/compatible radio that can get this quad going and any other insights it would be greatly appreciated...

Thank You!

 

[quadcopters]

A Dx6i would be absolutely fine for the DJI Naza kit and for the money its a good radio.
And the Naza and the F450 are very good for getting into Quadcopters , you will be hooked though so be warned

Geoff

 

[brettskermetzger]

Cool, thank you very much...hopefully I will have everything together next week

Any chance you could help explain to me what a failsafe is? I was guessing it has to do with low voltage? and does the receiver I use with the dx6 have it?

 

[Gunter]

Cool, thank you very much...hopefully I will have everything together next week

Any chance you could help explain to me what a failsafe is? I was guessing it has to do with low voltage? and does the receiver I use with the dx6 have it?

On the Naza, when it goes into failsafe it automatically puts all sticks into the middle position, so it will hover until the battery is empty when it will land.

Gunter.

 

[brettskermetzger]

Yea I just googled that and watched a hilarious video of why you should have one (kids car went ape ****)

Is there anything else you guys would recommend with this kit? I was looking at the leg extensions that the user is selling on here...anything else?

If I do end up getting a camera mount will the 6 allow me to control a couple more servos? as far as I know this really only requires 4 channels correct?

 

[Dune]

May I expand upon Brett's question because I don't quite grasp the channels required to do everything. Like you, I am starting with just a f450, but I'm certain this is a stepping stone, and I want to look ahead.

How many channels to control a 4-rotor?
How many channels to control a hexa?
Then if you tack on a 2-axis gimbal, that's probably 1 channel as long as you want to control tilt only.
If you use a 360 gimbal, you would need 1 additional channel. Although, at that point you're likely getting a dedicated camera operator and relegating the gimbal channels to a separate controller. You could get a cheaper, less robust radio, just as long as you don't sacrifice range too much. Then you need a 2nd receiver - or can you just get a receiver with enough channels and set each tx to match?

This is a line of thought I just sort of reasoned out - it's been hard for me to find a straight-up reference for multirotor AV tx/rx. Is all this stuff correct?

-Josh