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Permalink Reply by Gareth Rens on December 28, 2011 at 10:44am

A sonar is a good idea, and an xbee telemetry kit for PC to quad communication.

Thats pretty much it :)

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Permalink Reply by Rene on December 28, 2011 at 11:40am

Thanks Gareth!

What about the a radio transmitter and a receiver?

Cheers,

Rene

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Permalink Reply by Russell B. Sutton on December 28, 2011 at 11:59am

Turnigy 9C Rc radio from hobby king works great!

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Rens on December 28, 2011 at 12:01pm

I started with a Turnigy 9x. Excellent value for money and a really good quality (for the price) product!

The only mod i did to it was remove the frikken buzzer! I replaced it with an LED.

G:)

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Permalink Reply by Russell B. Sutton on December 28, 2011 at 12:05pm

I did the same thing plus added reverse polarity protection circuit. If you plug the battery in wrong it will go up in smoke. FYI. I already burned one up.

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Rens on December 28, 2011 at 12:06pm

I think DIY Drones store should put together a "starter" pack that includes all the arducopter electronics/frame/escs/motors as well as a radio TX/RX, battery charger and 2 batteries.

Basically everything need to get airborne... Would be great for noobs, I would of bought one!

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Sgt Ric on December 28, 2011 at 12:39pm

Where's the challenge in that... Not much of a learning experience then.
Remember this is a DIY community, not Walmart.

I notice the DIY stores are in fact moving towards more packages, so an off e shelf UAV from here s just a matter of time. Sigh!

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Rens on December 28, 2011 at 2:06pm

Walmart sell AR Drones, not Arducopters... Yet...

One thing us adept builders must not be, is ethnocentric!

The whole UAV thing is an extremely daunting thing to digest without a lot of research and some help. Especially if you're not a techno geek.

At the end of the day, we're trying to make it easier for everyone to have fun.

Not supply them with a 3d puzzle and website address.

10% or a lot less of people can jump into an open source project and come up swimming.

Dont get me wrong, I love building stuff from scratch and hashing out intricate design problems and troubleshooting technical issues. I just dont feel its a good idea to throw a newbie into the deep end, especially seeing as he has a +-1kg flying object on the other end of the radio.

Make things as simple as possible for everyone. Anyone that wants more of a challenge will find exactly that.

Think about how many people would use personal computers if there was only UNIX or Linux OS's available. Not many ;)

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Permalink Reply by Rene on December 28, 2011 at 12:53pm

Thanks for your help guys!

Cheers,

Rene

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Permalink Reply by Rene on December 28, 2011 at 7:01pm

Hi all,

Thank you for you suggestions and help! It looks like 3DR does not have the kit with ESCs and motor. They do not have all 4 ESCs. I am trying to get them from hobbyking.com. Any suggestions for  ESCs and motor? I am going to use 3DR frame (https://store.diydrones.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=KT-AC3DR...). Do motors have standard holes to attached them to the frame. 

Cheers,

Rene

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Rens on December 28, 2011 at 10:33pm

Depending on the size of the motor, most have standard mounting holes.

If DIY Drones dont have stock of something, Jdrones will. Their shipping is only $35 for DHL.

I would definitely go with the 880kv (orange) motors and the 30A ESCs.

http://store.jdrones.com/product_p/ac2836358.htm

http://store.jdrones.com/product_p/jdesc30amp.htm

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Permalink Reply by Gerardo Arroyo on December 29, 2011 at 7:33pm

Hi Rene,

I was going to ask the same thing. I am also beginning to build my first quadcopter. Thanks to all for the answers :-)

I just have a doubt regarding the battery, any suggestion?

Thanks

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