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Seeking Quadcopter Guru for quick lesson(s)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Crashpilot1000 Oct 11, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi,I have recently purchased a quadcopter (see attached) with Arducopter software and a Fatshark FPS vision system. Hands up, I am a complete novice and would love for someone with an interest and…Continue
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Seeking Quadcopter Guru for quick lessons
Started Oct 10, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I have recently purchased a quadcopter (see attached) with Arducopter software and a Fatshark FPS vision system. Hands up, I am a complete novice and would love for someone with an interest and…Continue
Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Stephen R Mann Oct 4, 2012. 20 Replies 0 Likes
Hi....I have excitedly just bought my first quadcopter. I've followed the instructions to assemble it and believe it is all good to go. Unfortunately, when I try and fly it, I can't seem to get it to…Continue
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Stephen R Mann replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"N00B here, but your props look wrong. If you are configuring it in an "X" mode, then the arm with the tape is the front-left, and the prop should be spinning clockwise. If you are configuring in a "+" arrangement and…"
Will Snodgrass replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"That copter looks like a HK bumblebee but with different Landing Skids.
May I ask where you picked this up, and what you payed for it? I checked the site you linked to but they only sell complete kits (unless that is what you have)"
ModeratorJohn Church replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"pienk knew what was up. You just needed some tactful coercion supported by details. ;) Have fun!"
Raimondo replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"Yeah! Thanks for both your suggestions and help :)"
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"Cool, glad you got it sorted, it does make sense though to triple check everything."
Raimondo replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"John, you are a genius! I got a wobbly and lopsided lift-off in my living room. Will try it out tomorrow properly. Thanks."
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"UPdrafts??? They're supposed to be DOWNdrafts..."
ModeratorJohn Church replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"Good, so the motors are spinning the right way. Swap the positions of the cw/ccw props then and give it a try."
Raimondo replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"Just looked at the props again and the front right does spin CCW. What is interesting however is that if I put my hand above each prop, I feel very different strengths in the up drafts that are created. For instance, the left rear prop creates an…"
ModeratorJohn Church replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"Front right should be ccw... That's not what's in the pictures. :) If the props are providing downward thrust then you need to swap the positions of the cw/ccw props and also swap any pair of wires leading to your motors."
Raimondo replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!"I did check the rotation of the props and they are as per Quad X on the wiki page.
The all up weight is 1.5kg. This is rounded to the nearest 100gr and excludes any camera, which it should be able to take in addition."
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"I did some tests a while back using 3S and 4S batteries (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/amps-volts-watts-comparison-on-quad-with-4s-3s-batteries) BUT I used the same size props for both tests.
My quad at that stage was 1.3kg and required about…"
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"No, I don't think it's props, the photo shows 2 normal and 2 reverse rotation on diagonally opposite arms which is correct."
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Raimondo's discussion Quadcopter - First flight - Assistance for take-off please!
"What's the all up weight?"
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