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Hello Everyone, I am selling off some surplus hardware. The first Item is the Quad that takes all the below video's in a ready to fly state with 2 4 amp packs, 3D Robotics APM 2.0 Flight controller.…Continue
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Howdy, Last year I bought 2 APM 2.0's one with an external GPS and one with an internal one. After scrapping the helicopter build as I just could not get it to fly. I decided to dedicate my efforts…Continue
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I'm cleaning out the hobby room and have listed a APM 2.0 and a bunch of other stuff y'all may be interested in. The list is going to grow so keep an eye on the ebay store. Terms are described in…Continue
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Howdy, This is just a read me to explain this section a little bit. Before the Unassigned catch all was created posts defaulted into AP, Now they come here. As I or another moderator is able to do…Continue

Jacob Densmore replied to Carl Campbell's discussion RTF Quad Drone $400 and ARF Helicopters

Jacob Densmore replied to Carl Campbell's discussion RTF Quad Drone $400 and ARF Helicopters
Jacob Densmore replied to Carl Campbell's discussion RTF Quad Drone $400 and ARF Helicopters









Posted on April 1, 2013 at 1:06pm 8 Comments 3 Likes
The full article can be found here. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/marilyn
And for the particulars of their target drones.
The OQ-2 was a simple aircraft, powered by a two-cylinder two-cycle piston engine, providing 6 horsepower (4.5 kW) and driving two…
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firerescue41 said… Carl I too am a firefighter building one on my own budget. Here is a video I found on YouTube(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=893i9OQCz2I&feature=plcp) and was impressed at how stable it was next to the fire.
firerescue41 said… Carl here is some video i took of the winds that are generated from a control burn hope this helps.
firerescue41 said… I have found the KK board to unstable for the type of application I am going use it in. I now use a APM 2.0 on a DJI frame with 11X4.7 Gemfan props. I started out using a KK board with X525 frame I spent more time picking up parts from all the crashes. I like the X525 frame but it is no longer flyable do to all the crashes. I just ordered a new X525 that I will setup like the DJI. I hope with the larger frame that this should give me more stability in high winds 

Michael Pursifull said… Carl - if you do decide to work on quad flying skills, and are looking for a prebuilt, the tiny qr ladybird is an inexpensive tough little quad, good for learning.
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