"Was this guy cutting grass with his Hex or what? LOL.
Amazing flights, crazy fast.
What flight board was he using?
Very cool!"
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Quad vs Hexa, final decision time
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Boyhan Nov 8, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Hey folks, I need some advice. I'm working on building a recon drone, but I'm starting to have second doubts about my choice in hex configuration. I can't see my payload ever being over 5lbs. I will…Continue
Radio question, channel setup
Started this discussion. Last reply by Samuel Presgraves Oct 29, 2012. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Ok, so I'm in a bit of a quandary with my radio selection. I'm trying to decide on a radio and I'm really leaning towards the spektrum 10t, but I'm wondering if its overkill. For a hexacopter, how…Continue
Blade question, dead horse beat once more...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Samuel Presgraves Oct 26, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hey guys, new to the site and I'm trying to find my way around here. I'm working on designing a hexacopter with the APM2.5 fully loaded (sonar/bar, airspeed, optical flow, FPV, OSD), and capable of…Continue
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Luke Olson replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"I'm able to lift over 16,000 mAh of 3S LiPo batteries with my hexacopter and it still has some performance to give, but I certainly wouldn't call it "agile" in that configuration. Also an hour is probably longer than you'll…"
Samuel Presgraves replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"thanks to that calculator I seem to have found the real world goal of 20-30 minutes of active flight time. different motors were in order, now looking at using Turnigy 2836/11 750kv pushing those 11x4.7 props, and running 3x 3s 6000mAh batteries,…"
u4eake replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"Fully agree with para on everything he said !"
CyberCrash replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"I converted my quad to a hexa just this summer.
pro:
Much better flight performance. Way more power and a lot more stable (but this could be because of the newer firmware).
Flight time is about the same, because I need less Power on the…"
Para replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"Agile, fast and 1h flight time ?
Like... agile with 4x 5Ah LiPos hanging from the frame ?
Something doesn't fit =)
I'm flying 1/2 h on my quad, but agile or even maneuvrable is an overstatement. It's big and flimsy, with 360 Kv motors…"
Samuel Presgraves replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"Haha, yea, I should have pointed out, not my video, just one I found."
u4eake replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"Well, how about this
http://vimeo.com/23809595
Or this
http://vimeo.com/44820619"
Samuel Presgraves replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"If I could just see someone flying a hex and doing more than going up and taking photos it would be great. I swear the only hexacopters I see on youtube are the most boring videos ever posted. I want to see if a hex can do…"
Dave replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"I'm currently setting up my hex on a F550 frame with 6 750kv motors. Its not as agile as a quad and with 1 4000mah Lipo I get about 6minutes of flight time. I'm not using any FPV gear and I run from 4.2v down to 3.8 which I believe is the…"
Stephen R Mann replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Quad vs Hexa, final decision time"I don't pretend to understand how to use it, but here's a Prop Calculator.
If you figure out how to use it, please share.
An hour is going to be tough. You will need a lot of battery capacity and that means weight, which the hex will…"
Samuel Presgraves posted a discussionQuad vs Hexa, final decision time
Hey folks, I need some advice. I'm working on building a recon drone, but I'm starting to have second doubts about my choice in hex configuration. I can't see my payload ever being over 5lbs. I will have 1-2 FPV cameras, and a gopro on a gimbal. I'm really after an agile and fast copter, with as close to an hour of flight time. I was thinking the quad could carry 4x 5AH batteries, or the hex with 6 of them. Should I stick with the hexa? Can the hexa be as agile? Can someone tell me how to…See More
Samuel Presgraves replied to Finnius's discussion New to APM2.5"I'm planning a similar build. My intents were to close JP1, run a 2200mAh 3s to the APM and RX, then run dual 5Ah to the ESC's"
Samuel Presgraves replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Radio question, channel setup"I plan on using the spektrum receiver that comes with the 8x or 10t, whichever I finally settle on. The head tracker FPV I'm looking at allows you to select which trainer channel you want to use, so I'm set there. I do still…"
DeveloperOlivier ADLER replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Radio question, channel setup
"Be carefull with the Hitec Aurora 9. Yes they have two analog channels that can be used for camera control, but you cannot use a second transmitter and send those channels to the first one in trainer mode.
This is because the Aurora 9 does not…"
Peter Butterworth replied to Samuel Presgraves's discussion Radio question, channel setup"Dear Samuel,
In hobbystore discussions concerning 'camera control' on a drone, the suggestion made by the assistant was towards the Hitec Aurora 9, as it has two additional digital outputs available to full pan and tilt control, by that I…"
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