I picked up a used 3DR Hexa from a guy on RC groups for flying a Go-Pro around. So far it has done exactly what I wanted. These mutirotors are one of (at least for me) the easiest things to fly. I have been flying RC planes for 20 years and helis for 5 and these are so much easier.
Anyways now that I feel comfortable with the platform for AV I now feel that I want something bigger, and more stable for flying a larger camera. At first I was thinking of a Y6, I like the wide open front, but I don't like the loss of effeicency, nor the low hanging props and I think I also want 8 motors for redundancy. Thus the Octo-V seems like it would be the answer.
I want about 1.5 to 2 meters accross the front (I did say large). I will custom build the frame, to my specs, plan is for square alluminum tubing 20 to 25 mm. 6 cell Lipo 10 to 20 AH, and 14" props. 3 Axis gimbal, FPV for camera operator, and telemetry.
My one question, at the moment is, what angles do the V need to be? I searched the wiki and found nothing.
So far I have bought a 2.5 APM with telemetry, and ordered 1 motor, ESC and prop from RC timer to see the quality and measure power to make sure it will do what I need, If I am happy I will order enough for the rest of it, plus spares.
So what angle do I set the V to and is there anything else I am missing?
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