Posted by Steven Runyon on January 10, 2010 at 12:35am
I was reading a few Post here about how expensive Mikrokopter are. Thats what I thought too. But I built one anyway :) I built a HexaKopter and its the best thing I've ever built!!! hands down... It does everything as advertised and more. GPS waypoints. FPV, UAV, whatever it can do it. the pay load capacity is awesome. I think for what it does the price is right. Also Using the GPS assist and Height control makes it very easy to fly and prevent crashes. Saves a lot of money in the long run. Very big in the EU not so big in the US yet..Check out my build.http://www.mikrokopter.us/index.php?topic=27.0
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nice video! i'm interested in getting this but have a few questions...
-does the build instructions come in english?
-how much soldering is involved in putting this together when you buy the hexa kit?
-what is the radio controller you are using in the video?
Its a stock kit from MK. It can lift well over a Kilo straight up with the camera mounter. No problem. there is a demo shoing it lifting a liter of coke with a 300 + gram camera mounted
Nice build Steve. I also have a MK Hexa and ran into some of the same issues. I actually had a few more issues with mine. Most were self inflicted. I to liked the distribution ring but my first one had multiple shorts. I think it was damaged in shipping. I have been flying mine for about 3 weeks now. It fly's great and is way easier to fly than any of my helis. I also have the MK3Mag, NaviCtrl, MKGPS and the vario altitude, GPS position hold, waypoint following all work great.
As for the cost, I agree with you. At first glance it does seems a bit high but once you start using all the benifits, especially the ease of flying, it is well worth the price.
I added two Turnigy 5000mah 4S1P battery packs yesterday and have them connected in parallel to extend the flight time. I have not yet done sufficient testing but it may turn out that the extra current required to hover the extra weight will be somewhat self defeating. I will update you on that once I have more testing completed. The vario altitude makes hovering the extra weight very easy because it will maintain altitude no matter how much weight you add as long as the MK can lift it.
I just added my color Heads-Up-Display. it is connected between the NaviCtrl Debug connector and my 900MHz AeroComm spread spectrum telemetry transceiver. I have it programmed to snag the telemetry data as it streams to and from the Hexa and my laptop and displays all the graphical instrumentation for an artificial horizon, compass heading, air speed, altitude, battery power, GPS position, etc.. I have only test flown it once, last night after dark and the video is not so good. I will be test flying it some more today and will have better video and maybe some photos to share.
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-does the build instructions come in english?
-how much soldering is involved in putting this together when you buy the hexa kit?
-what is the radio controller you are using in the video?
Thanks!
Rich
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I get about 20 minute run time with a thunder power 5000mah 4 cell lipo.
As for the cost, I agree with you. At first glance it does seems a bit high but once you start using all the benifits, especially the ease of flying, it is well worth the price.
I added two Turnigy 5000mah 4S1P battery packs yesterday and have them connected in parallel to extend the flight time. I have not yet done sufficient testing but it may turn out that the extra current required to hover the extra weight will be somewhat self defeating. I will update you on that once I have more testing completed. The vario altitude makes hovering the extra weight very easy because it will maintain altitude no matter how much weight you add as long as the MK can lift it.
I just added my color Heads-Up-Display. it is connected between the NaviCtrl Debug connector and my 900MHz AeroComm spread spectrum telemetry transceiver. I have it programmed to snag the telemetry data as it streams to and from the Hexa and my laptop and displays all the graphical instrumentation for an artificial horizon, compass heading, air speed, altitude, battery power, GPS position, etc.. I have only test flown it once, last night after dark and the video is not so good. I will be test flying it some more today and will have better video and maybe some photos to share.