Posted by Dan Basner on December 1, 2009 at 7:41pm
Hi all,First, Thank you for even reading this thread.I wanted to get a remote control plane for myself for the holidays. I was reading this, and thought that I might as well get one of the planes so I could later turn it into a "diy-drone" after I was done flying it manually. I was thinking about just buying one RTF (ready to fly) from a store. So I was wondering if instead of buying all of the components again when I wanted to turn it into a drone, I could just keep some or all of the parts that would already be there, set up. So:--since it already comes with a motor and servos for the rudder and elavator, could I just use those?--it says that it comes with a 3 channel radio, motor, elavator, rudder, do I need to purchase a new transmitter and receiver? what is the importance of the recommended 6 or 7 channel transmitter/receiver? if it is really important, what would the cheapest option be?--somewhat unrelated, is there a cheap alternative to the x,y,z horizon sensor? i have seen x and y sensors, but not really any x,y,z 's or any seperate z sensors, am I missing something?basically, I am trying to do this drone as cheaply as possible (except for the RTF plane I guess), any suggestions?Thanks,Dan Basner
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The RTF EasyStars are a bad deal. You can't use the radio, since it doesn't have enough channels for an autopilot. You can't use the motor or ESC, since they're badly underpowered. You'll be paying too much for the servos.
If you want to save some money and get an RTF kit, go for the Dyna Hawk instead. It's not as good a plane as an EasyStar, but it's a far better RTF deal.
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If you want to save some money and get an RTF kit, go for the Dyna Hawk instead. It's not as good a plane as an EasyStar, but it's a far better RTF deal.
You'll still need to get proper RC gear, however.