Hi,
I have recently purchased a quadcopter (see attached) with Arducopter software and a Fatshark FPS vision system. Hands up, I am a complete novice and would love for someone with an interest and (incredible) experience in the technology to show me how it all works. I am a quick learner and a bit of a techgeek, but have a time pressure so need to get up to speed quickly. I leave the end of next week and am taking the drone with me on a 5 month drive from London to Cape Town. I am going to be documenting my trip and experience and so want to be able to get the best out of the device and technology as soon as possible.
I would love to learn the following:
- Basic flight controls
- How to set way points for automatic flight
- Hover in a stable position
- Control camera
- Use Fatshark effectively for remote flying (optional)
- Etc....etc
I am based in London. Ideally we could fly in a park here, although also willing to travel if you are not too far. I am hoping to be up to speed by Thursday next week (18th October) at the latest and suspect it will take a couple of mornings/afternoons, but willing to spend as much time as need be....:)
Any gurus out there willing to help out? Happy to offer in kind for your services.
Anton
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"I leave the end of next week" That's a very short time. If you have never flown any RC yet, you should get a Blade mqx or similar from your local rc store and practise the hell out of it to learn the controls. Take enough spare parts on your trip props/motors/esc/battery etc.
And may the force be with you.
So long
Rob
P.s.: Sorry, i am not living near by.