Greetings, I've been doing AP with Easy Star planes for five years and am now planning on moving up to UAV equipment. I've just spent three hours on this site am so impressed not only with the site structure and operation but the content and the membership. I've been on RC Groups AP forums and others for years. Enough intro:
For one who is strong on flying, plane mechanics and general RC equipment but weak on of software and associated electronics I should just buy an ARF plane and concentrate on the mission planning, and set-up with Specktrum Tx and Mac interface. Once I have 10+ hours of successful missions I can move to adding the camera equipment and deal with the added weight and trim issues. Then with 10+ hours of successful AP I can consider the necessity of telemetry. Is this a reasonable plan, suggestions please? Thanks — Jerry
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Yes, that's a good plan although I don't think it will take 10+ hours of missions to get it dialed in well enough for a camera. Usually a 20-minute flight should be enough to make sure everything's working right.