I have explored the x350 Pro for about a month and tested it with Mission Planner. I must say the X350 Pro flies very well, pre-tuned. It Loiters perfectly out of the box. Last year I built three APM F450 and it was nice for a change to have a RTF.
The x350 Pro Flight Controller Devo M, has a variation of Arducopter in it. I have included a video recorded the first day I hooked up the x350 Pro to Mission Planner and sure enough, it did every standard thing with the Mission Planner. Attached here is copy of the Full Parameter list extracted using Mission Planner. param-full-list-qrx350pro.txt
Included in the x350 Pro combo, is a Devo F7 radio transmitter, but I have tested it with my FrSKY Taranis and X8R and it works just fine (if you rather buy the BNF version). The x350 Pro is capable of handling the 6 flight modes and 2 optional switches. I tested some basic waypoint routes and it flies just as well. The only thing, out of the box, without any modification I am not able to add telemetry module or osd. However others have managed to solder them on. I was told a newer version will be out and will include OSD soon.
The FPV videos shown here were filmed using the iLook+ 1080p. I have the original iLook and iLook+, both version released under a span of 6 months. I will definitely recommend going with the iLook+, as it makes a world of difference between the two. The iLook+ comes built-in with a video transmitter, sized to be a GoPro so you can also use it with other gimbals. Some people call it a FPV backpack, and have been packing them into a box to make it easily swappable for the convenience. I have not flown beyond any further than what is shown on these video, but it definitely has some range using a Fatshark goggle or the F7, more than enough to film a football field and baseball field. The signal strength of the video is on the side of the short F7 antenna. For the Fatshark I use the matching 4 lobe skew planar wheel . The G-2D gimbal is definitely lighter than the gimbal i purchased off eBay and a lot more refine.
All in all, a quadcopter to consider for a BNF at about $310 at www.bg.com/x350pro/bnf. The 5200 mAh LiPo gives me about 17 minutes of flight time or more. The original battery can be expensive.
size comparison between gimbals.
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for those thinking of using the Taranis and x8r BNF x350 Pro. The x8r SBUS will not communicate to the devo-m DATA BUS, so you may end up using 8 servo leads or connect the channels you intend on using, the good old fashion way.
Devo-M controller
http://walkera-fans.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/walkera-devo-m_00...
I am looking for the guts of this multirotor and flight controller - X350 Pro and Devo-M Controller.
I found in this site - Achtung! Alles auf Deutsch. Not the photos though :-)
http://walkera-fans.de/x350-pro-und-devo-m-von-innen/
Hey, has anyone tried these clones with our software? We would appreciate someone to try it out and let us know does it work out of the box. Let us know and we will send you thanks in a form of our UgCS Team polo! ;)
Is this mutlicopter (i.e. Walkera QR X800 FPV GPS QuadCopter) better than Quanum Nova APM-powered copter?
Why?
Hans, I have never tried it,so I am unable to give you an accurate answer.
probably yes, like most devo transmitter. If you can move the spring over, just go to System and change Mode to 2. Devo transmitters are popular for modification. There is a community of developers that modifies devo transmitter, even changing it to multiple protocols (dsmx/dsm2) without changing hardware. Here is a link to the video project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNGDE60l74k and post your question at deviationtx.com maybe someone there can tell you.
I agree: Walker and Quanum have both created customer versions of the APM firmware with special LED indicatros and compass calibration. Best to wait until they release new version, probably a few weeks after the official APM releases. APM 3.2 is coming out in about two weeks, so perhaps those custom versions will be out by the end of July.
Hans
Personally, I wouldn't take the risk of upgrading Devo M with new APM firmware, as the QR X350 is intended to be RTF and pre-tuned. Walkera already released version 1.2, so if there are any upgrades, you may want to use the Walkera's firmware.
Is it possible? most likely. But I wonder how it would affect the light indicators, GPS light counts and compass calibration.
I cannot confirm the accuracy of this diagram, but some users are following this diagram. Devo M is the flight controller, shown on the right and using 3DR telemetry and OSD!
You can plug in Mission Planner and do waypoint missions via the USB now. To do it wirelessly requires adding a Bluetooth or 3DR radio, which means opening the case and doing a bit of soldering. It's probably very similar to the process for the nearly identical Quanum Nova.
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