stevemaller
Heavy Lifter
I am a Cinestar/Octo guy, and committed to the heavy lift platform I spent more than a year designing, building, testing and flying. And when it's time, it'll be a real moneymaker for me.
But I've found over the last year that I miss having a smaller copter that's less complicated to put in the air, represents a smaller investment/risk, and would be fine to keep at home for fun weekend flying. Rick Chen of Air Sight in Taiwan and I discussed, and he has come up with a big quad frame that met my needs. I don't want the extreme capabilities of the TBS Disco or the high agility of some of the other copters out there. But I wanted the ability to fly anything from a GoPro to a small mirrorless camera like my NEX-5n. So, here I go...
My copter is (at this point) going to outfitted thusly:
So today I started wiring things up. Naza motor test was successful, but I have a lot of work to do to get all the parts to fit the frame snugly.
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But I've found over the last year that I miss having a smaller copter that's less complicated to put in the air, represents a smaller investment/risk, and would be fine to keep at home for fun weekend flying. Rick Chen of Air Sight in Taiwan and I discussed, and he has come up with a big quad frame that met my needs. I don't want the extreme capabilities of the TBS Disco or the high agility of some of the other copters out there. But I wanted the ability to fly anything from a GoPro to a small mirrorless camera like my NEX-5n. So, here I go...
My copter is (at this point) going to outfitted thusly:
- Airsight 4 carbon fiber frame
- Famous Hobby motor mounts
- Avroto 3515 motors
- KDE Direct 35A ESCs
- Naza M V2
- Spektrum AR8000
- no name eBay power distro board with onboard 5V and 12V BECs
- Props (likely 14" or 15")
- FPV kit
- Gimbal(s)
So today I started wiring things up. Naza motor test was successful, but I have a lot of work to do to get all the parts to fit the frame snugly.
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