This is my 450 quadcopter. Built for Photography and video.
I got into quads and multi-rotors about 1.5 years ago.
I started researching and looking at buying a quad. The phantom looked good but out of my price range, also there is only so much you can upgrade it. And its expensive.
I discovered people making 450's (450mm is the distance between each rotor) and found that it would cost less than a phantom but be far better. and i could buy the parts bit by bit making it easier for me to afford.
The phantom is a 350 and is smaller so is more agile and less stable. It can't be upgraded as much as a D.I.Y. 450.
And tbh is not as good as a 450.
And i like to build things and take on new projects.
I'm not new to tech and use to build custom pc's and mining rigs. so i was confident i could learn to make 1.
Mind you the learning curve can be steep with this stuff. some things took me ages to learn.
At 1 point i thought i'd bitten off more than my i can chew lol.
The best bit of imformation i saw while researching was an article on a 450 build, it said 'whatever you do, don't build and attempt to fly this drone if you have no experience. buy a toy first, like the hubsan x4'
Im glad i took that advice because when i first flew the hubsan in the house (its a very small quad) it crashed straight into the wall and broke the props lol. i went through all the props in a day lol.
I had to then order packs of props before i could fly it again. Even so i couldnt wait to fly it again.
1 thing to mention is even the toys can hurt u when they hit your arm or face. i had little scartch marks on my arms, like i'd been attacked by a cat. My friend cut his nose by flying it into his face lol.
Now i saw the advantage of postponing my build and learning to fly. i imagined what it would have been like if i'd built the 450 and crashed it first go, or smashed it into myself or someone else.
So if u are going to build 1 or buy an off the shelf expensive 1 then take heed and buy a few toys first.
I have a hubsan x4 standard and a D.I.Y. hubsan x4 with fpv cam. I also have a syma X1 which i totally recommend for beginners, its more stable than the hubsan and doesnt cut u lol, i have had mine 8 months and havn't broken a prop yet.
Specs :
450 frame
Sunnysky x2212-13 980 kv motors with 1045 props
Turnigy plush 25amp E.S.C.'s
DJI Naza M lite (hacked to be Naza M v2)
Ublox M8N GPS Compass
Quanum Elite 5.8GHz fpv cam and tx
FlySky 2.4Ghz 9CH FS-TH9X Transmitter
SKYZONE RC832 5.8GHz VRX FPV VIDEO RECEIVER
7" FPV LCD Color 800x480 FPV Monitor Video Screen (NO BLUE SCREEN)
Nice. A friend of mine actually just got a Phantom 4 the other day and we took it to a nearby quarry for some fun. Ill post one of our videos today or tomorrow. It was just a little test flight though so better videos will come. Congrats on the build too. I think its way more fun to build than buy. I cannot wait to get my next quad started.
Great to see more fpv quad owners here. I have 2 copters too, a 450sized one and a 250racer.
great. put some pics in #quadcopters and #multi-rotors
lets populate the category
im intending to buy a 250 fpv racer next. :-)
sure...will do that soon...the 250 is so much fun and also very forgiving.
The bigger one is broken at the moment. It fell from the sky :D
But the 250 is indestructible somehow. Crashed already so often when doing rolls, loops and such stuff but its still working fine.
yes the first time i flew the 450 by fpv i crashed it into the ground because i dnt have telemetry. i couldnt tell how high it was and how fast it was descending. yes i imagine a 250 is easier to fly fpv. as you are not flying as high when racing.
Not easier. Flying on acro mode, so all helpers are turned off. I don't even have telemetry on board. But its more forgiving when you crash. It's simply smaller so that it doesn't break that easy. Also the carbon mostly is more durable than plastic copters.
Ace !!!
Nice. Also upload photos of their quadric )
Nice post.
I'm currently looking for a good quad to build. going to 3d print the frame.
Some good info