Quadcopters and RC stuff

>>45578688
that tiny one looks neat as fuck, I want one, where get?

>>45578698
It's a Cheerson CX-10. It costs around 18€. It's not mine but I want one.

There is a lot of other one and you can have a cool collection for pretty cheap. (http://youtu.be/obo5ae7n5lk)

There is bigger ones and very expensive one too.

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>>45578688
Bretty gud

>>45578741
Is it a blade pico or a nano?

>>45578688
>>45578741
this is why i want a 3d printer, the electronics and programming is fun, finding a good frame to hold everything together is not

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TBS Discovery Pro here

>>45578756
Nothing you make with a 3D printer will be light enough or strong enough to use for this. Buy a hobbyist frame and stop wasting your time with toys.

>>45578754
Nano qx

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>>45578783
b-but there are already a few designs that have been tested and work

Bought a revell nano.

Flew it into a wall because for some reason it accelerates faster than it breaks, even though it's fucking synmetrical.

Now one of the engines only fires up half the time, what do?

>>45578770
That thing is beautiful

>>45579256
does it fly well when it does fire up?
if you spin the prop with your hand does it seem harder to turn than the other 3?
might just be loose wiring

>>45579308
When it does fire it's fine, as far as I remember. Managed to lose the charging wire and it's some weird ass type I've never seen before.

>>45579301

It's a marvel of engineering.

The gimbal is precise, the motors are efficient, and everything works together.

Pisses off the neighbors, but hey, I don't get to fly it much.

>>45579331
kind of weird, if the motor was damaged it probably wouldnt fly straight and if the wiring was loose it would probably randomly power off while flying.. dunno anon, youd have to mess around and try and replicate the issue, like maybe it wont power up if the prop is in a certain position

>>45579344
heh yeah, those props look noisy as fuck

It looks cool as hell and I want one, but what do you do with it? Other than mounting a camara, and even then what exactly am I going to tape in my boring neighborhood?

I need a legit excuse to buy one.

>>45579417

Well, you can mount a FLIR camera to it, and do, stuff

i guess

>>45579417
Highly usefull when you need a spotter for mortar fire.

Also pissing people off

>>45579417
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQuEgVNAQhE

>>45579482
>what exactly am I going to tape in my boring neighborhood?
>Highly useful when you need a spotter for mortar fire
I want to live where you live

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>>45578688
>do you have any?

a few :^)

>>45579432
i.r. porn? mite b cool

>>45579417
I'd love to be able to mount a stereoscopic camera and fly while looking through my Oculus DK2. Quad copter Races and shit.

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webm for justice

me flying my 250 sized FPV quad, quick thing this

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bump with pic of my larger quad

since crashed, will replace with a 600 sized FPV machine in the near future

Ever notice how the media is obsessed with instilling panic about the EPIDEMIC of near-cataclysmic drone-related disasters?

NEAR MISSES ON THE RISE

SOME PILOT GUY SAW ONE ONCE OHNOES

SOME GIRL'S BOOBS VISIBLE FROM THE AIR

SOME GUY USED IT TO HELP THE VFD ONCE

Just a matter of time before they get regulated into oblivion. Amazon and gubment only - you know, so we can be spied on and shot for our own safety.

Enjoy it while it lasts, /g/ents...

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>>45579801
its really getting on my tits

most of the issues is idiots with RTF models not knowing the rules, and treating them more as a camera than an aircraft

no point getting them banned, maybe enforce bigger penalties to people breaking the rules

so far the rules with these things [for hobbyists]

no higher than 400ft
must keep withing line of sight, without binoculars
no flying within 3 miles of an airport without asking air traffic control first
no flying withing 50 ft of people and buildings
no taking photos and selling them without a licence
no flying over national parks without a licence

im not sure about frequency and power outputs regulations in the US or europe, as that stuff varies a lot from country to country

>>45579564
>>45579514
This combination would be worth it for me, but I'd have to pay for a vr as well... How much were the drones in the vid? Gotta wait a few years till I got a job... If you brick it like in the bid you'd be fucked though, do they shit the bed easily?

>>45579872
>attach dead squirrel to it with somethign to detach it
>fly over neighbors front porch
>drop it

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>>45578688
this month a drone was chased by a military helicopter in France. The drone was flying around a nuclear plant.

>Vers 9 heures hier matin, un drone a été pris en chasse par un appreil de type Gazelle du 5e régiment
>At 9a.m yesterday (1/12/2014), a drone was chased by a Gazelle (pic related) of the 5th regiment of batte

http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/12/02/2003217-un-drone-pris-en-chasse-entre-valence-et-goudourville.html

>>45579919
>How much were the drones in the vid?
anywhere between $400-900 depending on the gear they have, motor, fpv gear and transmitters are the main expensive things

>>45579929
i could probably lift anything up-to 1kg with my larger quad, and the detatch mechanism is really easy to implament

>>45579948
That's insanely expensive. And they killed them in the vid or are these things stable enough.

Anything you could do with this and a raspberry pie? What could I do with a really small one? Just fly?

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>>45580003
the frame and control board are relativly cheap

its all the other electronics that are a pain, mostly too all the behind the scene stuff. I built my copter for $310 but i already had a pair of goggles, transmitter, batteries, decent charger ect...

damage done to these, espeically when racing is only props, or maybe if you are unlucky, an arm. props are cheap tho.

RC anything is a fucking expensive hobby, especially if you want shit to last more than a month

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>>45580051
Maybe if I got the money in a few years. Then there'll be akk kinds if snazzy, illegal things to do with it.
>tfw destroying the botnet with laser drones and a vr with Richard stallman

>>45580139
one of my quadcopters is completly open source, including open source esc's and open source hardware and software

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>>45580152
Good job anon, keep at it.

>>45579696
That fpv antenna is mounted incorrectly.

Start something cheaper
The Syma x6 is a good starter, and only cost like $80

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>>45578756
I have a solidoodle, should try making a little drone

Anyone have experience with preprogramming these things to fly in patterns etc?

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>>45578688

My Mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas.

I was going to ask for a Parrot Mini Spider but then I read the reviews about it only having an 8 minute battery life and a 90 minute charge time.

So instead I asked for a Sphero. Which literally a robot ball.

I really wanted a quadcopter though, but I don't want to get one of those kits where I have to find all the individual parts myself and solder it together.

>>45582090
a lot of them you don't need to solder
if they have a separate battery you can buy a couple spare batteries and chargers so you can keep flying

Anyone know a good quadrocopter with a camera (live view nice but not required) for less than $50.

I got myself a hubsan x4 for christmas, waiting for it right now

>>45579432
aren't FLIRs thousands of dollars..?

>>45582865
plz

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>>45582865
>fpv
>less than 50

>>45582865
>>45583844
Hubsan x4? It has variants without camera, with camera and with fpv, each getting more expensive.

The FPV is about $100, with camera is about $60

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>>45581998
holy fuck dude
clean your shit

>>45585145
what about it is so bad? There is a bit of plastic scrap in the bottom of the printer but that's just going to happen

>>45578727
>>45578698
the micro ones like that are really hard to fly well. I got one for 15 bucks from a local hobbyshop, it's fun, and can do all the shit you could with a bigger one, you just have to be good.

>>45585202
how long can you fly it and how long to charge?

>>45585241
I haven't used it in a while, so I don't really remember. I think it could go for like 5-10 minutes, and took about 30-45 minutes to charge?

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>tfw terrible with aircraft
I've had 5 rc planes and none of them lived to be a month old

anyway, here's my traxxis bandit that's almost always broken

I'd like something cheap for my nephew that has a streaming camera and can record; any recommendations?

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>RC anything

>>45585372
>that fuckhuge antenna
bro, do you even 2.4ghz?
just get a slash if you want a beater.

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>>45585586
I'm basically running midrange hardware from 2004

I have the Parrot AR drone. The battery runs in minutes but the two cameras are kind of cool.

I got it last year and played woth it for maybe two hours tops.

Perhaps I will get it out again.

>tfw no RC drones
>tfw RC cars when I was little

How about I make that shit, is it hard?

>>45585592
you realize you can get a 2.4ghz tx/rx for like $20, right?

>>45585627
cars or drones?
cars are easy
I've never made drones

>>45585645
Drones.

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>>45585632
nope

is there any point to upgrading when my radio is 3 channel and has a 1/4 mile operating range?

>>45578688
My dog ate mine, he bit it out of the air.

He would freak out and chase it and I let it get too close.

It was worth it.

>>45585492
Nigga, do you realize where you are posting? This is a forum on the internet that was developed to talk about animes. You're in the wrong fucking neighborhood.

>>45578688
Quadcopters are the most useless devices ever.

When you say that they are the future, you are lying, furthermore let it be known that many aerospace engineers think also that they are useless pieces of shit.

They will remain toys.

>>>/toy/

>>45585662
you can get rid of both of your fucking gigantic antennas.
other than that, not really.

>>45585673
>let it be known that many aerospace engineers think also that they are useless pieces of shit.
you know this from all of the aerospace engineers you've spoken to about quadcopters, right?
you're not just talking out of your ass?

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>>45585676
b-but I like the antenna's

plus look at this bitching lcd display, when I got it in 2004 this thing was enthusiast level of good (can't say that about the car it's in, sadly)

>>45585685
Ye, my uncle, my old neighbor, and my brother and his friends. My brother and his friends got their hate from it when they had to build one for their college project.

>>45585693
it's been 10 years. no one uses ancient as fuck tech like that anymore, with the exception of vintage races.

>>45585703
>my brother and his friends are bitter faggots that hate it for no real reason
you really need to look up the definition of many.

>>45585720
Don't let me stop you from having fun with your toys, just don't go around thinking that quadcopters are the future of aerospace.

>>45585708
>implying I care
what I do care about is the thing has positive camber, the shocks probably haven't oil in them for 6 years and the diff doesn't lock so this thing can't into proper fun

>>45578688
I want a FPV quad but i dont have the money for it, and its a toy I wouldnt use too often.

gonna strap a camera on an rc car with a friend for upskirt mayeb, this summer.

fuck i want one of these so bad with gps, camera and solar

could have it explore the world, or at least the world where gps reaches.

>>45585819
It's unlikely that it could carry enough solar cells to keep it aloft continuously, even during the day. The sort of solar powered heavier than aircraft with 24 hour endurance are colossal flying wings.

>>45585877
i know, it probably coudl only fly around for a 10th of a day before having to find somewhere to nest and wait for the next entire day to pass to charge it's cells.

all the while somehow not getting dissected by birds

>>45578688
>obtain large drone, not quadcopter
>obtain 2 irridium sattelite phones
>rig the drone to recieve commands and send video via modem mimicing bullshit
>strap solar panels to it
>fly it around the world

>>45585900
actually it looks like i am way off. i'm only seeing flight times of a >hr and that's only with a camera attached. lame. maby in a decade

>>45582090
>Sphero
Kickstarter-tier gimmick crap

>>45585931
err, that is <hr

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>>45585913
You could always fly it to the deepest part of Africa, and watch niggers nig out. Better yet, Russia.

I have a:
Traxxas qr
AR drone 2.0
Parrot rolling spider.

Those are just the means of what I have in the quad catagory. I would like that new 3000$ one that's a cross between the 1000$ recreational version and 10000$ film studio version from that company all the paparazzi use.

Would upload some pics but all I have on my phone is a video from the 2.0 and laptop is at home.

>>45578756
>>45578783
i make carbon fiber aircraft parts for a living; maybe I can help?

>>45585984
>carbon fiber
Could you easily make some quadcopter shells? Know anywhere to buy them cheaply?

>>45578825
NO. There you You are ISNT there are only are not IS THERE NOW?!?

>>45585673
This. The only use for them is seeing things from the air, that can be useful for say, search teams or police/military. It's not like computers - that help everyone everyday.

Is there a decent quadcopter I can get for less $300?

I don't need anything fancy. I just want to fly around and have fun looking at stuff from up above.

>>45585999
>Could you easily make some quadcopter shells?
considering I make full size carbon fiber helicopter parts on a daily basis, Im assuming yes

>>45586071
Wouldn't it be extremely suspicous when you start making toys for autistic people?