Cheapish Drone

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russy01

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4,693 posts

180 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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noell35 said:
I'm sure you will and you just put them on for the picture but please please take the props off again before testing the motors etc for the first time.smile
Yes I will, I just had to put them on to see what it looked like!! (Inner child).

noell35

3,170 posts

147 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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russy01 said:
noell35 said:
I'm sure you will and you just put them on for the picture but please please take the props off again before testing the motors etc for the first time.smile
Yes I will, I just had to put them on to see what it looked like!! (Inner child).
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Are they carbon? You need carbon props, once you've finished breaking the cheap ones. £££££££££££££

russy01

Original Poster:

4,693 posts

180 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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noell35 said:
russy01 said:
noell35 said:
I'm sure you will and you just put them on for the picture but please please take the props off again before testing the motors etc for the first time.smile
Yes I will, I just had to put them on to see what it looked like!! (Inner child).
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Are they carbon? You need carbon props, once you've finished breaking the cheap ones. £££££££££££££
Oi stop it. Ive already been looking at carbon, but these will do for now....

noell35

3,170 posts

147 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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You definitely need to change the title of the thread, it's misleading now.

How about 'potentially ruinous drone' or 'manmaths drone' ?

foreright

1,034 posts

241 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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rofl my trex 250 was supposed to be my "cheap" toy but I'm some £800 or so in now after upgrading to flybarless and then blinging out the servos and just about every part now... Kinda scared to fly it these days!

myvision

1,931 posts

135 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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How have you got on with this?
I'm looking at buying one so any advice will be appreciated.

crackthatoff

3,312 posts

212 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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this was my first flight with the blade 350qx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW48zg10l9c

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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crackthatoff said:
this was my first flight with the blade 350qx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW48zg10l9c
According to the rules mentioned earlier, I do believe you're in for a £5000 fine. Tally ho....

russy01

Original Poster:

4,693 posts

180 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Ok, how did I get on?

Rather well infact, I recently built this in my back yard and am currently typing from 5,000ft.




Actually thats a lie. So on serious note I splashed out and spent about 7 times my original budget...

- DJI F450 RTF Kit
- Spektrum DX8
- Naza GPS
- Carbon Probs
- Various batteries, mounts, landing arms, etc etc.

Built it through November, the build was good. The hardest part was setting up the Radio gear to the Naza - but in the end it worked nicely.

I had good fun with it for several months, however I soon realised that I had bitten off a bit more than I could chew and had infact bought something a bit too good for my capabilities. I took some awesome Aerial footage around my area which was great fun, but I always got a little scared flying the thing as No. 1 it was bloody expensive & No. 2 I wasn't the best pilot when it got a long way away...

Fast forward a couple months and I acquired 2 new Toys (1/8th scale Brushess Monster Truck & A proper driving game rig for Project cars on the PS4). The Mrs started complaining that I was spending too much on Toys and with the imminent arrival of our first baby I had to sell some stuff that was sitting around not being used...the drone had become dusty, as had an RC Plane and 3 other Cars - they all went!

I sold it all as a bundle to a nice chap on eBay for pretty much what I paid (less 10% fees) - the chap was after the same set up but just didn't want to have to build etc. I have since got a couple Hubsan X4's - at £30-40 a pop they offer a bit of fun and I can fly them up trees or get them stuck on the roof and not worry too much!

Pic of the F450 when I sold it...


andrewrob

2,912 posts

189 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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mybrainhurts said:
crackthatoff said:
this was my first flight with the blade 350qx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW48zg10l9c
According to the rules mentioned earlier, I do believe you're in for a £5000 fine. Tally ho....
Which rules did he break? Looks ok to me

myvision

1,931 posts

135 months

Phunk

1,972 posts

170 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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myvision said:
No camera included.

New Phantom 3 is much better

http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-3/feature?gclid...

myvision

1,931 posts

135 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Phunk said:
myvision said:
No camera included.

New Phantom 3 is much better

http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-3/feature?gclid...
Bit over budget.

Hobojim

134 posts

126 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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Boatbuoy said:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE familiarise yourself with the current legal status regarding RPAS flights before committing yourself to one. Yes, the rules apply to everyone, regardless of aircraft size, and weather you're flying for fun or profit, and the CAA are actively pursuing offenders now (think £5k fine!).

The rules are governed by the Air Navigation Order, and it is therefore Law.

Basically the things you need to consider for any RPAS up to 7kgs are, not to fly:

over or within 150m of any congested area.
over or within 150m of an organised open air gathering of 1000 people or more.
over or within 50m of any person, structure, vehicle or vessel not under your control.

Public liability insurance is highly recommended, and you MUST have a CAA Permit to operate (a £2k commitment) if you want to do any sort of paid work.
Could you provide your source for this info please?. I've been flying and developing drones since 2007. The above is only applicable when you are being paid for flying. If you are merely flying the drone as a hobby then the above does not apply in law. Obviously be sensible and regular RC model flying laws still apply.

Also the CAA permission (not a permit or license) can be obtained for the price of application (50 quid ish?), If you have completed a B level rotary wing assessment with your local British Model Flying Association affiliated club.

These companies that have been set up to give a 'recommendation' to the CAA are in my opinion the biggest bunch of con artists ever. The price is ridiculous! 2k!!!! I have seen them 'recommend' individuals who are absolute cretins, who have the hand eye co-ordination of a blind fish.

Edited by Hobojim on Wednesday 22 July 15:36

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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andrewrob said:
mybrainhurts said:
crackthatoff said:
this was my first flight with the blade 350qx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW48zg10l9c
According to the rules mentioned earlier, I do believe you're in for a £5000 fine. Tally ho....
Which rules did he break? Looks ok to me
According to the post above this one, it's a non problem. Which is nice....smile

andrewrob

2,912 posts

189 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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Hobojim said:
Boatbuoy said:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE familiarise yourself with the current legal status regarding RPAS flights before committing yourself to one. Yes, the rules apply to everyone, regardless of aircraft size, and weather you're flying for fun or profit, and the CAA are actively pursuing offenders now (think £5k fine!).

The rules are governed by the Air Navigation Order, and it is therefore Law.

Basically the things you need to consider for any RPAS up to 7kgs are, not to fly:

over or within 150m of any congested area.
over or within 150m of an organised open air gathering of 1000 people or more.
over or within 50m of any person, structure, vehicle or vessel not under your control.

Public liability insurance is highly recommended, and you MUST have a CAA Permit to operate (a £2k commitment) if you want to do any sort of paid work.
Could you provide your source for this info please?. I've been flying and developing drones since 2007. The above is only applicable when you are being paid for flying. If you are merely flying the drone as a hobby then the above does not apply in law. Obviously be sensible and regular RC model flying laws still apply.

Also the CAA permission (not a permit or license) can be obtained for the price of application (50 quid ish?), If you have completed a B level rotary wing assessment with your local British Model Flying Association affiliated club.

These companies that have been set up to give a 'recommendation' to the CAA are in my opinion the biggest bunch of con artists ever. The price is ridiculous! 2k!!!! I have seen them 'recommend' individuals who are absolute cretins, who have the hand eye co-ordination of a blind fish.

Edited by Hobojim on Wednesday 22 July 15:36
I thought that this had only officially changed in March this year though hadn't it? Before then it was a case of paying out the big money to go through a training centre like Euro USC etc.
Without the CAA permission the rules listed above still apply though, and with it the only one that would be different is that the congested area one would be 50m if it was under 7kg, also the 30m during take off and landing is missing from that list.

RichB

51,429 posts

283 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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Can't be bothered to google the rules on these as they don't interest me but clearly the authorities are getting fed-up with them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33618985
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/32691021
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33612631

Ean218

1,955 posts

249 months

Thursday 23rd July 2015
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Hobojim said:
Could you provide your source for this info please?. I've been flying and developing drones since 2007. The above is only applicable when you are being paid for flying. If you are merely flying the drone as a hobby then the above does not apply in law. Obviously be sensible and regular RC model flying laws still apply.
How about the CAA website?

https://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1995&...

For someone who makes out they are as knowledgeable as yourself your lack of knowledge of the basic law surrounding the hobby is stupefying.

The paid for bit is merely paragraph 5 of article 166. The rest is applicable to everyone and has been UK law since 2009.

myvision

1,931 posts

135 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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I bought a phantom 2 vision plus first flight this afternoon. Had to resize the photo not as taken.