TickTock
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Ha! Worked the same way for me. The Phantom is a gateway quad. You think it's just recreational and you can control it, but before you know it you're into the serious stuff. Have fun building the hex!
JasonA said:I run and fly the PixHawk on one of my platforms also. I do dev stuff for them but I will tell you (unless you're a pro at this) and you have experience with the PX4 and APM 2.x family.. DO NOT try out the current branch of software on such a large and expensive hex or machine :roll:
Get a flamewheel clone and play around with it first and dial in your PID's... and learn it..
Sorry about crash.. PID tuning is the worse on a big ship. Make a proper 3 axis tether possibly then if you still want experiment with bungees.
Rat said:Apparently these things are not as ubiquitous as some media hype would have us believe. I have been unable to find anyone else in the Bay Area who has one, so I just went ahead and took the plunge. I bought a DJI Phantom 1. It shipped yesterday. Knowing me, I'll probably break it the first week but they look like a heckuva lot of fun so all I can say is, it's only money.
Nah, one thing about the Phantom is it is tough. I've dropped mine out of the sky numerous times and only have a few cracks to show for it (which I patched easily enough with epoxy). Also, it is amazingly easy to fly. FAR easier than helicopters - especially those a few year back before flight control got so advanced. When in doubt just let go of the sticks and it will hover in place. You don't even need to learn how to reverse the controls when it is pointing toward you if you don't want to - just put it in course lock and it never have to worry about which way it is facing.Rat said:Knowing me, I'll probably break it the first week.
The problem with this mentality is you don't learn how to fly :roll:TickTock said:Nah, one thing about the Phantom is it is tough. I've dropped mine out of the sky numerous times and only have a few cracks to show for it (which I patched easily enough with epoxy). Also, it is amazingly easy to fly. FAR easier than helicopters - especially those a few year back before flight control got so advanced. When in doubt just let go of the sticks and it will hover in place. You don't even need to learn how to reverse the controls when it is pointing toward you if you don't want to - just put it in course lock and it never have to worry about which way it is facing.Rat said:Knowing me, I'll probably break it the first week.
Do be careful around the props, though. They will cut you (or anyone unfortunate enough to get in your way) to the bone.
Yeah! It is especially hard switching back and forth. I was pretty good at the old school flying where you think from the aircraft POV when that was all you had, but now I switch back and forth and often forget which "mode" I am operating in and goof up. Getting better, but trying to use both definitely was a new spin on things.JasonA said:Try flying the machine in normal mode once in a while. It's better for your brain!
Just remove the 's' to link a non-encrypted address. Google and other sites started encrypting server connections in response to Edward Snowden's disclosures that the NSA has been performing traffic analysis of visitors...Rat said:Okay, for the curious, here's the latest:
Blog post explaining mount for the camera and a short demo video.
Or you can just watch the YouTube video:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ht5YxHdQg[/youtube]
Hmm, I don't seem to be able to embed the video, but you can copy the URL.
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