19-12-2014, 11:40 PM
If you order one of these order a bunch of spare props while your at it
The plastic props that come with it don't last vey long.
It came with two sets an 8" set and a 10" set these plastic props are very flexible and I don't think being flexible adds any benefit to the flight characteristic of a quad copter because although it flew quite nicely on the 8" plastic props it wasn't very happy with the 10" ones on.
There's a bunch of settings that can be changed on the KK2 controller and a nice enough method of tuning to get the most out of it.
It certainly needed a bit of tuning and quite different setting with the larger props and it still didn't fly as good as it did with the smaller ones, even after considerable effort was put into tuning it to get it as good as it could be.
A quick chat with Jase and Adam down at the field and a look at their setups reviled that 8" carbon props might well be the go. So off went an order to HK and it the mean time Craig was kind enough to give me a set of plastic props because by this time both original the sets that came with it had reached their used by date.
these were the ones I ordered
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...pair_.html
I drilled them out to suit the threaded shaft on my motors and put a washer behind them to spread the load over a little more of the prop hub there's only a very narrow shoulder on those prop shafts. It's probably not ideal but none the less it's safe and it works well enough.
These props are very stiff and it flies real nice with them fitted. Control is great and it's very stabe.
I thought time for the GoPro, so I got out, dusted my old HD hero off and mounted it on the SK40 quad. It really didn't like the extra weight it was still flyable as long as I took it easy and especially as long as I didn't decent too fast vertically, it was showing signs of getting rather ugly doing this manoeuvre.
The plastic props that come with it don't last vey long.
It came with two sets an 8" set and a 10" set these plastic props are very flexible and I don't think being flexible adds any benefit to the flight characteristic of a quad copter because although it flew quite nicely on the 8" plastic props it wasn't very happy with the 10" ones on.
There's a bunch of settings that can be changed on the KK2 controller and a nice enough method of tuning to get the most out of it.
It certainly needed a bit of tuning and quite different setting with the larger props and it still didn't fly as good as it did with the smaller ones, even after considerable effort was put into tuning it to get it as good as it could be.
A quick chat with Jase and Adam down at the field and a look at their setups reviled that 8" carbon props might well be the go. So off went an order to HK and it the mean time Craig was kind enough to give me a set of plastic props because by this time both original the sets that came with it had reached their used by date.
these were the ones I ordered
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...pair_.html
I drilled them out to suit the threaded shaft on my motors and put a washer behind them to spread the load over a little more of the prop hub there's only a very narrow shoulder on those prop shafts. It's probably not ideal but none the less it's safe and it works well enough.
These props are very stiff and it flies real nice with them fitted. Control is great and it's very stabe.
I thought time for the GoPro, so I got out, dusted my old HD hero off and mounted it on the SK40 quad. It really didn't like the extra weight it was still flyable as long as I took it easy and especially as long as I didn't decent too fast vertically, it was showing signs of getting rather ugly doing this manoeuvre.
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