07-01-2016, 06:16 PM
I had the pleasure of setting one of these up for a friend yesterday
It uses a CC3D flight controller, It was reasonably easy to set up just watch a few tutorials on youtube plug in a mini USB cable mount and plug in the RX and follow the prompts.
It did come with the board already flashed with the firmware but I had to go through the transmitter set up and calibration process.
I set it up with a Taranis and one of the early telemetry receivers. I used the A2 telemetry port on the Frsky RX to monitor the battery voltage and have organised the Taranis make a suitable audio warning when they start getting low.
It can run on 3 or 4S so to get the telemetry to work with both I could just use a separate model memory for each battery type and have the warnings adjusted for the appropriate voltage. No problem as the early rx's don't have model match. It comes completely set up other than the RX and TX which you just have to fit plug in set up and calibrate. I added my usual Mcdonalds straws to retain the antennas on the FRsky receiver. It has a video camera set up in it and uses an immersion RC VTX and has a basic OSD for timer and batt voltage to be displayed over the video.
All in pretty nice, I think the camera is OK and very flyable for FPV but there are better cameras out there. The VTX is excellent. It doesn't come with an antenna for the VTX so you really need to put one on before you power it up or you might damage it.
the frame is carbon fibre and very light but also feels strong, It's primarily a 250 size FPV racer. The controller has 3 flight modes all set the same with conservative rates and stabilisation out of the box. There is no alt hold so it's throttle management all the way.
I set the tree modes leaving the first one basically as it was the next one still stabilised but with higher rates and the third with moderate rates and no stabilization (acro mode)
I really liked the way it flew I was buzzing it around inside our workshop, no problems at all and it felt super solid and locked in. What a top little machine!!
It was just over 400 with postage from "Mongrel gear" in Yass
It uses a CC3D flight controller, It was reasonably easy to set up just watch a few tutorials on youtube plug in a mini USB cable mount and plug in the RX and follow the prompts.
It did come with the board already flashed with the firmware but I had to go through the transmitter set up and calibration process.
I set it up with a Taranis and one of the early telemetry receivers. I used the A2 telemetry port on the Frsky RX to monitor the battery voltage and have organised the Taranis make a suitable audio warning when they start getting low.
It can run on 3 or 4S so to get the telemetry to work with both I could just use a separate model memory for each battery type and have the warnings adjusted for the appropriate voltage. No problem as the early rx's don't have model match. It comes completely set up other than the RX and TX which you just have to fit plug in set up and calibrate. I added my usual Mcdonalds straws to retain the antennas on the FRsky receiver. It has a video camera set up in it and uses an immersion RC VTX and has a basic OSD for timer and batt voltage to be displayed over the video.
All in pretty nice, I think the camera is OK and very flyable for FPV but there are better cameras out there. The VTX is excellent. It doesn't come with an antenna for the VTX so you really need to put one on before you power it up or you might damage it.
the frame is carbon fibre and very light but also feels strong, It's primarily a 250 size FPV racer. The controller has 3 flight modes all set the same with conservative rates and stabilisation out of the box. There is no alt hold so it's throttle management all the way.
I set the tree modes leaving the first one basically as it was the next one still stabilised but with higher rates and the third with moderate rates and no stabilization (acro mode)
I really liked the way it flew I was buzzing it around inside our workshop, no problems at all and it felt super solid and locked in. What a top little machine!!
It was just over 400 with postage from "Mongrel gear" in Yass
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