Introduce Yourself

Hello, I'm happy to find this site as I've been looking into this new hobby and need all the information I can find.

 

Name is Mike. Been flying RC helicopters since 2005. Currently own a Miniature Aircraft Bobby Watts Stratus, Align Trex 600n, Trex 450 Pro, Miniature Aircraft Fury55 Nitro FBL, Eflite Blade Mcpx and a Walkera QR Ladybird quad.

 

Good, thanks Webbie. Checking in from Hearth.com.

When I was a kid our family went to the local RC airstrip on Sunday afternoons to watch the local RC airplane club fly. I always wanted to get into it but could never justify the expense. However as the RC copters get more and more affordable I can see one in my future.

 

Greetings from Alaska! I like the site.

I just finished building my first quad. I've been readings and watching everything I can on Quads for about a year and finally pulled the trigger a few weeks ago. All I can say is wow, what a rush!

Quad is a HJ450 frame, 10x4.5 props, 1000kv brushless , KK2.0 FC, hobby king 30amp ESCs, turnigy 9x TX and RX. 3s 2200mah lipo. gets about 8 good minutes of flight.

I got the flight controller mostly tuned, she flies nicely. I've had about 6 sucessful flights and only a few dinged props. balanced a new aet of props last night and slapped an old pentax digital camera on front, shes hovers smooth, but is really choppy in motion. next step is a dampener for the camera. I love this Hobby!

pictures coming soon! (hopefully smooth flight video too!)

 

Hi all. I raced RC cars about 20 years ago. Moved to the country the first of the year and have to much time on my hands. Saw some vids of quadcopters on u-tube. Bought one, liked it. Bought another, liked it even more. Getting better at flying them, only crash sometimes. Hope I can learn more here.

 

Greetings from Cumberland Rhode Island (USA) everyone. I'm very new to this hobby so I'm afraid I'm going to have a lot more questions than answers . I started out with an AR Drone a few months ago, and recently upgraded to a Witespy HT-450. I'm primarily into FPV, primarily flying in Atti mode right now although I do want to learn Manual as soon as I rebuild my funds and can get a decent simulator to learn on. The rest of my gear includes a Spectrum DX7s Tx, DJI Naza FC w/GPS, Horyzon HD video/FPV cam, and Fatshark Attitude goggles w/250 mw vtz running at 5.8 ghz (hopefully going to upgrade to 600mw soon).

Anyway that's the long and the short of it. I've read through a lot of the articles on here and have already learned a lot, hoping to keep learning from the experts here, maybe eventually enough to do my own build.

 

Hi All! Another RCGroups foundling! I have done some RC aircraft before Gas fueled Collective helos and 'discovered' multis about 6 months ago. Lucked into a Hoverthings HT-FPV built and mostly ready to fly on ebay and got started flying again! I will be working towards FPV as funds permit<grin>. Any other Kansans drop me a line!

 

Hi All,

I too am checking in from the hearth.com, I was looking for a site like this two years ago...thanks. Noob info that even I can understand. Craig runs a good site, I'm sure this will be no different.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

 

Hi everybody,
Just logged on here from RCGroups. Been flying helis for about 7 yrs. and quadcopters for a year. Looking forward to gaining more info. about this fun hobby.

Ron (heliron69)

 

FIRST post here... i have made my first ar. drone purchase last week and i cant put this thing down......
being a long time geek i am now looking to mod the shizzel out of this.... found this forum and i like what i see....
i live in the northeast part of pa. (abington ) and look foward to many hours reading...
thanks

 

Hi Craig! Just taking a look at your new forum! Good luck

Ray

 

Hello everyone! Im recently temporarily disabled and came across quads while searching for FPV R/Cs to help kill time. Although im as green as they come to quads, I have plenty of experience in other R/Cs. I helped my dad build gliders and other airplanes when I was about 10 from blueprints. Was into 4wd cars for a couple years then started to mess with monster trucks and buggys. I have built lots of frankensteins in my time, some worked great.. others not so much. I tried getting into heli's and found it challenging without breaking something at every flight. Then I purchased my first quad and had my first test flights today. Now im hooked! I chose the Syma x1 recommended for noob quad flyers and it was a blast. Now im looking to put together a 450 as my next project. I cant wait!

 

Hello every one, Glad I found the site. I started in control line ( Cox Flier, I think ) and balsa models and no R/C. But then came cars and girls and did not get back into till a few years ago. My first mini quad wil be here next week after playing with a friends and I am hooked. A little back ground, I am a semi retired master auto mechanic, amature radio operator, semi pro photographer.I know i can mix all my experiences in this and have some fun too.

 

Hello all! Another wood burner from the Hearth. I learned a tremendous amount over at Hearth.com, and I can't wait to dig in here and siphon your knowledge. Judging from your work at my favorite forum, I know this will be a great place to learn. I am trying to decide what platform to start with, and i am sure i will get some good advice here Hopefully I can contribute somewhere down the road. Thank you for taking on this endeavor Craig.

 

Well, reading all of these posts did it. Not a drone or quad but just ordered a Syma S34 toy R/C Chinook to get some practice crashing.

My first R/C anything.

 

Well I am a big time newbie, I just purchased a DJI F550 kit to learn how to fly. Everyone I talked to early on in my pursuit of looking told me I would get bored with a quad especially since I was looking to take photos while flying around. I look forward to following this site and learning a lot?

 

This will be my first year flying quadcopters. I have some experience with RC Airplanes, but I for the moment I am trying to learn all I can about quadcopters, FPV, drones, etc to increase my experience.

I have a DualSky Hornet 460 on the way and I can't wait to see how she handles!
Any recommendations for a receiver for the Hornet? I'll be using a dx6i transmitter.

Look forward to learning with and from you all!

 

Hey guys, complete newbie here, i just got interested in RC stuff recently.