Another newbie

[hotrodspike]

Hiya everybody

Just bought one of these of the bay (ATG 650-16 Folding Hexa Multi-copter MWC SE Flight Controller ARF for Gopro Hd) after the missus bought me an AR Drone for my birthday, which re-ignited the RC bug in me. Used to fly conventional helis a few years back, well a lot more than a few actually, my son was 6 when I jacked it in and he';s 28 now!
I';m getting to grips with the AR, but using my ipad to control it is a bit of a pain especially in bright sunlight, and that';s why I bought the Hexa. I eventually want to use it to do some aerial photo';s of birds of prey in flight, buzzards, kites etc, but thought that they might attack something a little smaller and so I bought the biggest I could find and afford.
I';ll be using my old faithful Futaba FF7 1024, with an Orange 2.4 Ghz RF module to replace the old 35meg one.
So, I';m OK with the building (used to make my own rotor heads from titanium) and controlling bits, but what';s with all of this computer geek lark about having to program the board and the sensors? Is there a board where I can just plug it in and fly? If so where can I get one from and how much?
I';m not a technophobe, but I might need a lot of answers to a lot of questions before I get the thing up in the air (t';was a lot easier in the olden days), ';cos I';m getting on a bit now and I don';t want to peg it before I can see the fruits of my labours.
I';ll finish building the frame then see how everything hangs off it, then I';ll start with the questions, hope you';re ready for this.

Love and kisses to everybody
John

P.S. The instructions are none existent so I';m flying blind on the build as it is (serves me right for buying from China I ';spose)

[Gaza07]

Hi John and welcome to the forum the new naza lite is about as plug and play as you can get and not a bad price £144 inc gps its is easy to setup and easy to fly, feel free to ask for as much help as you might need   

[Gav]

Welcome John

:))

Cheers
Gav

[hotrodspike]

Cheers guys, I';m writing down the questions as I go along, I';m up to page 23 at the moment.

[Biffa]

...Is there a board where I can just plug it in and fly? If so where can I get one from and how much?

Howdy and welcome, the KK2.0 board is almost as ';plug and play'; as you can get I think. No PC and USB cables or fancy GPS shenanigans, stick it to the frame, attach all the cables and set it up with the on board LCD

Both my KK boards fly really well on 1.5 firmware (even better with 1.6) and stock settings.

[guest325]

Hi John, a belated welcome - just noticed from your interest in the dx6i you';re from the Midlands, where abouts? I';m in Halesowen - you anywhere near? I';m running a 450 size quad atm with gps on - Crius AIO pro FC, it has to be plugged into the computer to do anything with but I don';t have a problem with that. If you are looking for someone to give you a hand give me a shout - I am no expert but I learn quickly.