yippie ayee, it has arrived

[marckatzenmaier]

well that was fast, i got my SK30A & SM450 V2 Black/Red Quadrotor from RCTimer in just over a weak, but the controlboard and bluetooth and gps i orderd week before this, still has not arrived 
Lets assume it is at the customs, and that i will get a letter this week for paying taxes......

well, i can solder the esc and everything else to the pcb or?????

[neagron]

  I order the same onthe 1/10/2012,it was not shipped untill 10/10,and im still waiting,i not a happy bunny,yours,Marty.

[marckatzenmaier]

Just checked, ordered board and other electronics on september 22. Hope they did not get lost in mail.
Me also not totally happy bunny

[Gaza07]

Oh dear hope you guys get your gear sorted out soon 

[neagron]

  Thanks Garry,if we d.ont have them we cant crash them,Marty

[marckatzenmaier]

 ::)

all parts from rc timer are in, postman rang the door this morning. Customs did opened the package but i guess they didn';t thought it was worth over 23 euro, so i got my whole quad out of china without customs.

now the build can begin!!

so prepare, questions will be on their way

[Gaza07]

Glad to hear you are sorted Marc now the fun begins 

[marckatzenmaier]

fun was just for a brief moment, when i hooked the battery up, one esc started smoking, so i will have to contact rctimer. 

for the rest, i think everything is okay.

[Gaza07]

Oh dear sorry to hear that I hope they sort it out very quickly for you 

[marckatzenmaier]

well, now i have time to sort out how to connect the gps and bluetooth and configure that

[marckatzenmaier]

well, the new esc back from rctimer, and with help from you guys in chat, i managed to arm my first home build quad.

it';s alive!!

here';s the maiden.

maiden rctimer quad

[neagron]

Thats great news,I say well done you,its a great feeling when it all comes together,i hope you have many good flights,Marty.   :scotland:

[Gaza07]

Excellent Marc well done its one hell of a buzz when you get one in the air for the first time 
It looks like it pretty stable and flies well but you will tell better when you take it out and get a bit higher of the ground, If you add some Expo to the transmitter on the aileron and elevator it will help make the small corrections less twitchy  Very well done Im sure we all look forward to seeing more videos from you 

[icedfusion]

That looks really good for a first build - what flight controller is on that?

ice.

[marckatzenmaier]

Crius multiwii se v1.0 from RCTimer is on it.

[marckatzenmaier]

Just finished mounting new prop adaptors, btw, what size battery';s do you use on 450 size Quad?

[Gaza07]

They look good  most people are using the turnigy nano techs 2200ms you would be fine upto about 3000mah, Im currently using 2200mah on y frames 

[Jumpy07]

Nano techs are getting cheap.. 3000mah or 3300mah  25-50c

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turnigy-nano-tech-3000mah-3S-25-50C-Lipo-Pack-/170913509653?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item27cb3d3115

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turnigy-nano-tech-lipo-battery-3300mAh-3S-25C-To-50-C-Lipo-Pack-/170913254004?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item27cb394a74

Should get @12 mins with these.. depending on weight and motors on that frame

[marckatzenmaier]

here are some pics of my first build. when i got the parts, i just wanted to build. And when an esc is bad on arrival , it is not good for your heart 
after a few mails with rctimer they send me a new one  .
then with some help from a thread on another forum i got gps working.
now again hoping for some spare time to fly and some weather that will allow it.

[Gaza07]

Very nice pictures Marc thanks for sharing them with us 

[marckatzenmaier]

had time today to fly outside for first time, was so excited that i forgot something, you';ll see in video. went home repaired and flew again. as you can see, it was difficult to maintain hight, mayby some tips?

! Private video

[Gaza07]

Looks nice and stable except for the height, learning smooth throttle control takes a while and requires very small movements, are you flying with the barometer enabled ? flying with the baro on makes the throttle spongy, you should use the baro a bit higher and engage it and see if it hold height with out touching the throttle, although the baro you have on your board the bmp085 is not very good at it, have you got a small piece of open cell foam over the top of it to stop the prop wash from affecting it ? the videos you see of copters holding height at low level really well are prob using a sonar or some thing like a naza