Recent content by Joshua Wentworth

When I went to the local hobby shop the guys there recommended the LaTrax Alias for beginners. Its a larger quad and I would probably have to fly it outside but it does have full manual mode and is closer to what I will be doing in the future. Would you go ahead and jump to that since I'm...

I have a lot of experience with remote controlled cars so I don't think orientation will be as much of an issue as it may be for some people. Out of the ones I listed does anyone have experience with them or recommendations of others?

Ok. What about specific quads? I have been looking at pretty low end ones (Hubsan X4, Estes Proto Z, Syma X12, etc.) since I'm planning to upgrade fairly quickly but the descriptions tend to be pretty vague as to whether or not they have a full manual mode or not. Suggestions?

I am new to the quadcopter scene. During my senior year of highschool I 3D printed an MHQ2 off thingiverse in my school's IT department. The end goal is to set that up with an FPV racing setup once I get the money. However, considering the low durability of PLA for the airframe I doubt that it...