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You could also try basswood. It's almost as light as balsa and many times stronger. You can get it at any hobby or craft shop. To protect the gears why not get creative and mount the prop guards down low. If you turn them upside down they could double as landing gear. You could start a new...

Hi. I'm a bit of a newbie myself but I believe I know the answer to your question. The motors on the X5c are small, brushed motors that need the gear reduction to give the power multiplication needed for flight. It is very doubtful they will be powerful enough on their own to get off the...

Yep. The wave of the future..........:rolleyes:

Pool Noodles!! It's the "wave" of the future!:D One of my buds uses various sizes of rings cut off them and zip tied to the arms. Sometimes he cuts different shapes to put under the body for protection. He has even made pontoons out of them. A 4" x 54" noodle only tips the scale at 104 grams...

Me too. WOOD!!!! LOL I guess we did go off topic. Sorry

I'm afraid if I paint it some cool design I'll be too afraid to fly it! Maybe when my flying skills improve. The process on those images looks like it would add a couple hundred grams or so to a build, not to mention the time involved trying to match replacement arms to the original pattern. I'm...

Free is always the most cost efficient....... HaHa! All the tech stuff on spruce makes it the organic version of carbon fiber. They make full size planes and boats using spruce. Slightly lighter than basswood and literally twice as strong! I'm impressed. May not be as sexy as aluminum or carbon...

I am still going to make a larger, more sophisticated quad in the future. For now the wood allows me to experiment very cheaply. I have a complete set of arms already made that I bring with me. I went high end and use spruce now. The 4 arms cost me $4.48. Spruce is amazingly strong and light...

Building your own is still the most fun. Consider wood until you learn to fly well. I crashed twice very quickly with my plastic/metal quad and it was costly to fix. Mostly because there was little give in the frame and the shock transferred to some of the components. I built a wood one over the...

Are you sayin' you don't?? Ya learn somethin' new new in this hobby every day..........:D

The first isn't until the end of April so I have a bit of time yet. That one is only 16 days. The big one is the first of June and will be about 6 weeks. I doubt I'll have all the parts I ordered before I have to prep for the first trip. I might be able to get the parts to finish the first one...

For you, I'd be happy to. Just don't be in a rush. Not only does it seem to take forever for the parts, but I have a couple multi-week motorcycle trips coming up. I started this thread before I ordered anything. I wanted to make sure I would be comfortable working with CF. Stuff is on the way...

Ha! A bit too complex for my minimal skill level.......Although the one I have in mind is kinda like the reptile frames. Only, not quite. No more business'. Happily retired. Fun only from now on. When I get this frame worked out I'll send pics. I'm shooting for simple, unique and hopefully a...

I must admit, I am having a ball! I need to stop building and go fly these things at some point. The building is so much fun that I don't get upset at the long lead times for shipping. I just start another one! :D

Thanks!! Just what I was looking for.

Hi All! It's me again. Even though I am a newbie I am having so much fun building that I am working on three builds a bit at a time. Parts coming in at different times makes this easier than it sounds. One of them involves combining two carbon fiber frames. I will need to cut and shape these to...

Sorry for the delay. My computer glitched for a couple days. I discovered that these motors are purpose built to replace the DJI motors. They accept any of the DJI self locking propellers. That's fine. Those props are readily available. Since I was planning to use them on experimental builds...

Hey holtneil. I'm sure the collett type won't work. The grub type might work if I could find the right size. I'm thinking that there is a thread on adapter out there that would be perfect. These motors are another example of the mistakes a newbie makes. My errors have turned this into an...

Hi again. I'm having trouble finding prop adapters to fit some Gartt ( I know, I know. Mediocre ) ML 2212 motors I got by accident. They have a shaft that is 15mm long. There is a 4mm thread that is 6mm long. the rest of the shaft is 6mm in diameter with 2 flat relief's cut into it 180 from each...

For us the design and build is a big part of the fun. I modify, or outright build a lot of my stuff. My stereo is one off. My motorcycles are unique....and on and on.....Just 'cause I could buy it doesn't mean that's the only answer. Many of us like tinkering and don't want to be one of many at...