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5.8 and 2.4ghz are most used/crowded frequencies available right now. They are chose because many others are not legal, and these have a wider bandwidth. 5.8 ghz will do better video quality than a lower frequency. If you are not flying in lets ssay a city they are good choices. These are...

You could really improve the signal with something like a high gain antenna. I don't know weather it would be heavy though.

I don't know about holtneil, but I have done a lot of similar stuff before and building it came almost naturally, but for most things in general like flying I just keep messing things up until I get it right :).

Well this is coming from newb, but here it goes. Never fly over people, anything can go wrong. Always take props off when not in use. NEVER approach or grab it while armed. When building, you usually get what you pay for. Buying cheap parts usually leads you to buying the more expensive...

hmm, it will be interesting to see how it works. I have drawn up a few designs that allow 4 axis of tilt, but they are a little complicated to make, unless you were testing quite a few. This may work, what if you put it on there as if it were a plus?

I agree on that, and you don't have to worry about things getting knocked loose during testing, you don't have to worry about breaking something due to impact or wrapping a prop in the strings.

In my experience (however little) prop-wash is not too big of a concern when flying low (my quad is a little heavy for it's size, so I may be affected less)

Sounds great. I now need to make either a tie down table or similar lol.

Here is a fairly nice charger. Here are more, you probably can find one that will do what you need a little cheaper.

Haha, they did not even bother to knockoff any other brand. Also the description says 1000kv and the picture 930. Here are some relatively cheap motors that are 1100kv. Too pricy, there are cheaper ones here Here are the test: Prop Tests: 8x4 - 14.8v - 251W - 17A 8x4 - 11.1v - 121W - 11A...

If you post a new thread and are looking for a quick answer you can also pm Me or someone else for example Holtneil. Usually forums are answered a little faster, but I missed this one in the new post. :) SimonL makes throttle and other things more smooth ((less jumpy or jittery). Here is a...

930Kv is usually 12'' props. I am using 1400kv for 9'' props, but that is really pushing it. If you want 10 then I'd get 1000kv. You should be able to just buy bigger props if your frame will allow it. You can also adjust throttle limit and scaling up, but you can burn your motors doing so.

Maybe you need bigger wires, but I have ran 5v 1a off smaller, and if a wire burned it would cause a sag rather than a short. If the parts are cheap then you may not worry about fixing them(one or two components usually burn out in a short, or reversed polarity and many in a spike), maybe take...

I was referring to how he tested 1 axis at a time by doing two motors. If you can get any schematics on some of the parts I may be able to direct you on repairing some of the stuff that burnt. I hate the feeling after burning something. :( Have you identified the problem? Are you sure...

Take a look at this testing rig. Also this appears to be a guide to making quad with Arduino.

Sounds like reversed polarity or a short. Did the Arduino burn out? If so I may be able to tell you how to fix it. I accidentally grounded my 5v pin and found which component to replace, it was a small diode that is a SMD.

Really? What was the problem?

Have you tried it yet to make sure your hardware does in fact preform ok? I had a few hardware problems that acted like FC problems. Between imperfections in the motors and resistance on the ESC

Did you do the test flight? If so how did it go?