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Well I can't tell you about your flight controller but I can give you a bit of insight. First of all, for yaw/pitch/roll, imagine a plane. Pitch is moving the nose up or down. Roll is what it means, roll side to side like you would tell a dog to 'roll over.' Yaw is turning the plane without...

Unfortunately it doesn't do expo or dual rate

This will be my first return to RC after about 10 years and my first multiprop. I've done a fair bit of research and here is my nearly complete parts list. Advise hugely appreciated: http://goo.gl/f2y2OT I still haven't selected a transmitter but would prefer one with the option of switching...

You make a good point. 30A it is then at a cost of an extra 18g of weight. I think I'm nearing my final list of parts: http://goo.gl/f2y2OT Just the Tx and battery to finalize I believe. Where would I go to find someone that really knows this stuff well to review my list?

I'm gonna stick to the sunnysky 2212. It's everything I see when I look around. It's gotta be good. So yet another dilemma, do I really need 30A ESC's for something that will only ever pull maybe 18.5A on a 4S pack and no more than 15A on a 3S.

yep I'm currently in Pennsylvania. I think I've settled on the 980kv. Now to figure out if the higher end V series SunnySky motor is worth the extra $4/motor over the mid level X series

Because I still haven't ever flown a multicopter so I dunno what I'm doing. Maybe flips and all that control will make my thumbs pop off and I'll just have to stick to FPV...no point in spending an extra $75 on a controller in that case.

Expo is exponential programming which means the control stick does exponentially more as you move it towards the edge. Makes it easier to do highly controlled slow flying and extreme maneuvers at the same time. Dual Rates (DR) lets you change how much the stick movement does. Either lock it...

Still doesn't have Expo or DR which I will definitely need.

Well I'm not really planning to do flips with a camera. the 1400kv can't take more than 9" props. It'll ESPLODE! I couldn't imagine needing more thrust than ~1100g/motor with an 8047. The question is will I actually gain flight time with a 980kv over a 1400kv? Would a 680kv with 11" props...

I believe it was a Hi-tec flash 4: http://goo.gl/g2Vkf3 (that's not mine, I gotta find mine). It's really old, I highly doubt it's gonna work out. It does however have a seemingly infinite range. So I think I'm gonna go with the TH9X but I can't figure out if the radio is switchable. I would...

wow you consider 7min good flight time? When I first started looking into these things I was expecting at least 20min and was dumbfounded when I saw some sport copters only do 3min on a 3000mah+ pack. I've played with the calculator a bunch and have learned a lot from it actually. I already...

For a tricopter, only the tail end twists. You see a little platform for the motor with the servo on it. That's this guys way of doing it. There are several methods but basically this is yaw control. Far superior to quads or most any other multirotor with no yaw servo or tilted tail rotors...

All 3 props face up. The third prop with the servo just has the ability to tilt. A quad rotates yaw by reducing two clockwise, increasing other two counter clockwise rotors. A tricopter doesn't have that privilege so it tilts it's tail. The result is a sorta tipping when you yaw. Feels more...

The servo is for the tail prop. Since it's only got 3 motors, it uses the tail for yaw. Also makes for much more natural looking video vs a quad...not like I'm gonna use anything without a gimbal anyways so it's just cheaper and easier to fly. Thanks for reminding me actually I need a...

Thanks very much for that. I think I'm headed towards a slightly lower kv motor. The stuff above ~1200kv seems to need special/expensive props due to the force they need to withstand. That being said, I feel a tricopter will need a bit more thrust/motor. Here is my work in progress part list...

I'm building a T-copter. The goal is aerobatics and FPV. I know a higher Kv, shorter prop is going to give me more aerobatic ability, but I'm also looking for efficiency in flight time for FPV. Here are my current choices: SunnySky 1400kv, 8047 real good response and thrust + smaller rotor...

I almost did gas stuff but could never bring myself to do so because of the mess. All electric but a dedicated batt for power hungry motors and a second batt for everything else. Basically you'd fly your plane around and when the batt indicator dropped you'd fly up high and cut the motor and...

So do people typically use a second battery for the receiver? I'm not new to RC, just haven't done it in a while...since the radios used to reach miles rather than this short range 2.4ghz bluetooth channel synced flipping stuff. 2nd batt just for electronics is how it used to be done.