First real quad

[Justinwadewestbrook]

For Christmas my wife bought me a super cheap sharper image dx-3 and I was instantly hooked I flew it for a week constantly as soon as the battery would charge I would fly it dead and soon I wanted more so I went out and got what I thought was an upgrade from my 30$ dx-3 which was a sky viper 2400hd and yes I know both are far and away nothing but toys but I feel like I'm already outflying what the factory software can do and im a little worried about dripping 500+ dollars on a fpv racer and breaking it week 1 so is there any middle ground between something like the sky viper 2400 hd and the eachine wizard (best reviewed cheap fpv racer I've found)???? Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Jackson]

is there any middle ground between something like the sky viper 2400 hd and the eachine wizard

What did you pay, ~$90 for the Viper? Just get the Wizard @ $197 (+ another battery or 2) and start flying. You will also now own a controller/TX that can handle 20 models. FlySky makes many inexpensive RXs to choose from if you ever want to build a quad. Or get something like this for your fleet.
http://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Tin...Flight-Controller-p-1085818.html?rmmds=search

 

[Justinwadewestbrook]

Looks like a fun mini but im severely limited on indoor flying space vould this handle outdoor flight?

 

[Jackson]

It was a just suggestion for a 2nd quad. Outside it's all about wind.

 

[Justinwadewestbrook]

Don't laugh but I've been looking sky viper uses a version of cleanflight so whats to stop me from flashing the newest version of cleanflight and making it a 3d flyer?

 

[fcaruso213]

I'm totally new to this and I received the Syma X-11 for Christmas. I absolutely love it. It's a pretty stable quad copter and once you get the hang of it, it is incredibly easy to fly. It is a smaller copter, though Plus, you can buy spare batteries and fly for a much longer period of time. I got the X-11, a case, and spare batteries all for around $65. If you're looking for something bigger, I've heard great things about the Syma X-5.

 

[Jackson]

Don't laugh but I've been looking sky viper uses a version of cleanflight so whats to stop me from flashing the newest version of cleanflight and making it a 3d flyer?

So it has a port on it to hook up a USB cable?

 

[Justinwadewestbrook]

No it has a 4 pin molex connector and the make a molex to isb adaptor