Going to get my Toes Wet

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oldtexasdog

Member
High folks. New to your forum here.
I am in my 60's and have been building and flying R/C Planes on and off since I was 15.
I got one of those Mini Copters a year ago and am pretty profecient at flying it in the house and garage(sans celing fans:):rolleyes:
Got the itch bad for a DJI Phanthom but thought I might just want a little more air time outdoors, and as I have not flown a "Quad" before tought I might be better off taking a smaller step first, so I am picking up a
Syma X5C
Your insite and advice would be appreciated.
 
holtneil

holtneil

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Hi mate dont waste money my friend get the DJI phantom , I got my wife one its the Phantom 1 as its cheaper to run ,normal 2200 3cell not the new phantom2 battery at £80 ago , if you make sure you get the version 1.1.1 this as a gimbal control on the back of the transmitter , this is my wife on here very first flight she has never flown at all well if 2 seconds and a crash count any way this is how well it flies
and me and my beasty, not me 700mm quad needs a ESC
 
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oldtexasdog

Member
I went ahead and bought the Syma X5C. The reason is I worry that with all the automatics Gyro and especially GPS functions on the DJI if it was to loose GPS and I would need to then be ready to take over manually. I need to be familer with and comfortable with doing so.
I have never had a "Fly Away" even if it required flying back inverted and then crashing:eek:
 
SpeedRacerXT

SpeedRacerXT

New Member
The Syma X5C is actually a very nice quad. I started with a JJRC H8C and thought that was nice but it's actually fairly heavy and tends to eat motors. The X5C is a nice, light quad with a good run time and is stable and fun to fly - I think you made a good choice. As for immediately starting with a hobby/prosumer quad I think that isn't the best idea for most folks - if you are going to crash badly do it with a $50 quad and not a $1500+ one, plus these so called 'toy' quads won't actually hurt anyone or cause property damage like one of those pro ones will. Lastly, you really have to learn to fly on the cheaper quads as there isn't much that is automatic like on the Phantoms and other GPS/barometer equipped quads. Thus when you get good at flying the small ones you are less likely to make major (and costly) mistakes with the big expensive ones.
 
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oldtexasdog

Member
Well I had my first fly away!! 3 MPH N wind, and I was trying to set the trim on 8 acres clear that I own. I kept getting altitude but as altitude is a pilots best friend I did not pay that much attention to it:( It hit a stronger upper wind at about 500 ft and just would not come back! I had written a little message on the side tho-" My name is Gereo and if I am lost please call my master at ####. I got a call the next day and picked it up.
It was not damaged except the loss of one led light!! I was a lot more careful today and had a good success rate. This little fellow will take a liken and keep on tickin! It just needs a more sensitive power control as it still wants to climb or come down??? Also the trim is not all that good. It does provide me with a emergency flight every time so as I progress I feel I will be able to handle anything.:confused:
 
SpeedRacerXT

SpeedRacerXT

New Member
Sorry to hear it got away like that on the first flight. Also concerning the trim issue, did you make sure and calibrate it prior to flying? That's the so called Restart Function on page 8 of the owners manual. And make sure the quad is on a flat level surface when you do the recalibration.
As for the X5C wanting to climb, I've found that one way to try and get it back at a reasonable altitude is to bring the throttle to just under half while giving the direction you want it to go (hopefully the direction is back towards you!) full stick. At least in my experience it tends to burn off altitude while still moving in the chosen direction. Then when you have it at the height that you wish let it level out and then use throttle to maintain that altitude or gently bring it down. Note that in higher winds this thing will literally fly off and if the winds are high enough nothing you can do will prevent it from moving away. I actually flew mine in some fairly gusty winds this past weekend but was able to keep it in range - I found the X5C to be fairly responsive and maneuverable even in windy conditions, and my trick above worked several times to "burn off" altitude.
 
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