Matthew David Gholson
Member
Hello, so I've wanted a quadcopter/drone/UAV for years but had avoided them for a couple reasons. I get obsessed with techy things easily and didn't want to become a addict, and I also was under the impression the costs were outrageous. From around 2002-2008 I was racing RC cars, mostly trucks, and driving hours for races. I eventually got sick of having to drive an hour just to get some practice time and sold off everything.
This year my Dad was going to buy a Promark GPS drone from Wal-Mart on black friday sale for 90 dollars. I said, if you get a chance get me one. It ended up being a Christmas present. I got the drone in the air on Christmas Day in a near by parking lot by my house. I took to to my Grandparents that evening after charging the battery for about 3 hours after my first 3 minute flight. With all my family around I launched the drone in a big field behind their house, "I'm not a beginner this is my second flight," I said and turned off beginner mode and flew it out maybe 150 meters.
As I begin to return it the video feed froze on my phone. I thought I was flying it back but I ended up flying it about 30 degrees off course. About 4 minutes into the flight red lights started flashing on the drone and it began to auto fly back, except now it was heading for a big tree. I hit the land button but nothing seemed to be happening so I hit emergency stop. The drone fell out of the sky about 30 feet. The landing gear was broke and one arm cracked but it still flew and the camera still worked so I was impressed.
My Dad wasn't impressed and decided to return his, especially when he saw how important the phone ap was. He asked to return mine and give me his new one, good ol Wal-Mart didn't even ask if it was broke. On the 26th I flew the new drone up and round the parking lot again and took a video. Wasn't really all the happy with the quality of the camera and DRONE FEVER was setting in. I already wanted something better. It got really cold and I was messing with it in the house trying to figure out some of the functions when I accidentally started it up. It flew up a foot then a rotor smacked a wall. The motor died. Took that one back on the 27th.
So I researched drones all day and watched countless youtube videos. I ended up taking some other money I got and buying a Hubsan H501c ss pro from banggood. I strongly considered buying a Wizard racer, or a flaming wheel style kit from ebay and building one. I have good soldering skills and built many RC car kits., plus I still have my LiPo balncing charger and some packs that I bought for DIY LED headlamps I built. I decided I wanted to be flying as soon as possible, but I'm strongly considering the flaming wheel style kit to be working.
So in conclusion, I feel bad about breaking two drones in two days, but I'm totally hooked on quad flying now. Did I make a good choice with the Hubsan? Any suggestions on a first kit. I think my ultimate goal is getting FPV googles and a acro quad, but I'm also really wanting to get a gimble, I already have a nice action cam.
THANKS!
This year my Dad was going to buy a Promark GPS drone from Wal-Mart on black friday sale for 90 dollars. I said, if you get a chance get me one. It ended up being a Christmas present. I got the drone in the air on Christmas Day in a near by parking lot by my house. I took to to my Grandparents that evening after charging the battery for about 3 hours after my first 3 minute flight. With all my family around I launched the drone in a big field behind their house, "I'm not a beginner this is my second flight," I said and turned off beginner mode and flew it out maybe 150 meters.
As I begin to return it the video feed froze on my phone. I thought I was flying it back but I ended up flying it about 30 degrees off course. About 4 minutes into the flight red lights started flashing on the drone and it began to auto fly back, except now it was heading for a big tree. I hit the land button but nothing seemed to be happening so I hit emergency stop. The drone fell out of the sky about 30 feet. The landing gear was broke and one arm cracked but it still flew and the camera still worked so I was impressed.
My Dad wasn't impressed and decided to return his, especially when he saw how important the phone ap was. He asked to return mine and give me his new one, good ol Wal-Mart didn't even ask if it was broke. On the 26th I flew the new drone up and round the parking lot again and took a video. Wasn't really all the happy with the quality of the camera and DRONE FEVER was setting in. I already wanted something better. It got really cold and I was messing with it in the house trying to figure out some of the functions when I accidentally started it up. It flew up a foot then a rotor smacked a wall. The motor died. Took that one back on the 27th.
So I researched drones all day and watched countless youtube videos. I ended up taking some other money I got and buying a Hubsan H501c ss pro from banggood. I strongly considered buying a Wizard racer, or a flaming wheel style kit from ebay and building one. I have good soldering skills and built many RC car kits., plus I still have my LiPo balncing charger and some packs that I bought for DIY LED headlamps I built. I decided I wanted to be flying as soon as possible, but I'm strongly considering the flaming wheel style kit to be working.
So in conclusion, I feel bad about breaking two drones in two days, but I'm totally hooked on quad flying now. Did I make a good choice with the Hubsan? Any suggestions on a first kit. I think my ultimate goal is getting FPV googles and a acro quad, but I'm also really wanting to get a gimble, I already have a nice action cam.
THANKS!
