Newb seeking some direction

[Joe Ramskin]

Hello!

I bought my kids some Syma X5C-1 quads for Christmas that I found as a lightning deal on Amazon for $40. I really never expected them to last more than a few days, but to my surprise we are still flying them and having a blast. These things have turned my attention to quads and the abilities of quads has amazed me. I have decided it would be a fun project to do a build with my son, I figured it would be good for him to learn a project from start to finish and get some experience with how things work. I already own a Futaba 6EX 2.4Ghz transmitter and a FAST rcvr, so I am thinking I can make this work.

From what I have seen, most of the 250's and even 150's are tuned to move fast and be very agile. I am wondering if there is a setup I could build that is not so fast and is kinda-sorta more lazy (if that makes any sense). I was thinking something that we could safely fly around the yard (we have a huge yard) and easily make adjustments before you hit the tree. Then as he gets more comfortable, we could increase the performance. I probably would not start with FPV, but would like to add it later.

-Joe

 

[Jackson]

Although he didn't do it you can also knock down the end of the range from lets say from 100% to 90%. It can also be done in the fight controllers software, this from the CC3D,

There is also this way to make adjustments, also from CC3D.

 

[Mike H.]

Or you could do a more simple less costly project and build a hybrid from toy quads.

There are alot of compatible parts you can use to build your own toy quad much like the syma x5c for something more simple as a first do it yourself project...Its fun to buy a ready to fly but its more fun taking the best of different models and making one yourself that leaves other toy models in the dust performance wise.

If you decide to try this route let me know and ill direct you to some of the better parts you can use to build something one of a kind for very little cost.