Hi MM and Fatjack! Great to be here. Nice quad guys....very smooth and quiet!
I too started with a Parrot...forgot all about that! It was the catalyst for the move to the dark side......waiting for bits for one of my heli's and the sales assistant goes, "Hey, you seen one of these..................". Lol.
I started with the KK board for my first build and happily flew and crashed numerous variations on that first frame, from ridiculously big 780mm mtm down to the 400 size i am flying now. The KK board was truly tremendous...tough as. As you can see from some of my early vids, i liked to argue with gravity. The frame was often out of square and never pretty, attributes which encouraged a have a go mentality with my flying. That board died shooting the Truggy video (see youtube...Figgoat), but had been bent, in mud, under water and crashed full throttle into the local swamp doing flips. I would strongly recommend this board for any noob...lots of forums for info, cheap to replace and the latest board has auto level and an LCD display for setup and tuning.....cheap for under $30... Check on HK.
The OP cc3D FC is very good, in a different league to most, and favoured by some very well known pilots, like Juz, from down-under. The OP website is an excellent source of information for that platform (QAV) and board combo, a few people flying that exact set-up.
On this note, maybe you guys should share the build in a blog or thread here on the site....I am keen to hear about your experience with the cc3d OP fc?
Wait till you go to 4s,,,holy smokes. The performance difference is huge. I am using 1800 mah 4s high discharge.. 8-9 mins flight time with AUW (all up weight) around the 1300 grams. I am waiting for some 2200 mah versions which should see 12 mins....a long time in the goggles for sure.
Have been rained out today, so busy building a QAV/Disco inspired quad for racing...small and fast. I will post pics and start a thread over the weekend.
Hope to see more in here, so if you're reading this, take the time to join up and join in.
Cheers Glenn.