Will they progress?

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Hi all.
I have been flying helli and planes for a while now and fancied a Quad. To my surprise i quite enjoyed it, i enjoyed the technology and the weird looks .
I seriously enjoyed it although i could not buy a toy one . I like the idea of building your own and the different styles you could make as well as the electronics and camera etc etc.

My question is are they here to stay or are the pilots just fickled?
 
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From what i can tell they are growing really quickly. FPV being the big push. I have met more and more people who know about them. The biggest common problem that I see with people I know is they think you need at least $2000 to get started.
 
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You can get a little racing quad for around $340, you can build a 370mm Quadw/FPV for a little under $500.
 
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Hi mate quads and multirotors are here to stay thats why all the top companies Like Align etc are all making quads ( its a big money earner)
 
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Building your own is still the most fun. Consider wood until you learn to fly well. I crashed twice very quickly with my plastic/metal quad and it was costly to fix. Mostly because there was little give in the frame and the shock transferred to some of the components. I built a wood one over the weekend. Crashed it 3 times in one outing. Cost a dollar and 15 minutes to fix each time. I didn't even break a prop! This is my new trainer now. This way I won't spend $2,000.00 learning to fly......:confused:. Check out QuadLugs website if you want to build a upscale wood quad easily. Sorry I can't get the link to you. Sunspots I guess.
 
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HDtallrider said:
Building your own is still the most fun. Consider wood until you learn to fly well. I crashed twice very quickly with my plastic/metal quad and it was costly to fix. Mostly because there was little give in the frame and the shock transferred to some of the components. I built a wood one over the weekend. Crashed it 3 times in one outing. Cost a dollar and 15 minutes to fix each time. I didn't even break a prop! This is my new trainer now. This way I won't spend $2,000.00 learning to fly......:confused:. Check out QuadLugs website if you want to build a upscale wood quad easily. Sorry I can't get the link to you. Sunspots I guess.
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I completely agree with a wooden quad. I like the H design because it is simple, and easy. You could bring some zip-ties and pre-cut parts with you, that way if you crash you can repair it quickly on the field cheaply. I started on aluminium, thinking it was going to be almost un-breakable. Defiantly not so my first two minutes of flight bent it really bad, and before I put it away it looked like it had been hit by a car xD. It only took me an hour to fix it, now I keep some pre-fab parts with me to make repairs when needed. I added wood inside the aluminium chanel and it will take a LOT of a beating, I have yet to bend the parts with the wood added, just skew the frame. And like you said, not a broken prop xD



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Here is the build log.
 
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I am still going to make a larger, more sophisticated quad in the future. For now the wood allows me to experiment very cheaply. I have a complete set of arms already made that I bring with me. I went high end and use spruce now. The 4 arms cost me $4.48. Spruce is amazingly strong and light. Since I switched I have not broken a single arm. I'm beginning to question my desire to use anything else. I probably will use other materials since I have a buttload of them on hand and I have to do something with them. No rush. Still learning. By the way, I'm with you on flying a modified H. Way better than a X as long as you maintain the equal spacing from motor to motor. They are practically foolproof to construct.
 
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Haha, even if/when I get good at flying I plan on using a wood/aluminium frame for acro and flying around stuff I may easily crash into. Something about not worrying about an expensive frame while you fly that allows you to have fun. If I get any, I may use spruce inserts/replacements for some of my aluminium, but as of now I built my frame basically free to me.
 
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Free is always the most cost efficient....... HaHa! All the tech stuff on spruce makes it the organic version of carbon fiber. They make full size planes and boats using spruce. Slightly lighter than basswood and literally twice as strong! I'm impressed. May not be as sexy as aluminum or carbon fiber but it sure gives bang for the buck.
 
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I'm afraid if I paint it some cool design I'll be too afraid to fly it! Maybe when my flying skills improve. The process on those images looks like it would add a couple hundred grams or so to a build, not to mention the time involved trying to match replacement arms to the original pattern. I'm gonna stick to the "organic" look for now. It makes crashing less painful.........
 
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I am probably doing my whole quad in a single colour, just for simplicity’s sake.


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