New member with ambitious idea

Jonny3777

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Hi all, I'm new to the forum and to drone building. I have flown many drones but I want to build my own custom build. I am very confused about what parts to buy as there are so many and I worry about buying incompatible components. I was hoping to get some direction from some of you experienced drone builders on my idea so here it is. I have this 1:1 scale replica of a mavic Pro which I 3D printed. It currently weights 207g. I want to kit it out to do the following,
Have a range of about 1km
Have flight time of 25 - 30mins
Have good over stability in a light breeze
Have a return to home function.
Have a camera that I can veiw on my tablet or phone.

Apart from being unfamiliar with the parts I'll need to build this all I can find online are fpv tutorials. I don't want to use goggles I just want to use my phone or tablet. I tried hobbyking.com but they don't support app based camera functions. I was wondering if I bought a cheaper €50 wish drone which supports the camera app function via WiFi, could I incorporate just the camera and its transmitter into my build with higher grade components? I know this seems like a long way around way of doing it but I can't find any kits that support the specs I want with this camera function. Any tips or advice appreciated thanks.
 
For video you could use the dji air digital fpv system should do 1km no problem.

Any f7 flight control board should be able to use the inav firmware so you'll have gps return to home. You'll also need to hook up a gps.

Other than that just get some motors, escs, reciever, transmitter and props should be good to go.

There are other options too so be sure to research before you go buying parts lol.
 
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For video you could use the dji air digital fpv system should do 1km no problem.

Any f7 flight control board should be able to use the inav firmware so you'll have gps return to home. You'll also need to hook up a gps.

Other than that just get some motors, escs, reciever, transmitter and props should be good to go.

There are other options too so be sure to research before you go buying parts lol.


Hi Dugdog, thanks for the reply I was just wondering if you could help me complete the list or tell me if what I have is compatible so far. I've found the following below and was wondering if they will work together, I was wondering if you could help me complete the list I'm afraid to buy the other components incase I get the voltage wrong and burn something out. I'm assuming the mobile reciver for the phone and the camera are compatible on 5.8ghz but the remote is 2.8ghz so I'd assume the drone transmitter would need to be the same, do these two different frequencies make a difference?
Also I'd assume I'd need to buy a smaller transmitter than the one that comes with the receiver? As it looks a bit big.


Sorry I'm so green to all this it's not even
funny lol









 
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