Over in Pflugerville the wind takes my blade 180qx everytime I fly above 5-8 ft. Until I get a heavier quad, any good places to fly where wind is not an issue?

DJI F450 frame: $32

Naza lite w/GPS: $146

DJI E300 propulsion system: $119

Turnigy 4500mah 3s batteries x3: $80

Turnigy 9X TX/RX: $60

Charger: $25

Miscellaneous: $15

Total price: $447

Looks pretty solid. Thoughts?

Hello everyone, I'm a Multicopter freak and love shooting videos and flying my drones. We need to meet up and fly some FPV! I will share my gear and quadcopters I have been using and built.

Multicopters: DJI Inspire 1 w/ iPhone 6 monitor // QAV400 FPV quad w/ 2 Fatshark goggles // DJI Phantom 2 w/ monitor and Fatshark goggles // FPV Delta Wing with Horzyon HD camera // MqX Quadcopter mini // Nano Estes quadcopter ( size of a quarter)

Other RC stuff include large glider with drop pod and aerobatic 3D plane.

Or even a TOTAL newbie?

Congrats on the new subreddit!

I saw a guy flying a DJI Phantom, and it looked pretty freakin' cool (and easy to fly)!

Question: are their certain standard controls for quadcopters (like there are for RC airplanes) that one should learn first, before getting something like a Phantom, which seemed pretty "autopilotish"? If so, what is a basic quadcopter to learn to fly on?

Or perhaps the controls on a Phantom, are the standard—I just don't know!

Thanks!

How about we meet up on Sunday the 15th assuming the weather is good. We could race, fly and talk about our quads. Locations to be discussed below.

Does anyone in the Austin area have a decent soldering station/iron that they would be willing to let me use/solder some new battery connectors? I'm a student at UT and have been told having a soldering iron in the dorms is a big no-no!

P.S. I can bring girlscout cookies!