Thread 2937029

In /rcg/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, etc.

>How do I get started with racing drones?
https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/
https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/

> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID

>What about planes?
https://www.flitetest.com/

>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?
Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.

>I want a cheap RC training plane that is turnkey.
XK Beaver
Eachine Wing Dragon
OMPHobby T720
Hobbyzone Champ (used only)

>I want a good FPV fixed wing platform.
ZOHD Drift
Sonicmodell AR Wing
Finwing Albabird

>I want a basher fixed wing model for doing crazy shit that is easily repairable.
RCFactory, Hacker and other similar profile models

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly around my yard/garden
Syma X5C

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly inside my house
Eachine E010/Hubsan X4

>What are some good YouTube channels for learning or fun?
Joshua Bardwell - https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBardwell
Painless360 - https://www.youtube.com/@Painless360
Flite Test - https://www.youtube.com/@FliteTest
Peter Sripol - https://www.youtube.com/@PeterSripol
RCModelReviews - https://www.youtube.com/@RCModelReviews
Andrew Newton - https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewNewton
RCGutt - https://www.youtube.com/@rcgutt
RC Test Flight - https://www.youtube.com/@rctestflight
Think Flight - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkflight
Tail Heavy Productions - https://www.youtube.com/@TailHeavyProductions

Previous: >>2898878

If I swapped the motors/electronics from a 6" build onto a 7" frame is there any chance I could use the same BF tune with both prop sizes and just switch between 4s and 6s? Motors are Brotherhobby Avenger 2507 1850kv.

>plug in lipo
>one cell's at 0V
at least it's under warranty, I guess.

I wanna know how to build a drone like the Ukrainians use against the ruZZians. That's a real drone and the rest of this stuff is garbage. That's what we should all be building and learning to fly. We're gonna need that skill as a society soon when WW3 expands since it's already been going on since ruZZia invaded Ukraine.

>>2938923
as far as I know the kamakaze ones are basically hobby ones anyone could build, with a few aux controls to detonate/drop explosives.
the only real oddball thing about the current ones is the fiber optic control links they run in areas with jammers.

>>2938923
I bought one kit similar to this for 80eur last month, later saw the same frame and flight controller on ukraine video footage with an RPG-like warhead underneath being prepared for launch
Most of them seem to be 7" or 10" frames

The only expensive part is the fiber optic wire control, but that's optional

>>2939065
Nice! Now we're talking. What kind of radio and FPV goggles are you using for this?

>>2939028
Is there an open source flight sim for drones? If not open source, what is a good commercial flight sim?

>>2937645
Can you? Yes. Should you? That depends. It's best to current draw test unknown prop combos, but frequently there are tests of what you want to do already available if you just google it.

>>2939076
velocidrone or liftoff

>>2938923
i just finished picrel today, going to test it tomorrow, hopefully i dont kill it lmao.
its 8" running ardupilot on a maetek h7a3 board with some analog vtx
also built a 6s 21700 pack to use with it for long range stuff in the mountains behind my house
>>2939076
im not sure about open source but fpv skydive on steam is free and its pretty decent
theres a not a lot of stuff you can fly for free, and they have a lot of pay shit too
apparently i bought uncrashed on steam years ago and thats what i use these days
it's pretty good but its $15, but you do get everything no extra pay shit.

>>2938923
>That's a real drone and the rest of this stuff is garbage.

They literally fly *exactly* the same builds we fly for fun. Same frames, same motors, same FCs/ESCs, same FPV equipment, same transmitters, all the same manufacturers, etc.

Literally the only difference is they strap on a fiber optic reel while we just use ELRS.

Even the stuff they make in house from scratch is the same we make as hobbyists. Picrelated on the left is one of my custom frame designs from a few years before the war, middle/right is a Ukrainian custom design.

>>2939167
Thanks Anon! I will have to look into these!

>>2939171
Nice! I wish you the best with your testing. Looks cool and I admire your skills.

I appreciate your input on FPV Skydive too. Thank you.

>>2939188
Alright, very valid point and to a degree I retort and appreciate your input. I'm not talking these home made carbon fiber drones, I'm talking about all the store bought pre-assembled and neutered stuff with geofencing and other limits mandated for hobbyists. Even DJI stuff that's not on the professional end of size and lifting power. Syma drones too (I have one and it's crap but it was cheap and my first learning quad) but it's utterly useless in wind and I regret buying it.

To be honest, it was because of all you hobbyists that this whole quadcopter (or X props copters) blew up and became a thing. So I appreciate that a lot and respect it. You guys grew this genre and have now helped change the face of warfare forever. Can't put that genie back in the bottle now.

They're even teaching ordinary citizens in Europe in certain countries that border ruZZia to fly these drones because of the illegal war against Ukraine in preparation for the same to happen to them. That's what I'm interested in.

Imagine what you can all do if you had Red Bull like dollars to fund you...

https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/drone-pilot-vs-f1-driver-interview

>>2939171
>>2939270
first flight went pretty well all things considered.
i couldnt get the compass right so i disabled it,
the elevator was reversed which i knew ardupilot was weird with that but i forgot to check it.
just reversed it real quick and then flew around for a bit, but the tune was terrible out of the box
got a lot of work to do on that
sounded like a humming bird going into a wood chipper but still flew pretty well actually and way quieter than smaller ones.
it hovers at about 10% throttle so maybe a tad overpowered which i like.

>>2939278
It is a pretty weird feeling when I watch the news & see pictures of quads identical to the ones I have on my shelves at home, but in the context of deadly weapons.

Similarly weird knowing that if I lived in Ukraine, I would almost certainly have been recruited to build & fly quads for the army.

Are these ebooks of interest to anyone? There seems to be a lot in other languages than English though.
https://www.scribd.com/search?query=drones

There is a way to extract them if you want them.
https://scribd.vdownloaders.com/
It's a bit of a multi-stage process and captcha wait but they come out uncompressed. Just as good as the upload.

I bought a cheap vrx/vtx combo in 2014, and am finally getting into it, and I understand vrxs have gotten better i.e. diversity, but have vtxs? It's a boscam ts351 and rc805. Any reason to upgrade the ts351 other than weight or nah? Weight is not that big a deal for me as this will be for a 5 lb car. I bought a skyzone cobra x and it's great vs the RC805.

>>2939642
VTXs have become more powerful and gained things like smartaudio, tramp which allow you to control the VTX remotely, and pit modes. Old VTXs are still fine if you're not pressed for space, weight, or looking to go very far, but even a VTX from 5-7 years ago is probably going to be more powerful and have more features than one from 2014.

>>2939072
>Nice! Now we're talking. What kind of radio and FPV goggles are you using for this?
Using my ancient Flysky FS-i6x that I had lying around, only been learning to fly line of sight for now
with those prop guards https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Propeller_Guards_for_Mk4_7_inch_Drone_38071821.html

Bought the cheap eachine 800D clone goggles and the camera+vtx from https://oscarliang.com/150-dollar-7inch-fpv-drone/, will arrive in a couple of weeks

>>2939076
>>2939268
I've managed to pirate liftoff, uncrashed and tryp

Uncrashed is pretty bad
Liftoff is okay
I like Tryp the most because there are a few big maps with different scenary while the others limit you to a pretty small area

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e5c4472ad73f20b51b52a548af75d1f269bf8861&dn=TRYP%20FPV&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0ef06180c2509899bbd811efc1bd0c5e84d42cfb&dn=Liftoff

>>2939188
How good are fiberoptic video transmitters? I want to make an ROV. Wireless doesn't work underwater

>>2939989
Considering that literally every commercial ROV uses a tether, I’d wager that they work quite well.

>>2937029 (OP)
Is there a small relatively inexpensive self flying drone that I can program to chase mosquitos and flies?

>>2939990
I mean fiberoptic video transmitters for FPV drones. They're cheap on aliexpress. I'm wondering about how well the cheap ones work with the cable flopping around. Fiberoptics attenuate more when the cable bends

I've been a radio control hobbyist for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately in all my years of experience i never advanced very far due to my lack of access to flying sites. Were it not for that I would have done a little more.

I find joy in flying nano sized models that I can fly around in my backyard, though theyre not the most impressive.

I've been a radio control hobbyist for nearly 20 years. Unfortunately in all my years of experience i never advanced very far due to my lack of access to flying sites. Were it not for that I would have done a little more.

I find joy in flying nano sized models that I can fly around in my backyard, though the models themselves are not the most impressive. I ha e a closet full of unbuot model kits.

>>2940009
Do you clean up the fiber optics when you’re done or just leave it?

THEY are banning access to drones for goyims, I’m sure THEY will ban fiber optic drones next over the “trash concerns”


By they I mean the banks

>>2940369
I know that feel. I went flying today for the first time in over a year, had to drive 45 minutes then hike another 20 minutes.

>>2940369
Same here, but just a little shy of you in terms of years of experience (about 17 years at this point) across both fixed wing and helicopters. My yard is not even big enough for those types of models that you mention, though.

I used to have a flying site, but I left because I was paying $175 per year to only fly maybe once every quarter or so. So I left the local and AMA membership.

I travel about 45 minutes away to a park which is big enough, then walk for about ten minutes to an open field. I have not flown since June and before that was March (twice). This morning was likely my last chance until October and I think that I might have other priorities then, so it might not be until late November or even the middle of December when I can fly again.

What is even more embarrassing is that someone who has been doing RC for five to seven years could out-fly me, whereas I cannot do aerobatics. I focus on never crashing as I do not have the money for spare parts, let alone a replacement (though I have enough saved from the past two years to go to a swap meet and pick up some spare parts, or maybe a model or two). When half of the models that you fly are over a decade old, spare part availability is always questionable at best (except for Dynam, who still have the same models in there catalogue).

My kit stash (of shame):
>GWS P-40
>NaPolskimNiebie I-153
>NaPolskimNiebie Zlin Z-50
ARFs:
>Maxford USA Curtiss Pusher
>Phoenix Model Sonic Low Wing
Secondhand restoration projects:
>Ares P-51D (almost airworthy)
>E-Flite X-Vert (needs a radio compatible, but now I have a DX6i for it)
>Unknown Micro Quad (TinyWhoop/Inductrix type of craft)
>Flyzone Mini Switch
>Hobbyking Stinger 64mm (the original red one)
>Spektrum FPV set (which I think was made by Fat Shark, back when they were at their height)
Plus about 50 plastic model kits.

OP, if you want something nice, you should look into MicroAces and MinimumRC, they have some very lovely looking kits in your size.

>>2940406
The picture here is of my Sukhoi Su-29, by the way. It is an older E-Flite model bought in October of 2019. These were good value despite being from Horizon, since for $200, you got 13g metal gear digital servos, which comparable offerings from RocHobby (the MXS), FMS (the Edge 540, etc) and Flyzone (Extra 330) did not give you for about the same amount of money or even more. When I was flying more frequently (once every two months instead of once every 3-5 months), I was coordinated enough to do stuff like loops and rolls.

>Actually buying a Horizon product

Oh yeah, any fellow fixed wing boomers want me to pick up and send stuff to you from the swap meet, if you need spares and the like.

>be me
>want to upgrade to dji fpv shit but its banned, and the chinks wont ship to the us now
>fuck it ill just stay analog and get a gopro
>buy gopro for $430 a couple days ago
>it gets here yesterday
>go to set it up on their website, its on sale for $330
>WTF.jpg
>start a return immediately
>order another for $100 less
fucking annoying but 100 bucks is 100 bucks

>>2940406
I know you what mean. I was first attracted to the hobby by seeing 3d but not really got gud..

I still have my great planes yak 54 ep.
Its in a state of disrepair. Needs a little repair to the vertical stab butbit can be made air worthy again. Its a really old 3D arf made woth wood construction. I only ever flew it a handful of times.

>>2940406 #
I know you what mean. I was first attracted to the hobby by seeing 3d but never really got gud..

I still have my great planes yak 54 ep.
Its in a state of disrepair. Needs a little repair to the vertical stab butbit can be made air worthy again. Its a really old 3D arf made woth wood construction. I only ever flew it a handful of times.

You'd be surprised how small of a space thay TY model nano stack plane can fly. The wing and landing gear pops off. I packed them up to a shoe box and brought it to the camp grounds on vacation. It could be flown around in a very small circle around our camp site.

>>2940464
I know the one, blue white and red, Yak, if my memory serves me right.

When I was starting fixed wing ~10 years ago, the goal was to do IMAC or pattern. I am nowhere near precise enough and the trends in aerobatic aircraft have shifted. I miss those days of 3D (2000s especially). I still watch some of the old demonstrations from that time, the new guys are not that smooth, they do too many snap rolls and tumbles, which are hard maneuvers to control. Also they fly the same two aircraft always. It is either a Slick or a Laser these days. It has been years since I have since a Yak, Sukhoi, Ultimate or Cap compete in these competitions.

>Great Planes
I miss Hobbico so much. They had several models that I wanted, but never got (especially the Electrifly Gee Bee).

I have thought about getting this NOS Heli-Max Axe EZ that I found for flying indoors and in the yard, but it uses NiMH packs, if my memory serves me right, which I do not mind using, I just need to get some.

Do you have RealFlight? I will set-up a session next weekend/Friday evening. I can do some 3D pretty well, but I will need for you to download a couple of models. Simulators are far from perfect, but it should help you learn.

I would also suggest checking out RA Cores, they have a cheap Yak that seems perfect for learning to hover on.

>>2940492
Also, excuse the Plebbit spacing, my apologies. Have a screencap of a Tower catalogue that I saved to my computer...

>>2940492
Thats the one. Its been hanging on my wall for years. Its been calling me to fly it. With my luck I'll just lawn dart it on Its re-maiden. But id certainly do alot of sim practice and transmitter setup in attempt to avoid that.

I love collected afew NOS items too for nostalgia. I have a really cool thunder tiger mister mulligan park flyer foam model. Never built. That was crazy hard to get. Im almost on the fence about building it becuase I think its valuable.
I also have an eflight old blade cp pro. Its got a white, gray and blue canopy. 120mm tail boom.

I've done a little basic helicopter flying but never got the hang of 3d. I have a blade nano 3d for the backyard.

Other stuff I have, a lot of traxxas nitro models. I like collecting the 3.3 ones. Nitro is a bit fo fun to play with amd ive always fancied the idea of having a really nice hanger9 warlord with glow engine. So the nitro experience on cars wjth help.there. again, I just need a flying site...

Sure I have some sims. All mine are bootlegs but I have real flight 5 or 7? I may purchased a copy on steam too.
Anyways. My steam username is matacks172 . Sure id join some RC gameplay. Hehe

>>2940492
>>2940492 #
Thats the one. Its been hanging on my wall for years. Its been calling me to fly it. With my luck I'll just lawn dart it on Its re-maiden. But id certainly do alot of sim practice and transmitter setup in attempt to avoid that.

I too like collecting NOS stuff. I bought a few NOS items too for nostalgia. I have a really cool thunder tiger mister mulligan park flyer foam model. Never built. That was crazy hard to get. Im almost on the fence about building it becuase I think its valuable.
I also have an eflight old blade cp pro. Its got a white, gray and blue canopy. 120mm tail boom.

I've done a little basic helicopter flying but never got the hang of 3d. I have a blade nano 3d for the backyard.

Other stuff I have, a lot of traxxas nitro models. I like collecting the 3.3 ones. Nitro is a bit fo fun to play with amd ive always fancied the idea of having a really nice hanger9 warbird with glow engine. So the nitro experience on cars wjth help there. again, I just need a flying site...

Sure I have some sims. All mine are bootlegs but I have real flight 5 or 7? I may purchased a copy on steam too.
Anyways. My steam username is matacks172 . Sure id join some RC gameplay. Hehe. Thats if I can find the time for some gaming session.

Thats the one. Its been hanging on my wall for years. Its been calling me to fly it. With my luck I'll just lawn dart it on Its re-maiden. But id certainly do alot of sim practice and transmitter setup in attempt to avoid that.

I too like collecting NOS stuff. I bought a few NOS items for nostalgia. I have a really cool thunder tiger mister mulligan park flyer foam model. Never built. That was crazy hard to get. Im almost on the fence about building it becuase I think its valuable. The significance to for me about that modle is that ita the first one e instead purchased after reading about it in a magazine. Dont recall the namethe magazine. mag.
I also have an eflight old blade cp pro. Its got a white, gray and blue canopy. 120mm tail boom.

I've done a little basic helicopter flying but never got the hang of 3d. I have a blade nano 3d for the backyard.

Other stuff I have, a lot of traxxas nitro models. I like collecting the 3.3 ones. Nitro is a bit fo fun to play with amd ive always fancied the idea of having a really nice hanger9 warbird with glow engine. So the nitro experience on cars wjth help there. again, I just need a flying site...

Sure I have some sims. All mine are bootlegs but I have real flight 5 or 7? I may purchased a copy on steam too.
Anyways. My steam handle is matacks845. Sure id join some RC gameplay. Hehe. Thats if I can find the time for some gaming session.

So the kids nowadays like these racing drones. Its pretty sweet desu. I've bought the parts to build one by following the guide for the $100 build on uavfutures youtubes.. Again, its been sitting in boxes. The big barrier to entry for
there is the headset. instead I have a small lcd display that i can rig it up to.

Thats the one. Its been hanging on my wall for years. Its been calling me to fly it. With my luck I'll just lawn dart it on Its re-maiden. But id certainly do alot of sim practice and transmitter setup in attempt to avoid that.

I too like collecting NOS stuff. I bought a few NOS items for nostalgia. I have a really cool thunder tiger mister mulligan park flyer foam model. Never built. That was crazy hard to get. Im almost on the fence about building it becuase I think its valuable.
>pic rel/ not mine
I also have an old eflight blade cp pro with brushed motor. Its got a white, gray and blue canopy. Its 120 size.

I've done a little bit basic heli flying but never got the hang of 3d. I have a blade nano S3 for practice in the backyard.

Other stuff I have, a lot of traxxas nitro models. I like collecting the 3.3 ones. Nitro is a bit fo fun to play with amd ive always fancied the idea of having a really nice hanger9 warbird with glow engine. So the nitro experience on cars wjth help there. again, I just need a flying site...

Sure I have some sims. All mine are bootlegs but I have real flight 5 or 7? I may purchased a copy on steam too.
Anyways. My steam handle is matacks845. Sure id join some RC gameplay. Hehe. Thats if I can find the time for some gaming session.

So the kids nowadays like these racing drones. Its pretty sweet desu. I've bought the parts to build one by following the guide for the $100 build on uavfutures youtubes.. Again, its been sitting in boxes. The big barrier to entry for
there is the headset. instead I have a small lcd display that i can rig it up to.

>>2940496
Dude plebbit space away. Who gives shit?

>>2940496
Dude plebbit space all yku want.. who gives a shit?

I have multiplex blizzard.. best German made foam models. Never built. :/

>>2940369
get a simulator for stick time anon. I haven't been able to take my (now busted) whoop out much this year, the sims keep my skills sharp.
got any recommendations for a micro/nano 1s plane? once I buy some replacement motors for my meteor 75 pro Ill have three good 1102 22000kv motors I could use towards a tiny foamy if possible, plus I could use my 550mah LiHV cells

>>2940506
>Nitro is a bit fo fun to play with
I've wanted to try nitro cars but the total cost to run pushes me away. my fast stuff is already expensive enough with wear items and breakage, picrel from today

>>2940506
>>2940511
As much as I love Multiplex, I am a Simprop and Graupner man myself (also because of how autistic Graupner was in subject selection, for example, they never made a Cub, but they made a Husky, a Wilga and a Stinson Voyager, not to mention their quad VTOL).

I found a Multiplex Smiley in Hungary (the first Multiplex foamie). I am seriously thinking of importing it along with a domestically made foamie called the Chilliplanes Yper (it is almost a box wing).

This is where they are available: https://rchungary.hu/en/

That said, these are part of a long list of stuff that I want and the Axe EZ is probably the next to be bought, unless I can negotiate a good deal on an E-Flite Sea Fury on RCGroups. It is NIB and the asking is $225, I want $175 for it. Some of those guys have treated me well and I got a NIB Parkzone Stinson Reliant for $100 on there.

My version of RF is from a disc, it is 7.5, but multiplayer works across all version, except for RFX and RF Drone, I will probably change my username to "HeadDucker". I will provide some Catbox files of a few good models for 3D (Zlin 50, Zlin 526, Katana, Cap 21 and RV-6A), plus colorschemes. Keep your eyes peeled during the week, as I will share the links then.

Thoughts on the Horizon retro re-releases of the Champ and mCx? The Champ has special value for me as that is what I learned to fly on before getting 4 channel models (I bought only Parkzone and Flyzone in those days).

Racing drones are cool, but that is an entirely different rabbit hole. I remember when multirotors was still incredibly niche before stuff like the Phantom came out. Times when people were much nicer to the hobby.

I need to order a nitro engine for a model too, probably get an Enya 29 for it.

By the way, Alfa Models are still going and there is also this company in Poland who make old school kit style models, I have two of their models and I am working (slowly) on the I-153.
https://www.napolskimniebie.pl/

>>2940533
>old school kit style models
By that I mean like the foam kits like the ones GWS and those companies used to sell.

Now I have some new-found energy to fly, but alas, tomorrow is Monday.
>>2940523
NTA, but the Hobbyzone Champ, as per the sticky. You can find them used for $50 or sometimes less. New is $120 without the transmitter, though. I am a bit biased, but once you fly it enough, you can land on a picnic table with ease and you can even slope soar them.
Also there used to be a modding culture that was significant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QNU9_7EMc
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1274849-Float-kit-for-Hobbyzone-Champ
Plus many more.

I would also check out the MicroAces Scrappy and Hobbyzone Sport Cub. Some of the older Parkzone and Flyzone micros are great too, just hard to come by.

Mind telling me where you got the gondola sticker from?

>>2940523
Everyone knows Nitro engines are very obsolete in terms of performance. Its just for funzies, the smell and the sound.

>>2940523
I'll have to take a look at some of those graupner models..

As for 1s nano plane rcs there's a bunch.
Already mentioned are the mirco aces and minimum RC. Pictured futher up the thread is my TY model KP300 red. There's a green version with slightly different design. Its a very good flyer and can fly slow. Shop around on minimum RC to get an idea of the electronics you need. They'll end up costing about $60 usa to get in the air.
There's just so much mini/nano stuff on banggood and ali express. You can really take your pick. There's also volantex mini models. I has the volantex 761-4. It was quite good sold it. It has more speed. Going into the faster models you can find some fast but small 2s stuff with brushlless.

I have the dancing wings E23 ice cream plane but haven't built it yet.. theres a similar version of this plane umder a different name being sold on banggood..

Anyway, dont be like me and buy more than you fly..

Here it is. Thats pretty new.

Call it the new version of e23 ice cream

>>2940541
thanks I'll look into those.

>Mind telling me where you got the gondola sticker from?
it's an old https://kommandostore.com/ item that's not available anymore (picrel), they do have other gondola stuff tho. could email them, they may be cool enough to do a re-run of them.

>>2940570
>minimum RC
oh that's quite useful, thanks.

>>2940583
Kommando store has gone downhill the past few years, sadly. Still not a bad store, but there is a lot of out of stock items.

>>2940506
AnonFile is gone and Catbox is down for me, but I have some goodies for you, use the import function, it should be able to handle the .zip, but if not, open it and import the .rfx and .g3x files individually. Make sure to do the "_ea" (entire aircraft) files first.
https://anontransfer.com/d/VvpWEjfjEE

I will be posting some helicopter updates sometime in the near future (I have not bought it yet as I was waiting for my credit card term to pass). Since that is over with, I am going to buy the model this evening, when I get back home.

Otherwise, I have not done much to do with RC this week. Maybe this weekend, I will do something.

has anybody here opened up hardcase packs for repair before?
I don't want to recycle all 4 packs (14 cells in total) over three failing cells and a broken balance connection.

>>2940523
Get some Typhon 3s wheels, they hold up on 6s and are much much cheaper.

New Limitless just dropped too, 120mph out of the box RTR, do want

>>2941483
I bought some proline badlands PRO906731 to try out. and to be fair that blown tire did have a tiny sidewall tear that I glued up.
>Typhon 3s wheels
I'll keep that in mind for my next jennys order, $35 a set is pretty good.

how does the 3s typhon feel in comparison?

>>2941503
>I bought some proline badlands PRO906731
I think I've talked about this before but I bought those exact ones for mine too and literally the first time I used the throttle, 3 of them tore off from the rims and one tyre had the foam insert rip explode into chunks, the non-belted ones can't handle 6s AT ALL, I reglued them and used them only with a 4s battery no problems but still, very disappointing for how much they cost. I could have bought 3 whole sets of 3s tyres from Jennies for what the Badlands cost. The 3s is my buddies that I used from time to time, so much lighter and easier to control but the amount of times we had to stop early and go home because his slipper clutch wore out was ridiculous. I wonder if they ever fixed that on the newer models.

>>2941514
that's disappointing to hear, the prolines I have for my SCT have taken a shitload of abuse on a high power 3s system without issue. PRO116710 and PRO119010 if you're wondering.

do you run really thick center diff fluid? I've never felt the need to get a wheelie bar with 20k cst in the center.

>I wonder if they ever fixed that on the newer models.
223s models come with a center diff. not a fan of the all in one esc but, my friends senton is fantastic. imo all it really needs is a better motor fan.

>>2941536
IIRC I have 250k for centre and front, 100k for rear, been a while since I've had to tear the diffs down. The wheelie bar was more to protect the wing when doing flips and even then it broke pretty quickly as it was from a 3s basher, you need the wheelie bar that bolts on to your upper wing mount from the 6s Outcasts, definitely worth it imo. Has your friend mastered two wheel driving on the Senton? Apparently it's pretty easy with that model specifically.

>>2941559
his 4s mojave can do that easily. I don't think either of us have tired with the senton

Should I get ev800d or Hdzero box pro?

I know DJI o-4 was the way to go but it looks like it’s going to be banned in America soon.


My thinking is you can’t ban analog

>>2941800
They can ban one just as much or as little as they can ban the other. The fact that one is analog & the other is digital makes no difference.

>>2937029 (OP)
any tutorial on making medium size kamikaze drone?
preferably with fiber optic

I am going to have a multiplayer session running on RealFlight for those interested. I can also help you guys with 3D and helis if you are interested.

>Server Name: diy
>Password: 4chan

I will probably have it running until 9 pm tonight EDT. I will try to have the session running all day tomorrow too during the labor day holiday.

>>2941514
I took them out yesterday, burned through 3 4s packs. while they did drive nice once I adjusted to them (lol traction roll), they balloon more than the stock dboots. I took some slowmo video too, picrel.
maybe I'll just stick to 4s for the time being, seeing as my only 6s pack has a failing cell.

>>2942096
6S packs are just a bitch in general
>$50 minimum
>Even the expensive ones have a shorter lifespan than 3 or 4S packs.

>>2942096
I forgot to say they still balloon quite a lot on 4s but not enough to destroy them, it's nice if you want air control for flips but you'll find you need a pretty big jump to do one on 4s. Speaking of slow mo, you can see how the 3s 2HOs handle 6s full power like nothing

>>2942097
desu I abused the absolute shit out of that pack, I'm surprised it's even alive at this point.
>drained to 3.1v per cell from older esc firmware with no LVC options
>dead stop collision at ~50mph
>esc fire
>motor explosion
>driveline lockup
>driving in -15F snow and +95F off road
>parking lot speedruns
>normal basher abuse

>>2942115
>air control
yeah I did notice that felt a bit different, tho I try to stay level with this car
is the 3s typhon running mojave tires? I've wanted to try those on a typhon

>>2942194
Yep, after seeing how stupid easy it is to control mid-air with those big ass Mojaves we both switched to them and never looked back, I still use the 2HOs if we're just racing on flat ground but Fortresses for everything else.

Where can I get the STLs for a piranha 9 drone? I have a feeling emailing some Russians and asking them for it won’t bode well for me

Kinda want to see how a PLA 6S drone handles obviously I’m not going to strap the rpg round to it

>>2942500
>I have a feeling emailing some Russians and asking
give it a shot

>>2941842
I am left speechless with the questions asked now days.
>acquire drone
>attach HE
congrats you are now a libritarian/terrorist/patriot/whatever