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Subject: Re: Quadcopter build advice
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Yeah, it's good to know where you're headed - no point building a =
"learner quadcopter" which'll only lift 1200g if you know you want to =
lift 2kg or 2.5kg pretty soon down the track.

But baby stepsis the way to go...

big

On 20/11/2012, at 3:37 PM, David Vandenberg wrote:

> Thanks Iain,
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> Yeah I'm definitely not trying to do FPV or other controllers until I =
get the copter going properly.
> That's why I had it under Phase 2 in the original post.
> I'm not trying to do that stuff from the start, but I included it in =
the post as I thought it might be useful for people to see where I'm =
eventually going with it and maybe have some discussion in the meantime.
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> David Vandenberg
> Director | EngineRoom
> Director | Fishburners
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sydney-hackspace@googlegroups.com =
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> Subject: Re: Quadcopter build advice
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> On 19/11/2012, at 4:15 PM, David Vandenberg wrote:
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>> Wow, some great feedback guys, keep it coming!
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> Can I advise that you break this project down into small, individually =
testable stages.=20
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> First get a quadcopter flying with regular rc gear and as much =
off-the-shelf componentry as makes sense for you.
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> Don't try to get fpv video running at the same time. Leave that for =
once you've got some experience flying the quadcopter.
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> Definitely don't start trying to interface Windows HID devices through =
a PC or Arduino and flying via that until you're completely comfortable =
flying it without all that. (I'd probably not want to go down that path =
without someone else who can fly on the trainer controls waiting to take =
over and attempt to land safely when the joystick-pc-radio setup doesn't =
behave exactly as intended).
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> Trying to get all of that working at once at the same time as learning =
to fly the quadcopter and tune the controller/pid-loops, is almost =
guaranteed to fail.
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> (I'm in the middle of step 1, learning to fly and tune controller =
boards. My fpv gear is waiting for me to stop breaking quite so many =
props each time I venture out...)
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