my parents own a hobbie shop, so i sorta got into RC that way.. anyhow they wanted me to build a race quad for them so i could demo..
so i built this thing its a 250 mini quad, FPV capable.
with a 4 cell lipo i could get 80mpg, not bad considering im not using very efficient props in this picture.. 3" tri are the way to go for a mini quad.
anyhow, my old eyes just can not fl y this fucking thing at full throttle.. but through FPV ( firs person view, ie.. you fly through a camera. ) you sit in your lawn chair, put your goggles on and its like you are driving a car.. no hood in the way tho. its quite the rush actually. hah.
80mpg through a camera is quite the adrenaline rush, especially when you -punch it on a corner, hah. anyhow, they want me to teach people how to fly quads when i get well so thats something i guess.
the plane is a nice little floater. best thing about using dollar tree foam.. you can afford to crash you plane at .99 for two pieces of foam. hah.
great for kids.. takes about a hour to cut the parts out off a sheet of foam... electronics about 90.00 then when you crash you just put your gear in another plane since only the motor usually gets screw up in a really bad crash normally just broken props.
if you fly invest in props. hah
i do look forward to feeling well enough and get my ride on the road. ill take out my 680 size quad. its cool as fuck, can carry a dsl camera. hah.
you can get some kick as video from a quad.. :D
rock on..
chris.