I have a full Phantom 3S with Controller and batterys. It took a swim in the river and never flew again.
The choice was to revamp her as a P3S but that would only be sharing space with my better P3Pro.
The idea discussed with my pal who is a dab hand at FPV and Quads - was to rip out the dead DJI gear and replace with common Flight Controller and parts.
As far as we can tell - the motors are fine .. so that's one item we can leave. The shell is good enough .... that's another. That also allows us to use the battery holder built into the shell ...
The TX and Radio gear is to be my 9xr and FrSky DJT / V8JT ... so will be PWM based.
Parts ordered (Banggood) :
PWM to PPM encoder for on-board conversion from FrSky Rx to FC :
https://www.banggood.com/PWM-To-PPM-...p-1070269.html
Flight controller :
https://www.banggood.com/BETAFLIGHT-...p-1162891.html
4x ESC :
https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-R...p-1105108.html
GPS with Compass :
https://www.banggood.com/UBLOX-NEO-M...-p-971082.html
I already have the combined Tx and camera from Hobby King :
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/fx718-6-...-play-kit.html
and I ordered adaptor for Rx to Android as a tester before going for full Goggles :
https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-ROT...p-1147692.html
Total price $98 .... a far cry from the ~$200 just to replace with DJI gear just to fly !
Hopefully this should get me started ... and on my way !
Once concept is proven ... a simple Gimbal and Sport Cam will be fitted to provide on-board video recording capability - certainly not up to specs of DJI ... but good enough.
Nigel
The choice was to revamp her as a P3S but that would only be sharing space with my better P3Pro.
The idea discussed with my pal who is a dab hand at FPV and Quads - was to rip out the dead DJI gear and replace with common Flight Controller and parts.
As far as we can tell - the motors are fine .. so that's one item we can leave. The shell is good enough .... that's another. That also allows us to use the battery holder built into the shell ...
The TX and Radio gear is to be my 9xr and FrSky DJT / V8JT ... so will be PWM based.
Parts ordered (Banggood) :
PWM to PPM encoder for on-board conversion from FrSky Rx to FC :
https://www.banggood.com/PWM-To-PPM-...p-1070269.html
Flight controller :
https://www.banggood.com/BETAFLIGHT-...p-1162891.html
4x ESC :
https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-R...p-1105108.html
GPS with Compass :
https://www.banggood.com/UBLOX-NEO-M...-p-971082.html
I already have the combined Tx and camera from Hobby King :
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/fx718-6-...-play-kit.html
and I ordered adaptor for Rx to Android as a tester before going for full Goggles :
https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-ROT...p-1147692.html
Total price $98 .... a far cry from the ~$200 just to replace with DJI gear just to fly !
Hopefully this should get me started ... and on my way !
Once concept is proven ... a simple Gimbal and Sport Cam will be fitted to provide on-board video recording capability - certainly not up to specs of DJI ... but good enough.
Nigel
