PhantomFan said:LOL @ flying your wallet! Yeah, it can get expensive making mistakes with a Phantom.
Here's a quad I scratch built out of PVC tubing from Ace Hardware whose frame cost <$5.00. (No joke). The whole thing all up cost ~$130.00 and only because I put some motors on that would provide some serious "up" and because I also opted for ECS's with SimonK firmware. This quad could easily have been built for <$100. As constructed, here are the components:
3/4" PVC frame
KK2.1 flight computer, firmware updated to v.1.11.
ECS's are 20A AFRO w/ SimonK firmware
Sunny Skies 2212-13 980kv motors swinging 1045 props.
2200 mAh batteries (gives 7 - 7 1/2 minutes flight time if flown gently)
"Landing gear" are three cut-off sharpie markers with the guts removed and tips cut off. I painted the rear one red for orientation purposes. The "roll cage" that protects the electronics I scavenged from my wife's liquid soap/skin cream organizer.
The board that supports the electronics and the "battery tray" I made from the pine sides of a box of Clementines my wife bought at Stop and Shop. I doubled the thickness, wood glued them together, cut to size/shape, then painted.
I still haven't dialed in the gains and stick scaling, which is done right in the field on the KK2 board which has an actual screen and menus to make alterations in flight characteristics and transmitter response for all axis on the fly - no pun intended. No computer hook-up required. Here it is yesterday, flown gently around the yard while I assessed the then current settings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ioar0iypg0
Although I do not intend to crash or bash it while learning to fly acrobatics, if it happens, no problem. Everything important is protected, and everything not protected is cheap and replaceable or repairable. Personally, I think everyone should fly a "basher" before doing serious money damage to their wallet by crashing a Phantom, but that's my $.02. YMMV.
Be well, and Happy New Year.
PF
eckoner said:PF You have inspired me to build one better and cheaper lol than what you have. Keep you posted
Happy New Year.
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