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So much information, thank you for sharing this article. I did not realize how close I came to over discharging my lipos, thankfully my charger already knew where to stop charging at. But this will undoubtedly help in the future.

I re soldered all the signal connections, that seems to have helped. I bought some props online, accidentally got 6" props when I wanted 8" but it does take off, I'm somewhat glad I got the 6" as it let me practice a bit more with how the controls all work etc. However I noticed another strange...

It was the connections from the esc to the motor really, I didn't do a very good job soldering the first time. But I re soldered them and it was running fine today, I went flying for a while after work. It's a lot different than the simulator, but I'm getting the hang of it.

That was indeed the issue, I re soldered the motor connections and it tan fine. Maiden flight lasted about 4 seconds, basically I brought the throttle up and went to far and the quad lifted up to about 12 feet. I was just trying to get it to hover a little off the ground and so I panicked when...

My first quadcopter, and first time soldering so I'm sure its the connections. I intend to double check all the soldered cables tonight when I get home, but I wanted to see if there was anything else I should check. When I go to test my motors in LibrePilot or with the remote, 2 of my motors...

I did look around on there, it was a little difficult to navigate. The main reason I went with the kit on amazon was the price, when I put all the parts together from Hobby King or Banggood it always added up to $20 - $30 more than the kit. I got everything put together last night, unfortunately...

Yeah I've been looking into the different options for the FPV set up, although I think if I spend more money on this paycheck my girl will probably make me sleep in my car lol. I thought it would be good to learn to fly via line of sight first, and then transition to FPV afterwards. I just found...

Oh my, I just skipped over the part before the Header lol that's my fault. Reading comprehension is fundamental eh? Either way thanks you for posting it, I've read that there are calculator programs that can help you determine the thrust of your build. So far the only one I found was eCalc.ch...

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to write this up, I certainly learned a lot. I am curious though, is there a way for me to calculate the thrust of a motor/prop combo for instance if I have an 1806 2300kv motor with a 5030 prop can I calculate the thrust of that? I will likely look into this...

I found a kit and RC on amazon was hoping to get some feedback as to whether it would be a decent first build. Amazon.com: YKS FlySky FS-i6 Upgraded 2.4GHz 6 Channels Radio Control System Transmitter with FS-iA6 Receiver for RC Quadcopter Helicopter: Toys & Games Amazon.com: LHI 250mm Pro Pure...

I was in the dark until about a week ago, had never even heard of FPV racing. The only drones I had seen were the extremely expensive RTF's with fancy cameras etc. I had no interest in those, but FPV racers, that I can tinker with are almost to good to be true. I had to wait on my paycheck to...