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not a fan of Matek fc's. Some of the guys I fly with love them but I have never got on with them. I run the betaflight f4. Skip 3s, you will out grow it very quickly. Just go straight to 4s and turn your rates down a bit. I also wear glasses but have diopters in my Dom v3's. Will be getting a set of ROH prescription inserts for them soon. As for online ordering... www.phaserfpv.com.au My mates shop and my local. Get 90% of my stuff from him. You wont be disappointment with the service.
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Alas they didn't have gimbals listed, except two second hand ones that look to be out of a X9D (your old ones?). The diopters you buy for goggles all seem to be for short-sighted people and are all negative values (for example these). My glasses are positive diopter...I think +2. I haven't seen any positive diopter inserts and I can't see jack close-up without my glasses. |
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...found the ROH Supplier in Germany.
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Yeah, prescription is the way to go. They arent cheap but worth it if your serious about the hobby.
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So are the inserts for FatShark always the same size?
Would hate to pay $100-odd for a pair of prescription dioptres and the next set of new-and-improved goggles you buy they don't damn well fit... Fatsharks are not cheap as it is without adding an extra $100 on every pair you buy ![]() |
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they are indeed. The Doms in all their guise use the same case.
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I just want to take my drone out of the box and fly it, I have no interest in stuffing around with it and building it. Just because some people have a different level of interest does not make their interest crap.
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...but that wasn't a disparaging or condescending remark was it? The problem with buying a drone out of a box is that you're tied to the box manufacturer's gear. Whereas I wouldn't call them crap both DJI and Mavic are both horrendously expensive...but they appeal to people that don't have the time or patience to learn how to put a drone together. The issue is of course that if your DJI or Mavic breaks then you take it to a DJI or Mavic service centre and they give you copious butt-hurt in the wallet...mainly because they can. DJI and Mavic are the airborne equivalent of Apple. They are also slow-as, so if you're after the equivalent of an airborne Datsun 120Y you're in the right place (they do make a good camera platform however). Something breaks on mine I pay $30 for a new part and away I go...'home made' drones make rubbish camera platform for taking pics of stationary objects, like houses. They make excellent camera platforms for people who like to wish they can fly like a bird: ...and yeah some of the flying is pretty insane (and grossly illegal). Cool though and epic control. |
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Do those cameras have mechanical stabilisation?
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Some of the more expensive pro-hobbyist and commercial drones have very expensive camera gimbals that do stabilise video.
The bigger RTF drones, like DJI and Mavic are quite slow/stable and you can get away without it, to a degree. The 'home built' ones? Hahahah no. The most you get is soft-mounting on rubber o-rings (or something similar) so they don't get a jello effect on the video from the props. Jello effect (fast forward to 1:30 and turn the sound down): Last edited by Ratmick; 04-08-2018 at 05:35 PM. Reason: typo |
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![]() FWIW that's a pretty stable platform and good quality video ![]() The panning is probably just inexperience with the drone, or the editing software. It looked ok to me, although the music choice was a bit up-tempo for the choice of scenery. However if that is what you were after when buying the drone then good work. It's not for me, it's like being tethered to the ground and 'flying' in a balloon...as distinct to being strapped onto a peregrine falcon that can fly backwards as well as forwards as well as inverted at full-throttle. |
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Pretty good!
We had a gyro-stabilised lens in the chopper. 30 yrs ago cost $350k. If we put g-force on like that the gyro would hit it's stop and slam the lens back 180°. You're getting far better video now for not much moolah.
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![]() and my quad is indeed "homebuilt" and capable of 100kph, sometimes faster. Personally building it is half the fun, crashing it and rebuilding it just keeps the fun going! Speaking of which, need to do some repairs after bouncing off a few trees today. Think I have damaged some caps from prop strikes and getting terrible video feed now but it was great fun!
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How much flight time can you typically expect?
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Too many factors, depends on weight and how many cells in your pack, what motors you're packing and how far away you plan on getting (in any direction). A lot of it will depend on peripherals too, your camera(s) and Rx/video transmitter.
I'm going to be using 3S packs (three LiPo cells in series, so 11.1V), but haven't flown yet as it's still a work in progress. Creative (who is using 4S and is moving to 6S) and the OP could tell you what they get but it'll only be an indication and not any thing useful. In fact the OP's flight times should be pretty similar, the DJI drones aren't quick and nothing ever changes in setup...having said that the batteries are normally under-specced and the things are relatively heavy. Generally if you fly like a pussy the drone will stay in the air longer too...but where's the fun in that? Last edited by Ratmick; 04-08-2018 at 08:55 PM. Reason: typo |
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Goes plenty fast enough for me top speed I have hit is 57km/hr in sports mode from memory, actually most of the time I use standard mode which is about 30km/hr (my speeds may be off a bit but pretty sure that's what they were).
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My first drone is already gone and sold (Syma Drone) as I have upgraded to my current one (DJI Spark), will probably upgrade again in the future, but I think I will always keep the little 'Spark' its just too handy, and lives in a hard case in the boot of my car since I bought it.
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And I guess the same people doing this stuff will then complain when drone flying gets heavily regulated and may be even banned in most places. Still a good video to watch and I would hope it was filmed under controlled conditions.
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I'm not condoning his actions, but I do admire the skill...especially where he was on one side of the train and did an inverted barrel roll to the other side and flew underneath a moving train ![]() The way I see it it's horses for courses. If you want to fly around and basically sightsee then what you are looking at and what you have bought is ideal, especially if you have deep pockets. If you like fiddling, experimenting, improving your skills, pushing the envelope of what is possible and punching holes in the sky then what Creative is doing is also valid. |
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I'd love a drone but it's not practical inner city and probably not fair on the neighbours either. I'd just end up hitting the power lines and crash landing it into someone's car.
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How much flying time (range) do these things have?
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How long is a piece of string?
Your question is the equivalent of asking how fast does a car go. Depends on your drone, and what you are doing. Mine gets about 14-16 minutes of flying time per battery (I have three batteries) and the furtherest I have dared to take it is about 1km away but advertised range is 2km. If you buy a Phantom Pro, they have about 30 minutes of flight time, and up to 7km range. Not sure about these racing drones as they seem to be custom build.
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![]() Horses for courses for sure, but some common sense would go a long way in preserving the past time into the future.
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I was wincing at 0:43 in when he is whizzing down some side street and across roads without pausing. Not sure how many motorists would like a drone through the side window of their car, nor many motorcyclists (many who don't wear helmets in some states) in the side of the head.
You'd hope he had done a reccy over and around and possibly had spotters linked up with walkie talkies...but I am guessing not. There does seem to be another person doing the same thing and putting a drone on the ground just before he flies up and over the large building... |
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I am going 6s ( 25.2v fully charged and which involves lower KV motors ) at the moment and whilst I will be using more cells the Mah capacity will be less, I will be trying 1250mah and 1000mah and I should see about 4min of flight time. And yes, these things will jump start your car ![]()
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Still an awesome video though...
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