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| 01-01-2015 07:53 PM | ||
| cosmith |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Quote:
You need to fly my Twisted Hobbys foamies next time we bump into each other, you'll be hooked. Sure they don't look as nice as a balsa plane but they are stupid fun to fly and you can you do stuff you'd never dream of trying with a nice plane. I'm still not sure how you could break it...I think you would have to put it into the ground full throttle. Even so, a little CA and you could be back up within minutes! Foamies have a place in this hobby!!! |
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| 01-01-2015 07:51 PM | ||
| bcsaltchucker |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? for the first while, buy some foamies you like or build the Flite Test foamies, but also buy replacement ESC, motors, props, receivers and servos for each one. Eventually you will use them in something. Good to have a big supply of a whole lot of little inexpensive things like heatshrink, battery leads and plugs, bullet conectors, propeller adaptors, servo extensions, hinges, wheels, velcro (very very cheap and good at HK). For a radio a 9XR is a great little radio, but I highly recommend springing for the Taranis with a DSMX module. It is a radio you will never outgrow (runs up to 32 channels), with amazing selection of receivers and telemetry components, and only like $150US now. The DSMX module is so you can use it with any Spektrum receiver or bind-n-fly model. Also has its own Frsky module built in, to use with their excellent and inexpensive receivers. |
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| 01-01-2015 07:13 PM | ||
| jsparky |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Quote:
These things are just plane impossible It will be the first and LAST foamy to ever darken my shop Will be glad when this project is done !!!! going back to my balsa BTW... it is a Habu 2 |
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| 12-31-2014 12:16 PM | ||
| Flypaper |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Never have enough foamies   
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| 12-31-2014 09:29 AM | ||
| cman |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Quote:
I have boxes of stuff I thought I would use at the time making an order recently I have been making an effort to use it up but how many small foam planes does one need |
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| 12-31-2014 08:02 AM | ||
| Flypaper |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...er_w_acc_.html There are many chargers to choose from, but I use two of these. The 20 watts will help you down the road when you get into bigger batts. Good reliable servos are the little HXT 500s and 900s A 20 amp power supply will be needed to go with the batt. charger. If you're ordering lipo batts, keep them on a separate order as it takes much longer and has to go through a different route than the stock stuff. Hope this helps Gord. |
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| 12-31-2014 07:36 AM | ||
| cosmith |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Quote:
If you are just starting and don't have a balancer that would be another good reason to buy a quality prop...the small APC props don't usually need much if anything done to them. |
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| 12-31-2014 07:26 AM | ||
| cosmith |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? I can't say the same will be true for you, but every time I try to buy stuff in bulk I end up with a bunch of stuff I don't use laying around. I know it helps you save on shipping to buy in quantity, but you might want to consider just buying what you need for perhaps the next two projects and go from there. Your interests may change and you may need different stuff. If you are looking at making planes that are similar to Flite Test just hop on their website and look at the power combos they suggest. I think they have links directly to HobbyKing for a lot of the stuff. |
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| 12-31-2014 07:17 AM | ||
| raptor16 |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Quote:
What I had in mind was something like brushless outrun motors, maybe 1100 - 1450 kv, 20-30 amp esc, 6-9g servos, and a wide range of props. But I'm don't know how to much the right size battery for motor, esc and other stuff. My choices are mostly pure guess from what I've been seeing other people do. |
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| 12-31-2014 07:10 AM | ||
| chuebner |
Re: getting started - what electronics to buy? Wow....you are going to have to narrow your search down for us as to what type, size, quantity, etc of planes you plan to be building/assembling. Just to much left to the imagination here. |
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