06-Feb-2024, 09:57 PM
I hang with some OG fixed wing guys, they are very inviting, and cool to fly with. I am on their email group, and read the latest. A member got a new gyrocopter, sounded cool, I typed the make/model in the “Google machine” and Hobbywing popped up.. I watched the video and was thinking “pretty cool”..
I then went through hobbywings site…no I can easily understand why some fixed wing pilots don’t venture into quads or fpv. First let me say if u need a battery.. oh they have every shape, size, that can be imagined. I saw a 5000mw 1s lipo… thought about it until I saw that it weighed 148g.
Anyway, as I was saying.. their “drone” section was pretty much .. leftover junk.. I saw one FC, looked at the specs.. it was cleanflight or Basefight…NOT betaflight BASEflight. Maybe one motor to choose from (tenergy-$5).. ALL SORTS of props.. with “adapters”.. they looked the same too. One maybe two VTXs, but the cameras had a few good cadxx ratels ..now batteries.
Did I mention BATTERIES, holy shnikes! If u can’t find it there .. they don’t make it..granted they are not high “c” discharge.. but they are fairly cheap. If ur looking for a large capacity lipo for your goggles.. this many the place..
But like I said, if I was a fixed wing pilot.. this is my “go to” shop.. and if I wanted to “look” or dabel into a quad.. this site is NOT friendly … I didn’t even look at the fixed wing aircraft… but did I mention they have a selection of batteries…???
I then went through hobbywings site…no I can easily understand why some fixed wing pilots don’t venture into quads or fpv. First let me say if u need a battery.. oh they have every shape, size, that can be imagined. I saw a 5000mw 1s lipo… thought about it until I saw that it weighed 148g.
Anyway, as I was saying.. their “drone” section was pretty much .. leftover junk.. I saw one FC, looked at the specs.. it was cleanflight or Basefight…NOT betaflight BASEflight. Maybe one motor to choose from (tenergy-$5).. ALL SORTS of props.. with “adapters”.. they looked the same too. One maybe two VTXs, but the cameras had a few good cadxx ratels ..now batteries.
Did I mention BATTERIES, holy shnikes! If u can’t find it there .. they don’t make it..granted they are not high “c” discharge.. but they are fairly cheap. If ur looking for a large capacity lipo for your goggles.. this many the place..
But like I said, if I was a fixed wing pilot.. this is my “go to” shop.. and if I wanted to “look” or dabel into a quad.. this site is NOT friendly … I didn’t even look at the fixed wing aircraft… but did I mention they have a selection of batteries…???