(17-Mar-2018, 04:52 PM)czdraconis Wrote: Wow, so that got my attention now. Thanks! I think I'll look for these components in the future. Any recommendations what to change straight ahead from the components mentioned in your first post? Or any thoughts about what wasn't good choice and why? Or is it OK just like that and then I get only the camera and gimbal and it's ready to go as a best option? Thank you.

Let's see............Originally this was a "proof of concept"......just seeing what I could do.   I found some weak points(mostly to do with gimbals) but otherwise it served it's purpose very well.  The most important thing I learned was about the effects of "prop wash".  It took me a month of tweaking and testing before I discovered that the initial take-off instability was indeed prop wash.  Air flow from those props was bouncing off the ground and coming back to the drone.  Once I got about a meter off the ground it was great.  Once I got to that point I made some changes/upgrades and once I had a good bird to fly, I moved on to a smaller race/freestyle type quad.   So I haven't done anything with it in a while.............

Here it is in it's current configuration..............



The major changes............
T motor 950kv motors
Upgrade of GPS/compass module and mount
Upgrade APM 2.8 to Pixhawk 2.4 Flight Controller
Upgrade to landing gear

Thank you very much for valuable information!

Whats your flight time looking like with this setup

(13-Apr-2018, 05:54 AM)xili Wrote: Whats your flight time looking like with this setup

As it sit there, just over 15 minutes...............