Build A Cheap Quadcopter
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2015
- Links:
Frame
www.banggood.com/HJ-MWC-X-Mode...
ESC
www.banggood.com/SimonK-30A-2-...
Flight controller
www.banggood.com/OpenPilot-CC3...
Transmitter / receiver
www.banggood.com/FlySky-FS-i6-...
Motors
www.banggood.com/DYS-BX2212-KV...
Prop
www.banggood.com/Gemfan-DJI-St...
Connectors
www.banggood.com/20-Pairs-3_5m...
heat shrink
www.banggood.com/Wholesale-70p...
Power board
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESC-Connect...
XT60
www.banggood.com/XT60-Male-Plu...
cable ties
www.banggood.com/1000pcs-2_0x1...
Voltage alarm
www.banggood.com/2-x-2-in-1-Li...
battery
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RC-ZIPPY-Fl...
locktite
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Loctite...
screws for arms
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50pcs-of-Ar...
screws for motors
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50pcs-Motor...
solder
www.banggood.com/0_6mm-Tin-lea...
Soldering Iron
www.banggood.com/60W-110V-Adju...
Allan Key
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30-PIECE-HE...
Charger
www.banggood.com/SKYRC-iMAX-B6...
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Watched the whole vid in one sitting.GREAT vid totally enjoyable. Thanks for your time and effort
ALLINGREENBERG ah thank you. it totally makes it worth my while to see comments like this. cheers
Excellent, excellent video m8, learned a few things in this most notably about the motor kv rating, enjoyed watching 👍
This has been the heroic time period of quadcopter flying. Amazing to see how much technology has improved since. Great video review.
I remember back in the day, loves to watch the whole process, from buying to building. Nowadays im all about ready to flies
Hey Andy and others,
After a few months of waiting on parts and building. I have finally finished the quadcopter, today I flew the 3rd maiden, as the first 2 failed. That's why I would like to advise people who plan on building this quad about a few things:
Firstly, do not get the alien x frame, get the cheaper 450 size f450 frame copy, which has integrated pcb. (I ended up buying this one)
Secondly, get better ESC's, because all of my ESC's started to stop working one for one, I recommend you get the better ESC's used in the high end quadcopter series on this channel.
Lastly, get enough props, although mentioned in the video, some people tend to forget this (me).
I would like to thank you Andy for the work put in to this video because this has helped me enormously in my own project.
+Tobias Veerkamp no problem :) My ESC are still working. but u can see I moved on to the higher end build also
Hmm I'm thinking about building it as my first quad copter, how much is it in total? :)
+GreenArt4 I created my own spreadsheet on prices and sources based on this video. Maybe it can help you: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jNVvUdmsWTabGDjqgGC21ukJqEW7q0NetiZeiHkXWew/edit?usp=sharing.
How much did the whole build cost?
I opened all the links and added up and as of today, the entire cost to build this project would be $245.78.
Isaac Watkins not cheap then
Considering a RTF quad of this size is $500+, it kinda is. You must just be too poor for this hobby
Burks that's fucked up. too poor for this sport? douche
he is too poor for quads.. and other stuff
AndyRC Many thanks for the detailed video. Especially the portion on tuning, nothing was making sense to me regarding this up till now. Very informative info.
CZcams decided I needed to watch this in 2021. It is still educational even though precisely none of it is relevant 6 years later. I'm enjoying it!
Flight time and total price??
I only know about the flight time what I heard in the end he said around 10 minutes.
thanks dude
Lesson learned : buy quality parts :)
+Mike Dart Got some cheap motors... Plugged them in and they burned out.. GG
lol
Great inspiring video. Nice to see the problems and frustrations as they arose as well as the diagnosis and resolution
What an awesome video. Line by line I ordered it all that was the best informative build video ever. slow and steady, understandable, and patient. Thanks so much I subbed because you are awesome! I dont understand why other's don't make videos like this, they either talk to fast or become lazy and don't mention things...Incredibly accurate and enjoyable video! After wanting a huge quad, I bought 2 of these frames and spent days looking for a good informative and accurate video before I came across yours. With this information you have explained everything I need to build any quad copter really. Thats a great achievment , thanks again!
it would've been better if it had gps
$20 gps + $9 OSD + $5 FTDI adapter = 10 times better Quad. Only thing is, that is huge can of worms that nobody wants to explain to newbies which I completely understand.
not true check out the high end version i did.. truth is no one wants to pay the amount u need to get decent results 20 dollar gps = flys back to china
AndyRC haha you have a recommendation? im thinking of going naza
YoSneeze surely you also have the cost of buying a flight controller that can use gps
Excellent vid and THANKS for taking the time and effort to share. Starting a build in about a month, as just ordered the same frame last night, before viewing this today....LOL. On the slow boat from BG.
My first build, though should, should be a bit easier, hopefully, as chopping a WL V303 and maybe a CX 20 to do. Haven't tested all the parts yet to see what I will be using.
Was well worth watching just for the motor mount screw tip, as something so simple but makes for a really bad experience if not knowing and was an issue. You definitely have more patience than myself.
I have been into quads for a few years now, always with the intention of building one but I could never find step by step instructions through the whole thing including a parts list and programming. Now that I have seen this video, I am finally going to build my first large quad and get into many more aspects of the hobby that I've been too intimidated to try. Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this video. I, for one, benefited enormously from it.
+Sam M no problem good to hear cheers!
Totally wonderful video. Thank you. This is something I hope to do in the future.
Thanks for the video! just subscribed today after watching the phone FPV video. I was actually going back and forth all day today, looking at prices and parts. Haven't even received my quad yet so I don't have to program it or linking the transmitter yet but I'm so glad you included that. I actually downloaded openpilot already just because it works for mac too so I can use it when I bring my laptop along to fly. Thanks again.
What a trip, watching this from the perspective of someone who only joined the hobby about 2 years ago.
Thank you for this Video! I built nearly exact this quad (just with a 3d printed spyda 500 frame) and it flies extremely stable. Thanks to you AndyRC!
Andy thank you for all your efforts and sharing this video!
Awesome! I'm a new subscriber and i love your micro stuff! They are my favorite things to fly but ill be wanting to do one of these too! I've watched a lot of these build videos but yours was the only one that included the shopping bit! awesome idea and very helpful! looking forward to your new stuff!
Clyde Brown thank you. i love micros too. the next vid is another micro one. i wanted to show the shopping because it does much better to know what to search for than post links that dont stand the test of time. glad you enjoyed. cheers for watching and also taking the time to comment
I just finished my first flight test using your great video and fantastic instructions. This is the first quad I have built and no previous experience with model aircraft or RC vehicles. I do have an electronics background and worked on the flight controller for the F14 Tomcat back in 1967 and the CC3D controller is more sophisticated. I recently became a great grandfather so I may be the oldest of your fans. Thank you.
thanks for the story Jim. enjoy flying!
Which size of the screw you've use to mouting the motor to the arm??? M3 or M2.5?????
I have A2212/13T 1000KV motors mounted with M3 x 8mm screws and lock washers.
Jim Cameron Size screw is M3x8mm for your motor? But do you know size of the screw mouting DJI 2212 980kv to Alien X mode??
No, I do not know.
hi andy! i dont know what to do
today i got all the parts and when i got to calibrate the motor onley motor number 4 spin!
i pluged all the motor to line 4 one by one to check and all the motor and the esc ok!
i use open pilot 14.1 from the banggod site,
the other version 15.02.02 dont working for me.
any suggestoin?
thank you so much andy, although open pilot did not work anymore libre pilot was just as good and it supported cc3d devices. thanks again bro!
yes this vids quite old now cheers
Andy, amazing videos, thanks, I already ordered everything to build a 450 quad myself using a flip32+ FC, to add gps, and Im waiting for all to arrive... I ordered a flysky i6, and I wonder if you know if is posible mix two switchs with only 1 channel to have 6 flight modes?...
thanks again for the amazing videos and sorry for my shity english.
You are a really confident speaker :) What I need to get better at
And subed
Good work - and the fault-finding part is especially worthwhile. So often those intractable problems have a simple but invisible cause.
thanks for the video. i am new to quadcopters and it was very helpful! keep it up mate
Just a couple of months ago I run into this video. Happy to report that my first quad was built successfully. Thanks AndyRc! Your videos were really helpful!
+Dimitris Anagnostou great to hear and glad to help! cheers
Thanks for the effort you put into making your video well done on both it and the quad you built. Inspired now to keep going with my own build. The main difference is I am using a quatro all in one ESC and 15x15mm stick to bulld the arms of of my quad.
great job man, im glad it all worked out well in the end.
im just starting to research some components and ill be starting to build very soon.
great good luck with it :-)
Great video, i have been coming back to this a lot as im currently building my first Quadcopter (450) i have been buying the parts week by week and the final bits should arrive tommorow. Thanks Andy for your very helpful and well explained videos.
+Budgie RC glad to be of help enjoy your build!
Fantastic video clear explanation helps me forward.
Thanks Andy
Thank You for this video! I'm following this to do my first build.
I am considering building a quadcopter myself , and this set up is fantastic , i am going up with this , nice video by the way , i so it from the start to end without skipping anything XP, nicely done
Thank you so much for recording this video and showing how to build a quadcopter step by step. I will be following your steps as soon as I can and will hopefully be flying it with the FPV system I am using on my syma X8W. cheers!!!
+Eduardo Agustin Vendrell del Río wonderful. good luck :)
I have one doubt Andy, is it possible to use a landing gear on this setup so I can attach a gimbal at the bottom of the quadcopter?
+AndyRC I would like to save a bit of cash buying the propellers from banggood, which of these do you think would do the job?
www.banggood.com/search/dji-propeller.html
cheers!
+Eduardo Agustin Vendrell del Río I don't think they sell the keyed hole at banggood. you could message customer services to see if they are keyed
amazing vid, really nice to see so many steps. sure looks like a lot of work put in (quad and video)
+ForceCrystal yeah its worth it though
Hi I just wanted to let you know I've just completed my 1st quad and it's 100% based on this video. I really appreciate your attention to detail. Mine wasn't without issues too since my FC was bricked from the factory. Other than that, it went really well. I'm giving this to my son as his birthday present and I have you to thank for it. Keep up the excellent work!
wonderful! yes it very rarely goes without issues. a lovely present. cheers
More flashbacks for me, I still have a couple of open pilot flight boards that still work. OK, I don't use them anymore. Loved watching this trip down memory lane.
Well done! I've really enjoyed the video.Thanks for sharing.
After about ten minutes of this video I opened up a chrome tab and started looking for parts. I got a bundle of motors and ECUs for a great price. But in other respects a very similar kit. I got everything for about 100 bucks, well except the transmitter and receiver. Found one locally for a similar price so I will be getting that after the other parts get here. Now the wait!
Great video, makes the first proper build from scratch a little less daunting.
TheAudiophile34™ congratulations good luck on the build :) its not hard at all just time consuming
Ho...really good video. Do you have an updated version of this video? I think some of these parts are no longer sold.
that being said this was really helpful to watch you go to the buying process and did help me and understanding what parts are actually necessary to do this. I would really appreciate an updated video as I have always wanted to build my own quadcopter.
I really enjoyed the video and I learned a lot I have not started this hobby yet, but would love to. I think you did a great job.
+Just the Good Bits Good Tips for Life thanks glad you enjoyed
exactly what i was looking for all day
theres a serious lack of in-depth tutorial for that topic, thanks for the video:)
Fridollio G no problem good luck with the build
Hey bro nice video now you inspired me to built a quadcopter keep it up good work.
totally wanna try this now thanks for all the information!
Hi Andy, your videos are awesome! So than you for that. It is really nice to see a person like you, going through the all steps in building the drone. Like you I want to design my own drone, but it must be able to 'follow me' and the camera must be able to capture me. I do not want to buy something which is already made, as it is very interesting and rewarding when you have your own quad-copter in the sky. Can you please explain in your next video :) what components I would need to buy, and how to set it up, and where to buy it, etc.. Anyway, looking for your further videos. Thank you,
Marcus.
Great video, really outstanding to put something from start to finish! I've been flying toy grade like the Syma X5C for line of sight practice. I want to move up to something slightly larger with brushless that can carry a runcam or Mobius. I don't need a lot of speed, I'm more interested in run time and stability. Is the 450 build the step up? Or is there a a slightly smaller in-between model?
Thanks for the video, it's been very helpful. A lot of the links don't work any more, the video being several years old now. As the original quad frame is no longer available, could you recommend an alternative?
Hi Andy. I've watched the whole video several times - its so informative and we owe you for taking your time to make these. I want to build this but with a gimbal and GPS. Did you ever add these? I have looked but can't find it. I check your channel every day now looking for new stuff!
Really nice video! I'm going to build one myself too, so this was very helpful.
Could you make a battery guide video? I;m working to build this current set up but would be cool to learn more about batts and what this set up could take. Thanks
+Brad Moss (Parkourbrad) sure, in the meantime go and check out rcmodelreviews he has some great vids on batteries cheers
Thanks. Just ordered all the parts. Great video. Will be building two. Only thing different is that I will construct the frame myself. Daddy and son project.
+Earth Brother 7 sounds great. good luck with it!
Mint Video, I will be building my first quad with your help :)
Great video! I'm thinking about getting into building my own quad after seeing it. Some of the bits you mention (for example the frame) don't seem to be available on bang good any more. Are there any other places that I could / should be looking?
Great little video! good job and thanks for making it .
patprop74 thanks for watching and taking the time to comment cheers
could you please recomend a battery from bangood that will work(what specifications does it has have?)
Thanks for this bro. This inspired me and finally come up to a decision on to moving to brushless quad. I'll be doing your build, but with some of my preference. Thanks again for sharing this.
+RC404 great hope it goes well!
Great coverage and video!
Love your videos man! I haven't seeing all yet but I know I will love it, thanks for uploading this one, for sure I will build it thanks to you :)
Multirotor Go thanks so much for your comment, hope you enjoy
cheers
Yes I am going to, crazy thing, you got screwed LOL, this little details that can get us in frustrationlandya GRRRR, happy you discovered it, but some time we expend so much time trying to figured out problems caused by almost invisible details like this one than maybe we end up giving up with out figuring out what the hell was going on.
i was so close to giving up. im glad i didnt. i had a lot of fun with this quad not its working
i set it up and now when i fly it at the start it flies amazing and i have p-gain on max but when i throttle up or do aggresive it just starts shaking and flying wierd
great video researching what i want to build.. first time owning one also
hi Andy I have build this with inspiration from this video!! thanks I have test flown it and first test was good but on second flight half way through flight quadcopter just cut off no controls work it fell to ground !! I had to reinstall from flight pilot then all worked good . I haven't flown it yet since but im wondering if it could be cold solder on bullit connector as I didn't achol them! can this be the problem??? hope you can help.thanks,chris
+chrissy roberts now that you know the correct wires to solder, cut off the connectors and solder direct. the bullet connectors are not much good
Great video!!! I'm gonna make my own quadcopter this summer!!!
+Yawei Chen Do You understand him????? Can you make me understand????
I'm just getting into this hobby and this video was amazing dude.
+James Gibson thank you :) glad you enjoyed it
I have just discovered a very expensive passion in quadcopters. ^^;; But I am totally going to create my own as you have done.
+EdmondDantesLeComte yes the cc3d is a very good option for starting. all the best
+AndyRC Thanks! Love your videos Sir. :D I can't wait to scrounge up the money to blow on this sort of thing. haha So far I keep running outside all my free time and playing with my little 90$ quadcopter. NEED MOAR BATTERIES.. lol
i started with a 40 quid hubsan and still fly it so thats fine
Thanks for the nice video. Could you please do a tutorial for balancing the blades?
Fazir M Fahmy yes i have this same request thanks. i like this channel, its so matterfact
Its frustating to solder without proper tools. Its hard to keep stuff in place.
Quadcopters are amazing. I want to build a 250quad before the summer. Hope i do it soon. What foruns do you use?
I'm in the U.s a and I'm gonna follow your vid from purchase to finish for my build thanks!
great no problem
Nice build,works good.but i'cant trim its flyes backwards i have to youse the stick to hold IT stady,wat can i do?
Well done! I've really enjoyed the video.Thanks for sharing.:-)
I've followed your video in great detail a few times. I'm unable to find the parts as you were... Any recommendations insofar as a vendor that can provide all of the parts?
Would I do better long-term to go with the F3 V4 Racing flight controller?
THe transceiver (flight transmitter/receiver/controller) - that you used, I've seen upgraded ones - but no matter the upgrade, they all seem to be limited with 6 inputs back to the controller - hence, my software to take advantage of those receive ports. Is this ornal? Is it because multiple things can be read on a given receive line? (i.e. altitude and / or GPS data coming in on the same line (R0, for example), and on R1 maybe I get other weather data, R2 other telemetry data?
While I love the 250 size and 450 as well, I'm looking at a 450 or larger, primarily for aerial photography. I've purchased the more expensive units - XIRO the best fr very smooth video while getting enough payload for me to mount 2 batteries on the unit and a cross-over that allows me to switch from an almost dead batttery to the fully charged secondary one. This I've done successfully with XIRO but not with DJI units (F 3 and 4) because of the way the XIRO is built - it's much more extensible. But I'dd love to try and build something even better... thoughts??
Hey AndyRC
Could you do a video on how to get telemetry on this quad with the fs i10 receiver and how to get maybe gps and motorheat or an voltage alarm
Thanks a log
+AndyRC I want to build a quad copter similar to your but I have a question. Do you half to program Simonk esc with a programming card or can I just hook them up and configure them with my cc3d flight controller?
When I check rate stabilization then save and close openpilot, when i open openpilot back up it is unchecked again?
Thanks for putting time into making this. I am building one as well.
***** no problem at all good luck with the build
What an awesome video I learned so much - Thank you!
thanks for watching and commeting
hahaha wow, troubleshooting can sometimes end up in some next level surprises... I was literally like :O when you showed the screws. I have had so many problems building my drones, a bixler 2 and a Finwing Sabre. But always keep trying to figure it out and the solution will show itself eventually.
+AndyRC I have build my quad and am trying to tune the p settings with the I and d gains at 0. When o try to tune it with the d and I gains at 0 my drone drifts really bad to the right. Is my P gain to high or to low? May you please make a detailed video on pid gain tuning please? Or at least answer my question? Thankyou.
hi andy ive got a f450 quadcopter comeing from ebay with naza what ate the best props to use ive been useing 9inch on my phantom fc40 womt some to give a bit more speed
+AndyRC I have assembled all the parts to build my quadcopter except my motors. I went to just see if my esc would make a beeping sound to check if they work but when I checked they made no sound. but remember I did not have my motors attach to my esc yet. You think my esc are broken or is it because I have not yet connected my motors?
nice 450 mate i thinking of take the gps and naza v2 and resever out of my phantom to biuld a f450 would it work
Great video Andy !
+Valentinas Solovjovas thank you :)
hi may i know how did you mount the xiaomi yi camera? any pictures to share? thanks so much!
Hi Andy in the process of building and i am stuck, what esc programmer did you use. Thanks All the best
Jace.
I didn't use any ESC programmer in this build . just used default settings cheers
Cheers! Great and informative video..Thanks so much for posting. I have to try it now!
***** no problem hopefully it will help people cheers
it's just amazing. great work! keep it up =)
this video is really helpful for me...each and every single point is explained detailed.really a good job done by u...hoping more videos from u...all the best
Really liked the video - of course I realise it's a little old now. I am going to build a bigger quad for aerial photography, if you have a little time could you suggest any changes/additions you would add knowing more now than you did then? I would really appreciate it - or if not if you know of a similar but more up to date build video you could recommend. Thank you.
WOW, you got about the same shopping list as me!!! Subscribed just for that!!!
BIll Georgoulakis they are the cheapest on the market so I think they will be popular :) ill be doing a non budget build next
Thank you for the effort your put in this video. Thank you for your time.
Neutral MsT no problem sir, hope you find use form it
Good job man, love your work :)
thanks very kind
AndyRC, Is the 3-Axis gimbal & 32 bit Storm32 Controller suitable for this Quad? Also any suggestions for extending the landing gear to suit a gimbal. Regards
which motors and rotors should I buy if I want to get them from banggood.com
what flightcontroller do i need to this build to add alt hold,and GPS?and how do i set IT up,plees help.Thanks
Nice pc of work! thanks for the video!!!
Hi Andy. I am starting to buy the parts for my first build. I can't decide on the flight controller. I really want GPS and altitude hold. Naza Lite seems favourite - what do you think?
Could you mount a GoPro in this specific build you made? I think you actually answered a comment similar to mine, but i want to know if i have to modify something significantly, of just mount the GoPro on it and fly it. Nice and helpfull video by the way, Thanks!
I am gonna make this quad but with f450 frame,can you tell me some more tequnique for setup and some more cheap parts?
dear andy can you suggest 1045 keyed hole propeller for 2212 motor,,please
and please tell me Nylon Propeller or carbon fiber propeller is better ?