tricopter build and hobby king praise

[tonyk]

Hi all, been a bit busy recently so not been flying my discovery at all, been building a tricopter and am almost ready for a test flight. I have used the multiwii board with all the bits attatched and my 62 year old brain has been on overload getting to grips with the software !! but it all comes to me eventually, and that is a large part of the fun getting it to work and understanding it, makes my discovery build look like childs play compared to this :-) .I have just received my  hobbyking Turnigy  HD Action Cam 1080P camera today, ordered it on the 17 th came today 4DAYS international, how does that work !! fantastic service. Looks great for the money, so many accessories and all for £71.00 inc spare battery and p+p.

[nbpicklesno2]

Unlike many on here, you';re certainly not suffering from ocd. Good to see a few wire hanging loose. Does it fly?

What frame are you using? Difficult to see from above.

[tonyk]

  it does look a bit tatty on that pic, I hadn';t plugged it in at that point so not tidied things up .
Once I did and got the motors turning in the right direction I tied the wires up a little.
It is 3 arms from a hobbyking octocopter frame I was going to build until I worked out how much 8 of everything would cost  , got 5 spare arms now !!
the body is 3mm ply to the usual design cut on a cnc machine I built 4 years ago.
landing gear is a cut down cheap thing I bought off ebay with cheap gimbal underneath

mobius camera on a cheap ebay gimbal working

main spec is.
1x MWC V2.5 SE Flight Control board
1x I2C-GPS NAV Module
1x - U-blox NEO-6M GPS module
1x CO-16 OLED Display Module
1x Bluetooth module
1x FTDI USB-TTL

HAD II CCD  HDR Board Camera+3.6mm lens

FPV Remzibi On Screen Display System with gps

fpv video transmitter   200ma

3 Turnigy D3536/5 1450KV Brushless Outrunners


3 HobbyKing 40A BlueSeries Brushless Speed Controllers

Not got final prop size yet, got a few to try, still got to set yaw mechanism travel yet and get all settings right on my 9xr.
As I said it';s a steep learning curve but enjoying the challenge, don';t think it will replace my discovery though .