Ninja_Maple Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 im just doing some estimates how much a quadcopter will cost me build from scratch and found some ebay flight controls which averagely cost around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead28 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 It is my understanding that most of the cheaper flight controllers (Naza,Acro,CC3D etc) are all open source. Basically you will find all sorts of variations of each of them,there is no one individual manufacturer. Maybe one is better and more popular than the others but there isn't an "official" version as far as I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean-vrs Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) im just doing some estimates how much a quadcopter will cost me build from scratch and found some ebay flight controls which averagely cost around Edited January 11, 2015 by sean-vrs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Hi ninja Maple and a late welcome to the quadcopter world the only difference in truth. the parts used inside and the software code that is loaded into it. lets take the cheaper ones you link, naze32 is a popular board with acro pilots. this all started with a Chap called Warthox he to me is the godfather of acro quads. and his video's had shown a quadcopter doing flips and barrel rolls, everyone and i mean everyone wanted to fly like the Warthox. at first we had controllers that came from a nintendo game system the Wii. the numbchuck and little thumb controller had gyros and accelometer fitted inside. and a arduino board could control them. quadcopters were born ( well the brains for them) Not much has changed really since then, but small adjustments made. the gps add on was the killer mode. having a quad that would come back home or stay in one place without constant sticks management . next came the FPV guys, and the teamblacksheep crew. stunning video footage that not many people get to see as hobbyists was thrust into our sweaty palms, controller now gained a multitude of options. the Edited January 11, 2015 by Tamiyacowboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja_Maple Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi ninja Maple and a late welcome to the quadcopter world the only difference in truth. the parts used inside and the software code that is loaded into it. lets take the cheaper ones you link, naze32 is a popular board with acro pilots. this all started with a Chap called Warthox he to me is the godfather of acro quads. and his video's had shown a quadcopter doing flips and barrel rolls, everyone and i mean everyone wanted to fly like the Warthox. at first we had controllers that came from a nintendo game system the Wii. the numbchuck and little thumb controller had gyros and accelometer fitted inside. and a arduino board could control them. quadcopters were born ( well the brains for them) Not much has changed really since then, but small adjustments made. the gps add on was the killer mode. having a quad that would come back home or stay in one place without constant sticks management . next came the FPV guys, and the teamblacksheep crew. stunning video footage that not many people get to see as hobbyists was thrust into our sweaty palms, controller now gained a multitude of options. the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turok007 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 i have used a few boards and the KK was really nice to start out with as you can easily mess with all the settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 i would go with something like a KK2. no gps , no compass, no barometer . means less stuff to worry about but your do have a very limited quad in the way you can upgrade it. ( it can still use servos to work a gimbal ) multiwii -megapirateng - ardupilot and the likes are the upgrade version of a KK2, no lcd screen unless you add it yourself no gps unless you buy it with a gps dongle or buy a gps dongle (gps normaly can come with a compass built into it.) you get more modes and settings. but with that come more learning. most have gone straight from a kk2 and right into a naza lite. or they stepped into the ardupilot/megapirateng world the kk2 is your entry to the quad building world for a easy brain to use. ardupilot-megapirate are a upgrade of a kk2's simple design stuffing more into the brain. DJI and the likes are the fancy version of the megapirate and aruipilot but come with less hands on setting up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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