mo_miah

i would go with DJI or a diy build if you have the money and technical knowledge to do it Pros of DJI are that they are good for photos/video Cons, if it breaks you cant always do a DIY fix Pros of DIY build, build it exactly how you want Cons, can get expensive the ones you control with your phone are rubbish and lack any range at £250 the tello would be your only option new, it wont be very good outdoors if there's any wind and photo/video quality is pretty basic

take the gears out of the front dif and remove the front driveshafts if you want rwd only

if you are new to drones and want to start with a whoop class drone then get an eachine e010, they are about £15 and good to see if flying is for you if you decide to give it up you've only lost £15 if you decide it is for you then brushless whoops are much better, the motors don't wear out, you get turtle mode so if you do crash and land upside down you can spin the props the other way and flip back the tinyhawk, mobula7, eachine trashcan, betafpv range are all great brushless whoops i would recommend the frsky qx7 transmitter goggles there are so many to choose from and you do get what you pay for

providing you use good quality parts, and not using auto pilot, most crashes will be due to poor piloting rather than motors/esc failing do you want a gimbal mounted hd cam? or one thats just strapped to the drone

Yes this will be ok, you will need BLheli S esc, about 20a each will be ok what sort of flying do you do? any reason why you are build a big drone instead of the more common 5in quad?

unless you're flying tiny whoop style quads it can get very expensive micro quads for flying indoors are cheap and great fun for the times you cant get out the house, i use a eachine e010 about £15 then you have larger "toy grade" quads, these are easy to fly, are self leveling, camera quality is okish, range isnt great and can be prone to flyaway if the signal is lost £30-£150 for photos and video DJI is probably the best option, they go from the Spark, Mavic to Phanton and cost £300+ DJIs are easy to fly, but more focus on photos and video rather than having fun flying if you want to be a true pilot then fpv freestyle/race quads would be best, this is what i do and is quite expensive to get started transmitter £100-250 but works on all future quads fpv googles £100-400 same as above the quad itself £100+ depending on what parts you use diy quads are best in my opinion, you build it to your needs, and if something breaks and it will break you can fix it quite easily

you can keep the frame for future builds or keep it and fly it line of sight just to add, i dont think your transmitter supports ibus ibus and sbus are serial links between the receiver and FC, most modern FC use this i think if you wanted to upgrade it's going to be new kit all round this hobby ain't cheap but great fun new kit will cost about £100 for a FrSky QX7 - this is an entry level transmitter but its awesome, you really don't need anything better than this £200 for some aomway commander googles, cheaper than fatsharks but they are good £150 for a diatone GT series quad £100 for a lipo charger and some lipo batteries

Just read your spec list, i agree not really worth upgrading, for a 5" quad you want at least 2205 size motors diatone do some good ready made quad with fpv camera included like the GT series the GT-M3 and M5 are great, they will need a receiver adding depending on if you use flysky, frsky, spektrum etc, going fpv can be expensive but its a one time cost goggles cost between 100-400 quid, don't bother with fpv monitors that you mount on the transmitter also helps if you have a group to fly with as you can learn off each other and setup small race tracks get some sim time, if after a couple of weeks you think its for you then spend some money

any quad in angle mode is easy to fly do you fly FPV with goggles or line of sight? use a low pitch props like the 5" Dal5040c, they will give better battery life and finer control over the throttle, and in betaflight you can lower the rates which affects the sensitivity of the stick movements the standard 405 is great what esc and motor size are you using? also are you using 3s or 4s lipos?

I agree, use a simulator to get hang of the controls GPS drones are no fun, they are only good if you want to do photography or long range i would get a Matek F4 board, flash betaflight 3.4 and use the acro trainer mode or stick to angle (self level) mode but definitely get in as much sim time as you can, even the pro pilots still use sims in between real flights to keep up the muscle memory post a photo of your quad and we can help with any builds/upgrades

Not familiar with the APM flight controllers, most people now use betaflight FC you could try http://www.multi-rotor.co.uk/ which is a forum for quad pilots, someone there should be able to help

please can you list all the parts in your build and what firmware you are using on the flight controller

i would work out your power requirements and how often you use your cars some might say get the biggest battery you can fit but with lipos if you will not be using them for a few days they need to be put into storage (charged/discharged to 3.8v per cell) brushless is also more efficient so for the same Wh capacity you will get longer run times what cars are you using? how often? and how long for?

i'll all part of the hobby, some cars are made to be run, some made to look nice on a shelf nothing wrong with collecting stuff, well done mate

don't rely on nylon lock nuts, they will come undone clean the threads and as mentioned above use loctite, can't remember which ones stronger blue or red (think red), try the weaker one first and then the stronger stuff or if you have enough thread you can use a second nut to lock the first one