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Cool. Shame you need to go very large in size and power to be able to comfortably carry a high res camera.

I got a walkera quad knock-off from china that would do flips. Was awesome fun and in a large open space like a football field it would get some serious speed on at full nana

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Cool. Shame you need to go very large in size and power to be able to comfortably carry a high res camera.

I got a walkera quad knock-off from china that would do flips. Was awesome fun and in a large open space like a football field it would get some serious speed on at full nana

You don't need to go too big, even something in the 300mm range will carry a gopro without much trouble, you can build one including GPS for $100-150 US, not including the gopro, radio gear or lipos.

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What you going to use it for? You some sort of high tech peeping tom?

That's tied for number 3 on the questions people always ask, after "How high can it go?", "What's it's range?" and "I'ma shoot it, hurr hurr."

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Are they difficult to learn to fly if you have never used RC stuff before?

Yes. They're nowhere near as difficult to fly as a standard helicopter, or even a plane. But most people who haven't flown(Or driven) RC stuff seem to have absolutely no understanding of orientation. The couple times I've let relatives have a try with one of my planes went something like...

Ok, pull up a little

No up

Pull back on the stick

BACK

Ok, now push left a little

A little mo...NO your other left.

LEFT

LEEEEFGIVEMEIT

*Barely save plane from splattering*

Ok, let's try again.

But some time on a simulator usually gets people started without costing too many models.

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I have an uncle who has flown helicopters and small planes for many years and was really frustrated when he got a helicopter simulation computer game and couldn't even get the helicopter off the ground :D

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I have an uncle who has flown helicopters and small planes for many years and was really frustrated when he got a helicopter simulation computer game and couldn't even get the helicopter off the ground :D

Tell him to switch it to mode 1. He'll know what I mean. :slfg:

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