Basic Quadcopter Tutorial - Talon V2, KK2 Board & Plush ESCs

What battery are you using?
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Ok so I am an idiot. What voltage are you using with this battery set up you are using? Message me if you like. I don't want to be a nuisence but I may need a coach before my project is over. Any help would be amazingly useful!
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I'm looking at the list of parts on HobbyKing for this frame and I don't see anything about different size arm lengths. What are the arm lengths you received?
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Saw the 3 and 4 cell batteries, Nice informitive video
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Hi!! This post helped me a lot..it is just what I was looking for!! I've made a bill of parts and tools for a 1st-time user including charger, soldering equipment etc...Do you mind check my list and tell me if I forgot something? My purpose is to attach a gopro hero 3 and make some footage and fpv flights through the wifi iphone app...In the future I might wanna be able to mount a NEX-5 so will the motors be enough? As for the camera mount I don't think I need the camera to tilt so if you have a better way to attach the gopro whithout the mount i listed, please tell me..

Talon frame v2
KK2 flight controller
4 X turnigy plush 25 amp
4 x NTM 2826 1200kv motors
AM1001A gold connectors
8045R prop black
8045N black
8045R green
8045N green
ZIPPY 2200 4S 40C
TR_PC turnigy BESC Programing card
10 cm MALE-MALE SERVO LEAD
turnigy 9XM2 transmitter&receiver
Rhino 2620 mAh 3S 11.1 (RT-TX)
450-0024 Prop Balancer
Clip Holder for soldering
1mm solder wire
IMAX B6 AC battery charger
HobbyKing X550 camera tilt mount
soldering station

Feel free to add/remove stuff...
Thanks again for the article!!

PS I'm sorry for my english...
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Can I use the TURNIGY Plush 25amp Speed ​​Controller instead Turnigy TY-P1 25Amp HEXFET Brushless Speed Controller?
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I was wondering if i can use 105 degree Celsius awg 16 or 12 wiring instead of the 200 C wiring?

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Is this build still the best bang for your buck so to speak? I'm going to be attempting my first quadcopter build soon and am hoping I can build something like this. Thanks for any help.
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Sir
Pls help I live in India and the KK 2.0 LCD flight controler is now available for delivery here so can use KK 2.1 LCD flight controler instead and I am also confused about transmitter and receiver I am
new so don't know which will work and also running low on budget I can't affort this drone for more than 250$ so pls help and is there some better drone or newer version with same price or little more
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I removed this comment to edit it... be nice to edit without removing post. As I was saying... I have this frame too and what I like about it although it's not a popular way to mount motors is the ability to use the aluminum motor mounts as designed and mount the motors from below where the aluminum acts as a heat sink and lowers the prop COP closer to the CG to improve the handling with battery below as well as give a smother flight according to some reports. Saves the weight of using the aluminum prop adapters too. Not the lightest due to aluminum used but an excellent quad frame with many ways of using it. Was looking hoping to find these motor mounted that way but thanks for sharing.
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Err.. forgot to add this in the edit. In part two you show using the set screw hole that keeps the inner part of the motor arm from rotating for mounting the nylon FCB mount. I know that's how Turnigy shows doing it but original build version and design is using the offset 45 degree holes with a nylon nut and this works really well. (better the motor mount rotates rather than the arm so you don't have to take everything apart and loosen everything in the middle just to get to one arm to tighten that rotated, AND the set screw lets you set clamps a little looser to allow them to push in rather than get crushed) In X mode doing this allows you to also reduce drag some and weathervane better by flying with a square corner facing forward rather than a square flat face which is higher and has more displacement drag area when using a power distribution board below the FCB and the newer KK2.1HC boards with their thicker case. To do this you just set a 45+ or - degree controller board offset in KK2.1 using V1.14S1Pro and above firmware by Stevieis now (10-21-14) @ v1.18S1Pro with some nice improvements.

And also with KK2 boards important to know there are two power buses, M1 powers receiver and the KK2, and M2 - M8 power servos/ESC and anyone using the KK.2 boards need to read up on this duel bus issue as there's quite a bit to learn associated with it and using servos or ESC UBEC/SBECs. If ESC are switching SBECs you can only use ONE per BUS and must cut (or lift tab and remove) red wire on unused SBECs and even with UBECs best to cut unused BECs red wire based on what I have read and not run ESC 5v BECs power wires in parallel as they run hotter and may induce noise into the KK2.1 flight controller and receiver causing problems. But leave ground wires on all ESCs as is. On larger quads like this best to use a separate UBEC/SBEC IMO so you don't have one ESC with UBEC running hotter than the rest especially on longer running setups past 7 min, and set ESCs to NiMh battery setting instead of LIPO to make sure ESCs do not cutoff power due to low voltage cutoff during a high power maneuver. USE YOUR TIMER and know your amp draw and stay well under mAh limit. You LIPOs will last longer too. ESC's until recently were not designed for multi copters (some) so be aware of that.
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how to get the remote of the Quadcopter ? PLEASE REPLY TO MY QUESTION

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Hi,

I was wondering if you could tell me if the DX5e controller would work with this quad, and what receiver I should use with that one? I really enjoyed your videos, but am fairly new to quad building and saw this set of videos and am very inspired to build one!
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