X650 Arrived and Setup and Ready to FLY!
It was a very exciting day today. Not only did the NASA Mars rover land without a hitch, yes we stayed up and watched it live from midnight to 2 am, my X650 Quadcoptor arrived today!
I of couse could not wait to get it in the air much to the dismay of Ali, who built it for me. He wanted to have a Skype session first to go over some things after it arrived. ;) Well seeing he is in China, and thus 12 hours ahead and in the middle of the night, I had to get busy.
Ok, this is not my “first” test flight as I had it up for 3 mins low to the ground just to see how I would feel…but it was actually my “real” first “flight”. 14 mins in total flight time. (6000mah battery) Edited down for the useful footage.
I was super concerned with not being able to fly it, but Ali of Only Flying Machines assured me it would not be an issue. Well here is proof that all is well! Now I just need to get used to moving at the right speeds so I can obtain more useful footage and also have better control over the gimbal angle and motion.
All in all, it was purchased to make our trip memories better and to make our site here better for our followers. To bring you some footage we find on the road you normally may not see.
So without further typing, I now present the video of my first real flight showing our home and property in upstate NY. I made this as a thanks to Ali who put up with all my questions before I selected him to build it. :)
Yes, take note, I am wearing a NASA shirt. :)
(For my post on when I got excited that I ordered it…CLICK HERE)
FIRST CRASH – CLICK HERE
FIRST FPV (First Person View) – CLICK HERE
(This is not a paid endorsement. I received no discounts or kickbacks from Ali or OnlyFlyingMachines.com.)
Looks like a blast!
Did yours come with the auto return function? If so have you got to try it out yet?
Yes, it did and yes I did today. It was scary to try failsafe return to home and land, but it worked! I took off, hovered at about 10 feet for a little bit on GPS hold, then flew off. I then took a deep breath and turned off the radio. It stop, waited, then went up a little higher and fly back and hovered looking to see if it got any new commands. Once it figured it still have nothing…it slowly landed and then powered down. Very cool. (be in a large open area for your test. lol)
Your house looks cool even from the top! Now get busy and get a close up of a hummingbird nest.
Hello, I live in Rainbow Lake( near Lake Placid) and we have looked into getting one of these to add to our filming projects.Nice job! it looks awesome right out of the box. We will be ordering one soon,what FLV system did you order with it? goggles or screen? Thank you! we will keep watching your site in the future! it is so cool to share in your awesome adventures.
Hi…
Went with Googles and just did my first flights with it!!!! Went out just over 1/4 mile and could have gone further. 5.8Ghz 500mw with clover leaf antennas. I will post so vide of that flight as I recored the footage with a little DVR. The screen would nice also nice, but I fear you could get a lot of glare. What I DO NOT LIKE this the Hornet OSD has large issues with how high you are in the air. More or less, it tries, but really does not have a clue.