QUOTE(ZZR-Pilot @ Jul 29 2016, 03:17 PM)
Hello all, I'm about to take the plunge into the RC world. Been wanting to do this since Standard 4, but you know life has its priorities... and RC flying was priority #17263.
So 35 years later, here I am.
I hv decided to start by building a quadcopter since it seems to be the least threatening to fly, especially with a GPS-equipped flight controller. But before I start throwing money buying all the bits and pieces, I need some advice from you senior guys:
What radio should I buy?
My requirements are:
1) Not clunky like the toy-grade ones with the nasty buttons, dip switches and hollow plastic shell that break when a noob like me tosses it around.
2) Has battery voltage telemetry, to save myself from crashing the quad because I won't know how to gauge how much juice I have left.
3) Has a 1km range at least, so that I won't outgrow it when I check out FPV flying later on.
4) 2.4 ghz, so that it won't interfere with 5.8 ghz transmitters in the future.
5) 7 channels at least, so that I can control camera gimbals in the future.
6) Costs around RM550 at the most.
I'm thinking the RadioLink AT10, but I'm hoping maybe you seniors know of better options..?
welcome to the money wasting world
. i'll give a few measly thoughts.
in my view, 4 brushless are quite threatening(the sound, mostly). my kids will start running when i fly my quad inside the house, but they can pretty much follow my honey bee around.
on the GPS, i dont know of any diy FC that can handle GPS flight perfectly. at least not cleanflight and librepilot based FC. so if your concern is GPS RTH and stuff like that, better don't DIY and go for something like CX-20.
for TX, fs-i6 is pretty cheap and potentially awesome TX. it has a custom firmware that allows it to become a 10CH radio by using i-bus on the small fs-ia6b receiver. can also do craft voltage alarm. can't wait for my fs-ia6b to arrive so i can try that mod.
1KM range.....not sure about that. never tried going that far.
to be honest, if you've never flown, don't diy. buy something RTF. that way you can tell a correct flight characteristic from the wrong one. PID tuning is a PITA to get right.
This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Jul 29 2016, 04:36 PM 
May 20 2016, 02:13 PM
. but it came with the quad, don't really have a choice.
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Of course you'll need to know how to program it. 
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