Hai, everyone... I just bought this few weeks ago. Been flying and crashing for a few times. Can anyone here recommend a suitable RC plane flying site around KLANG. The only place I can find is the park in Pandamaran, its huge like 4 football field size. But its quite occupied with footballers in the weekend morning and evenings, only time its safe to fly is week day mornings.

Another thing I would like to ask is,I sought of loss control or had only intermittent control of my plane last week after flying 20 minutes. I landed the plane and changed the planes lipo battery which was newly charged. But then it happened not long after take off. It crashed into a tree and managed to get it down. The radio's battery indicator was still green and when I went nearer I could still control all the control surfaces.

Is this a sign that the plane went out of the radio's range???

Anyone know where to get a 9XR radio transmitter here?

I spend RM550 at RCSMART Amcorp mall and got:

One unit J power Sky surfer Ready to Fly, which includes
=One Trainer plane, 1400mm
=One 3s lipo battery 1300mAh
=One 4 channel radio transmitter
=One battery charger/balancer (never used it, only charges)

One 3s lipo battery Turnigy 1300mAh(I got total of 2 as one only last about 10 minutes each charge)
One 4 button lipo charger with power supply (Can auto cut power when battery full, fast charge, balance charge and storage charge=makes the battery last longer)
One 5 minute epoxy glue (to assemble the plane and repairs when you start flying)

ALL NEW

You can get one, but I suggest you at least get those free RC flight simulator available on Android phone and practice a few hours before attempting to fly one. Its really not as easy as it seems. I crashed mine real bad on the first few flight.

Youtube has been my best teacher regarding this hobby

How to fix after every crash


The Sky surfer I bought is actually copy cat of this


The battery for this hobby


My plane has crashed more than a dozen times, some more than 5 floor high straight down. Its been 4 months and I'm still flying the same plane, with some additional glue and tape and carbon fibre reinforcement every time it crashes.

My noob aerial filming.

Filmed with 808 #16 Lens D camera, on an AXN Floater glider with Frsky module and FS TH9X transmitter



Raw and unedited

This post has been edited by radver: Nov 4 2013, 08:31 PM

Anyone here did a hardware mod on their FS-TH9X so that they could flash the firmware to er9x?

I want to know where I can get the 10 pin connector??

Again, noob raw video

Filmed in HD with 808 #16 Lens D camera, on an AXN Floater glider with Frsky module and FS TH9X transmitter

Went as high as I could while still barely able to maintain orientation...

This post has been edited by radver: Nov 16 2013, 11:44 AM

Hello, its me again...

Now flying over Setia City Mall, Setia Alam...

And would it be better if I put music along with the video?

Filmed in HD with 808 #16 Lens D camera, on an AXN Floater glider with Frsky module and FS-TH9X transmitter

This post has been edited by radver: Dec 1 2013, 01:15 PM

RC Aerial footage over Putrajaya Wetland

There were a few other RC hobbyist there, but I was a bit shy la...



Low altitude filming of other people flying their RC planes, not very successful. I think I'll leave the low altitude filming to Copters... lol



Try identifying the other RC model on film... Not so clear cause vibration making it a bit blur

On board footage of my attempt at low altitude aerial filming that ended up with the plane crashing into some tall branches.

Yes... I CRASHED...

Filmed with 808 #16 Lens D camera, on an AXN Floater glider with Frsky module and FS-TH9X transmitter

Placed it near the nose... More stable image

This post has been edited by radver: Jan 25 2014, 07:47 PM

Filmed with 808 #16 Lens D camera, on an AXN Floater glider with Frsky module and FS-TH9X transmitter

Sebana Cove, Johor
It was a run down and neglected 5 star hotel + yacht club few years ago. Until recently it was acquired by IJM and a complete interior renovation have been carried out.
An overnight stay cost RM280 for 2 and is well worth the price as it also offers fresh air, a serene environment and some small wildlife.

There was some strong winds as it was near the sea and I didn't dare to fly too long as it was gradually picking up. The plane was stationary in the sky going against the wind at half throttle, and I usually cruise at half throttle. One test flight and another Aerial recording flight and I called it a day.

Didn't have my laptop around so didn't realised the beautiful scenery that was captured. If I knew, I would brave any storm to continue filming and flying till all my batteries were drained.

PS, One 2200mAh 3s pack can provide 20 minutes of flight time. And I had 3...T_T

Putrajaya RC Festival on going now... Tomorrow is second and last day!!!

Fb link
https://www.facebook.com/putrajaya.rc.event?flyingspaghettimonster=stream

Alternative for DJI Phantom is Walkera QRX350 PRO, go take a look at hobbyking.com

DJI phantom is like a Mercedes

Walkera is like a Toyota

They are both Quads and both has almost the same function.

You won't say a Toyota is a ripoff of Mercedes just because they both have four wheels. When they both perform the same function. Just one slightly better then the other.

If your just starting into this RC hobby, I would advise you to prepare for crashes. You might be able to afford the Quad now, but try looking into how much the replacement parts cost, like the propellers, batterys, landing gears. Especially the propellers...

Just my opinion and advice.

I'm into fixed wing only and I have a small budget.

Price difference for the whole unit in comparison, Walkera is only cheaper by a few hundred. But the price of replacement parts,

Walkera battery cost about RM150 and DJI cost RM520 same capacity battery.
Props for Walkera a pair is about RM10 and DJI is about RM55 a pair.
Gimbal for Walkera is 2D and for DJI vision is just 1D.

I don't think any of our RC equipment comes with any form of warranty...

Foam airplanes = fixed wing...

I was seriously considering to start on multirotor, but exceed my budget la. For now...

Na... Sample of my noob aerial filming...



Its filmed with a plane, so don't expect it to stay static. Haha...

Next step for me is FPV...

If you've never really played RC before, I suggest you do some practice on simulators. So as to improve your orientation skills, so you won't crash the real thing as much.

Multirotor crashes aren't cheap, especially with DJI.

There are free ones if you're using an android phone. Just go to google play store and search for 'RC Simulator'.
The helicopter ones should be the closes thing to multirotor. And I think majority of the RC enthusiast uses Mode 1 on their radio transmitter.

There is a lot of other info in youtube also, search under 'Flitetest' and 'RCmodelreviews'

This post has been edited by radver: Apr 12 2014, 11:16 AM

Already pre warned as 'noob'

I just need a flight stabilizer for the plane... should improve quite a lot after that. Its already on the way in the mail...

I'm flying with Frsky... Guarantee no signal loss.

I fly quite high also... Enough space and time to recover. If I do fly low, it would be over a field...

Weekend flying at Avani Goldcoast Resort, 13/4/14

I think you need to double the budget to even be able to built a cheap one yourself.

Those that come ready to fly aren't cheap. At least 4 digit I would say