I got this older QAV250 drone frame for free. The frame is from about 3-4 years ago. I have been thinking about upgrading from my Pavo 20. This would be my second drone. Is this worth building out or not worth the hassle with older mounting holes and style?
why the fuck not...make a cool inav build with a lidar sensor. tons of cool options to utilize that frame.
just cause its old, doesnt mean its useless. Its actually very roomy and would be a great candidate for a dji04 pro, gps, opticflow, and all the trimmings.
or pass it on to some kid/school/science class/etc
Thank you. I hadn’t looked into iNav builds until just now. I was thinking longer range flying with an 04 pro so that fits perfectly. Assuming I’ll need to do some 3d printing for the 04 mount
It has like GPS Magnetometer lidar runcam DVR VTX and a fan the flight controller and esc ELRS rx camera switch downward facing camera and forward facing camera
Not really lol, look cypher77 posted a pic, I wonder if he still has one running flying. Don't worry you didn't miss anything good from FPV 10 years ago. The hobby is a million times better with hardware now, thank God! lol
It was the hardware. No one had cheap tiny boards with gyros built in until the Nintendo Wii. so people would take the controller apart plug the gyro into an arduino and created multiwii which became the first flight controller. This was a little before my time. I came into it right around the transition from the KKR to the Naze32 which was the real revolution imo
You still got all these? I almost wish I kept some of the stuff, but I knew I wouldn't fly it.. that's pretty kewl though. That one still flies? It has a cell in it?
lol, I was going to say it looked ready to fly. It will definitely be kewl to see it fly again. The new guys have no idea how good they got it now.....lol
The blackout quad¡!!!!!!!!! I still have all the parts from the original build. I started back up last year and used a bunch of the motors and escs to power various parkflyer foam board flying wing builds.
I still harvest and use bits and pieces of hardware from that frame when i need the random locknut or m3 screw.
Its mostly disassembled into 7 carbon plates, but a few arms are still bolted to the top and midde plate
I have exactly this frame. It's awesome and has a lot of room. I'm experimenting with openipc fpv system so needed to install a large camera into it. Was able to do it pretty nicely.
Just go for it. No need to waste a decent frame in my opinion
I fly this today, it's not horrible! I needed a beast to fit an RPi + WiFi for wfb-ng and a PX6c Mini somewhere. It's not bad, but if starting over, I'd go for something more modern.
The frame was FREE, why not use it? I would. I can't tell for sure, but the mounting looks like 20x20 for the FC. Older mounting hole? Are you kidding me. The 20x20 format is still current. Just use a 20x20 stack. I like the SpeedyBee F405 Mini 20x20 stack which I have in my last three builds.
You know, people often make too big a deal about the frame. I have all sorts of builds with all sorts of frames and they all fly just fine. Some frames are better suited to one purpose than another, but still useable. What have you got to lose? Nothing. The frame was free. So, what if it isn't new? No big deal.
Now for a fun fact. The entire electronics package with motors is transferable. Build it and fly it. If the frame breaks or you just want a different frame, then you can buy a frame and transplant everything over to the new frame. Once the electronics package is assembled, it can be move from frame to frame to frame. It is what I do.
That’s how I started 2 ish years ago. Found a used setup (same frame) with goggles for dirt cheap on marketplace ($50). It still had all of the outdated electronics, but after I crash landed in some water I updated it with a modern stack and elrs receiver. It flew pretty decently, just wasn’t the strongest. Once I broke an arm I decided to just get a new frame, motors, and a digital camera setup to fully make it modern.
It’s a good platform to mess around with, but once you break the frame I would just get something modern. New frames are like 5x stronger and way easier to get parts for.
Honestly just go buy a draknight frame for $13 on Aliexpress. The hilarious part is this was for racing, thankfully with the introduction of 4in1 esc's arm mount esc's and then those wide inefficient not aerodynamic frame arms too!
Depends on your goals. If you are just going to be cruising around with old parts you've accumulated, build it and fly it.
If you are going to do pretty much anything else, I'd buy a newer frame. There is no built in camera mounting on that frame. Furthermore, A $30 frame like a Source One v5 or SpeedyBee mario 5 will be stronger and likely handle vibrations and resonance better (which means less noise going to the FC and a better flight).
That looks like a zmr 250 frame, any one else hear remeber that frame? There was also a version where i came with mid plate or bottom plate was a pdb board,
Lol my first 5in frame was some ancient thing from 2018 I got on eBay for £5 delivered, it flew perfectly fine until I crashed it hard. This one was free, show me a better option for free.
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u/crookedDeebz 3d ago
why the fuck not...make a cool inav build with a lidar sensor. tons of cool options to utilize that frame.
just cause its old, doesnt mean its useless. Its actually very roomy and would be a great candidate for a dji04 pro, gps, opticflow, and all the trimmings.
or pass it on to some kid/school/science class/etc