At the beginning I want to apologize you for such a great break from articles, but there was the end of the school year in Poland, and I had to pay more attention to my exams. Now I have a long holidays, so I hope I will find time to be more active on my Steemit account :)
Why I decided to build my own drone instead of just buying a finished product?
First of all, I prefer to have full control over the parts that have been used. I have no doubts, that the products I use meet the quality I expect. Due to that I can fully trust my machine when I am in the air. Secondly I can have full control over my drone parameters. Need more lifting capacity? No problem, just get a stronger motors. When you buy a finished product, you have to agree to the manufacturer's decisions. Thirdly, I precisely know how my drone is built, so in the case of any crash I will not have problems with repair. Additionally, building something on you own gives a lot of satisfaction!
My quad is rather a large machine, designed for lifting the gimbal with camera and capturing beautiful landscapes. Its lifting capacity is 1.5 kg and flight time is about 22 minutes (without load) so it gives a lot of use possibilities.
Today, I finally managed to end my quadcopter construction and I went to a nearby park to test it out. It generally performs as it should, but there was very windy today, so the quad was a bit vicious, as you can see in a film:
My quad configuration:
Flight controller - APM 2.8 + GPS Ublox M8N
Frame - S500 PCB
Motors - Emax Mt2213
ESC - HobbyKing 20A UBEC
Battery - MultiStar 5200mAh 3S 10C
