Blade mQX - $140 BNF, $170 RTF micro quadcopter coming soon
horizonhobby.com/products/blade-mqx-bnf-BLH7580Posted Jan 15, 2012, 5:54 PM UTC
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Seems like it would be easy to loose orientation because it looks almost the same on all sides
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I think that's why the front two props are white and the back two are black, but it is really hard to tell which way around it is in the video.
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Yes, the front blades are white. When you turn it into + mode you replace a white one with a black one. It comes with extra white and black blades.
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I find with led lights I almost never lose orientation. If there are not any pre installed, it would be fairly easy to do so. I made a wiring harness for my umt28 for night flying.
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Would this thing have enough power to carry a lightweight camera?
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Definitely not a naked Hero 2. It lifts up about 10" off the ground at full throttle and then falls back down. I knew it wouldn't work but I had to try :P
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Check this post out: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20261674&postcount=23
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I just picked one up today. Being only my second rc heli im by no means an expert. Compared to my mcx2 its very touchy, it flies in either an x or a cross orientation, and seems very sturdy(heavy plastic gear guards/ landing gear, and carbon fiber booms). It has a cool factor, and seems to have the potential for some acrobatic flying in a larger room or outdoors.
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I'm very excited that they're capable of stuff like this now, but I feel like this toy would get old very quickly.
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It looks like it uses 4x 8.5mm brushed motors (the same as the UM 4-Site) a 1s 500mAh battery with a red JST plug and the same transmitter as the other UM stuff.
I'm not sure if it has any advantages over the mSR-X, but it's very cool that this sort of technology has reached the mass-market.
I'll admit I am very intrigued by a quad using brushed motors. I love all the ultra micro stuff. It would be fun to see if you could use the FC and make an even smaller quad.
Any idea if the sensors in the AS3X system are gyros or accelerometers?
I assume they're gyros, the same as in all the other Blade stuff.
My guess is that they would have made it smaller if they could have.