May 052012
 
RC - Costs

Just for fun, here the list of RC stuff I have with costs (all in US$):

  1. Transmitter Walkera Devo 7 with Genius CP helicopter:  300
  2. 4 Batteries for Genius CP: 20
  3. Replacement parts for Genius CP (blades, tail unit): 30

That’s a total of 350 for a complete set. Nothing else really needed.

Now some extra parts which make this more fun (or less painful as charging batteries is not really fun at all):

  1. LiFe transmitter battery (3S, 9.9V): 10
  2. LiPo charger (LiFe, NiMH, Pb too): 25
  3. 12V PSU: zero (I have enough 12V 50W PSUs flying around from all the electronic things I have)
  4. Charger cable for heli above: 10
At this point much less worries about batteries. Any upcoming costs are now replacement parts.

Now the quadcopter:

  1. Transmitter Walkera Devo 7: 100
  2. Receiver RX802 (for above transmitter): 35
  3. Flame Wheel 330 with Naza: 450 (bought in Japan)
  4. LiPo batteries 3S 2200 mAh: a 10 = 20
  5. Cables, adapters, thread glue: 50

That’s about 650 for a complete set. Without the rather expensive Naza flight controller, it’ll be about 500 in total.

Of course there’s an endless list of useful things, but none really needed:

  1. Better propeller (Graupner, 8×5): 4 times 10 = 40
  2. GoPro camera or similar (I’ll start with the digicams we have): 200
  3. Different flight controller (15-200)
  4. Different frame: 50
  5. Motors and ESCs: 4 times (30+20) = 200
  6. Batteries: 50

 

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