Just a quick update that the tricopter V3 kit now is back in stock!
Ooo also, today I sent out the 1000th order, that kit contains a little something extra. Thanks to everyone for the awesome support!
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I’m so jealous of that special order!
i wonder if the stock still exist till end of febuary of march T.T
1000th order eh, that’s awesome! You make one heck of a tricopter kit and the parts are superb quality. I ordered some more arms to go with the Electrohub mid frame from FT and am looking forward to that build!
That’s insane! Grats!
Can you tell us in which country 1000th tri went?
David, congratulations on 1000 of your tricopters out there in the world!
I am just starting to build mine. One thing I’ve thought of as a possible accessory is another platform to gain more real estate for electronics. I’m starting out with a multiwii board, but I would eventually want to integrate something a little more powerful like a Eagletree Vector. I don’t think I have the space for that right now. Instead of an accessory, perhaps all that’s needed is a video of tips on doing something similar.
Hei Michael, it is possibel to put a vectoe on the tricopter no problem. I wil send som pics ( if i know how to post them). I have a FC from eagel tree (vector) with a immersion uhf. I just need to clean the wires better.
Michael I agree!!!!! I also want a version of the Tricopter with a GPS assisted flight controller that can have return to home function. Just received my tricopter btw and its AWESOME
I just ordered mine!!! Cant wait to put it to work.
That’s awesome, congrats David!! Keep up the good work 🙂
Congratulations! There are now literally THOUSANDS of RCExplorer Tricopter V3’s in the world! And you and Johanna made it possible David 🙂
Just received my Tricopter V3 kit. And what a surprise when I opened the box. Nr 1000!! Thanks David for the little extra! 🙂 But maybe more appropriate is Congratulations to the success! Thanks, Thomas
🙂 Glad you got it 😀 Happy flights
Come on tell us what was the surprise ? 😀
Yes I’m curious 😀
OK as everyone suggested I updated my FCB, the new program seems to have different scales for the inputs.
Can David or someone share with me your settings for the KK2.1.5 flashed to Stevies V1.91S1 (Tricopter V3)
It would seem the numbers for settings are different.
[email protected]
I don’t quite understand? All the numbers given in the video and on the site are for the Stevies V1.91S1 firmware?
Sorry, It was my KK2 that was the issue. All good now.
Hi David, the product description says: “The tricopters are unfortunately out of stock again. New stock should arrive early January.”
You might want to correct that to avoid confusion 🙂
Thanks Terje 😀
I know! The surprise is a golden ticket for a tour of David’s factory!
Hehe there isn’t that much to see here yet. Still renovating the house and everything is a mess 😀
That is awesome! 1,000 David tricopters in the world?!
Not yet, a 1000 orders have been shipped out. About 750 tricopter kits so far 🙂
Just a few pictures to share.
I wanted to share how I approached the wiring challenge.
but I cant attach pictures.
You can’t share pictures in comments – but you can share pictures and even crate a specific post in the forum, maybe named: “The wiring challenge!” 😉
The wiring challenge: http://rcexplorer.se/forums/topic/the-wiring-challenge-and-how-you-solved-it/
wouldn’t it be great if the kit comes with s/n ..
i’d be quite happy with that.
That would have been pretty cool 🙂 A little late now but maybe for the next copter design 😉
Hey David, is there any chance you could make a video on how you initially setup your aurora transmitter? Like model selection etc? Ta.
Or, perhaps, just go through the process here, since I am not too sure of the correct settings for the transmitter. 😉
I just ordered a kit and I wonder what the average delivery time will be in Sweden? 🙂
I would guess a day when Posten gets the package from David.
Mine arrived today in Syracuse, New York. No golden ticket 🙁 I’m excited to get started! I’ll post some photos/videos in the forum of my progress. Thanks, David!
I love my rcexplorer tricopter. It flies so smooth with the APM flight controller and all I did was autotune it. That in combination with the recommended motors, good propellers, and stiff arms helps a lot. Yaw oscillations are the only issue I had with APM (Arducopter) and the top heavy yaw assembly, but they can be avoided by lowering the YAW-STAB-P gain a lot.
This is 1 of my videos of it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0A_0rZeRc&list=PLFN3cIepffT9F41ZOoV9p6Ti13pos3mzb&index=7
APM has also saved my tricopter a few times already due to a few failsafes and MinimOSD blacking out once.
OMG! That is an awesome place to fly! Very ballsy to fly out to the boat with your new tricopter 😀 I wished I lived close to a place like that 🙂
Looks like the tricopter is flying great! Looks like you were flying around at a pretty decent speed, what setup are you running?
Keep up the good work! 🙂
I’m glad you like it 🙂 and sorry for the late reply.
This is the setup I used (it’s in the description below the video):
36cm 10x10mm hard wood arms
APM 2.5 flight controller with Arducopter 3.1 firmware
MinimOSD
T-Motor MT-2216 900kv motors
rctimer ESCs with SimonK firmware
HQProp 9×3.8 propellers
3000mah 25C 4S Turnigy Nanotech lipo
GoPro 3 Black Edition
Sony 600tvl CCD camera
Scherrer NR
Fox 800mw 1.3Ghz VTX with cloverleaf
TGY-390DMH yaw servo (fit’s perfectly and has a metal case which is perfect for tie wraps)
That’s a beauty right there mate. I received mine today, already put it together now waiting on The servo from HK. Thank you very much sensei David.
Hope you like it 🙂
Hey David!
Still waiting on mine to arrive, any idea of the transit time to Australia? its been 17days now
Can’t wait for it to arrive all the electronics are waiting!!
thanks
It shouldn’t be much longer now then. It usually doesn’t take more than 3 weeks, but sometimes the package takes a detour for some reason just to turn up a little later :/
Wooo it arrived this morning!
Thanks David!
I’ve just received my kit today. I must admit WOW – it is extremely light and the quality of the parts is just superb! Thank you David! 😉
Finally finished my V2.6HV. It Flies Beautifully! Cant imagine how it could possibly be better but one day I will find out. 🙂 I will definitely have to get a V3 someday! Thank You David for an amazing design. Truly a work of art. 🙂
Hi David, I ordered mine on 1/29 and have not yet received a shipping confirmation. Are these still in stock and shipping? I’m anxious to get going on my official V3 instead of my kinda nice but not the real deal tricopter.
Woohoo just had notification that my tri-copter is on its way. Just need to source the metal geared servo now 😉 Can’t wait to get teh build started and get flying
Hope it get to you quickly 🙂
Good luck with the build!