ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit

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Price: $599.00    

Product Description

The ELEV-8 quadcopter is a flying robotic platform that is lifted and propelled by four fixed rotors. There are no fixed wings; all of the lift is created from the rotors. Unlike standard helicopters a quadcopter uses fixed-pitch blades, whose rotor pitch does not vary as the blades rotate; control of vehicle motion is achieved by varying the relative speed of each rotor to change the thrust and torque produced by each. The quadcopter uses a HoverFly board with a Propeller multicore microprocessor to electronically control stabilization of the aircraft. The benefits to this system are a stable platform, with no mechanical linkages for a small maneuverable and agile aircraft. The kit provides an inexpensive way to get involved in the quadcopter arena. The kit includes; frame, mounting hardware, motors, speed controllers, propellers and the control board for flight stabilization. (the only thing you need to provide is the RC radio equipment, battery). We recommend a six channel RC radio. The ELEV-8 platform is large enough for outdoor flight and has plenty of room for payload and attachments (up to 2 lbs). NOTE: This kit is not for beginners, it takes a moderate amount of mechanical skill, for building and flying. The ELEV-8 quadcopter kit requires an average of 8 hours to assemble; RC experience is highly recommended. WARNING: Due to the size of this platform, it can cause serious damage or injury. There is no protection around any of the propellers. We recommend using the RCAPA guidelines for safe use of this aircraft (http://www.rcapa.net/guidelines.aspx). Disclaimer of liability: Parallax Inc. or RobotTwinkee are not responsible for any special, incidental, or consequential damages and personal injuries, including that to life and health, resulting from the customer's application and use of any Parallax Inc. products. You, the customer, assume full and unlimited responsibility for all customer ELEV-8 Quadcopter applications and uses.

ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit Review

Purchased the ELEV-8 as an upgrade to the Parrot Drone 2.0. The Parrot drone's are more on the toy side, while the ELEV-8 is on the beginning side of a professional quadcopter.

The build is definitely NOT for beginners. There's quite a bit of soldering involved, and you have to keep your wits about you during the build, but it's definitely a fun build and the assembly guides on the Parallax website help quite a bit. There's also a great "Building the ELEV-8" video tutorial on YouTube by HackAWeekTV that I referred to during the build, and that helped me A LOT.

I will say that the kit is on the expensive side for a DIY quadcopter. You could piece meal together a quadcopter for at least $200 less with similar (e.g. an airframe, motors, ESCs, battery, and flight controller) components. However, I've always been a fan of Parallax products (they make GOOD STUFF), so I bit the bullet on this.

I'd also never done R/C control before, so I'm starting out REALLY SLOW (i.e. just making sure I can make the ELEV-8 hop, per the guidance given by Parallax), but even doing that has been really fun.

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