Hobbyking Quality

[Sherbs]

Hi guys,

I'm venturing into the world of Quads... Anyone had any experience with Hobbykings products as far as quality goes. They seem very reasonably priced, or just cheap crap?

I get the feeling it will be getting broken quite a lot along the learning curve......

Cheers,

Andy

[andys]

Hobbyking are ok.
Sometimes a bit slow - but the products are just fine.
I've bought quite a few bits and pieces and generally no real problems.

Just order 'spares' or buy 2 quad frames for example.
Also - try to get as much as you can from the UK store

[Col]

Everything on mine (except the voltage alarm) is supplied by hobbyking. Most of the electrics are turnigy. I can't fault any of it so far!

As Andy said, order as much as you can from the UK. Postage from the international warehouse (or any of the others) isn't all that cheap and when ordering lots of stuff customs will get you too - I hear they get EVERY hobbyking parcel due to knowing it's usually valuable stuff inside! You can declare a lower value when going through the payment procedure, but I assume that if it gets lost in the post you'll only get the value declared back.

Remember... let us know what you're ordering! We can help you with "buddycodes" (if we've already ordered the same) that give you discount (and us store credit)

[laters]

Most of my multi frames are from hobbyking.
Mostly flamewheel clone frames. The frames themselves are fine, they are more flexible than the dji frames (I have a discovery frame with real arms to compare) and a couple of mine have broke under stress from heavy landings.
I just bought a few more frames to get the spares as it still works out cheaper that way.
Plus I have a couple of the turnigy talon II quad frames. Real carbon and alloy. OK the alloy isnt fantastic but they are very good for the price.

All my multis have the kk2 board and for the money I havent found anything better.

As the others have said shipping is variable when you order from hong kong but orders from the uk with them have been quick and easy.

[Sherbs]

Thanks for the replys guys. I'm currently crashing a lil Syma X1,fantastic little thing. My dilemma is, do I go with a more expensive, branded setup or a cheaper Hobbyking kit to start with? I'm really liking the Discovery, or should I get a 450 sized HK quad to learn with as im sure it'll do its fair share of bouncing along the ground.... Same with the electronics. Is something like a Naza lite needed to start with or a Kk2? What about radios?

[northernmonkey]

Its a minefield Mr Sherbs! Like i said, i think its best to go down the DJI route, i know you like your quality and DJI should fulfil that.
The beauty of the naza is its an ideal way to get straight on with flying, your x1 will teach you the basics.
When set up correctlty the naza works a treat and will get you out of some tight spots.
Life is too short to take baby steps with this kit (imoa) as long as you fly these bigger things in a safe area to start with.

Radio gear, cheapest way would be to start with the turnigy x9 £50! if purchased from hobbyking, then if you need to upgrade flog on ebay for what you paid!
Or go for the fysky taranis about £160 (with rx) this thing doeas 's'bus (one cable to naza)
or if your feeling flush go for the Futaba 14sg £425.

Anyway! hurry up and get some kit ordered so you can have some fun.

[laters]

Just the quantify my reason for going with the hobbyking frames and kk2 is simple and one reason.

Price.

Ive flown most things over the years and I gave up flying helis due to loosing my flying site many many years ago.
It was only when a mate got me involved in the fault finding and setup of his Y6 that the bug bit again.

There is no doubt that the dji frames are better quality than the clones, as well as being more flexible the clone arms I have broken have had bubbles ec where the dji ones seem to be better made.
At the time the price gap was huge when I bought, now not as much if you buy at the right place.

As for the flight controller I like the kk2 as I can mess with the settings with the display and more so I am not worried about trashing the lot if I get carried away or have a dumb thumb moment.
Plus I can play with the firmware if I desire. GPS and other naza features would be nice but are the worth the price?
With the new naza lite that is making this question a lot harder to answer. But saying that the kk2's are what £23 now.

Just about to put my homebrew fpv setup on one of the frames to give it a try.

The same mate said I couldnt do fpv on the cheap.
He was wrong.
Home made goggles made from foam, motorcross goggles and 3.5 screen with fresnel lens.
5.8ghz vtx adn vrx with either wide angle keyring camera with video out or wdr 600 line camera.
All my fpv setup cost less 1/4 of what my mate spent on his goggles.

Do the goggles look as good as his? No.
Do they work as good? Yes.

For me my adventure into multis and fpv has been done on the cheap just to see if I could.
I didnt want to get into having a fortune into a model like I did with the helis & then be mortified when it bought the big one!

As for the transmitter I was looking and looking and found a deal I couldnt refuse on a hitec aurora 9. Had there of been the hobbyking turnigy transmitters back than the choice would have been harder.