Hi big guy, I’ve been following this thread for a little while and basically sitting eating popcorn whilst a couple of personalities thrash it out. As mentioned above, both have very valid points regarding setting out on this journey. There are some really useful threads in the search engine regarding beginner quads and the tinyhawk seems to be a firm favorite. They are a great intro into learning to fly, they crash with a bit more dignity than the larger quads and are reasonably easy to fix. Depending on your flying style, 2.5 - 3.5 mins battery life on 2S, so most folk have at least 6 batteries ready to go. My story was starting out on a sim (Liftoff) which had me bored after one day so I just went out and sent it. Probably not my smartest move but I’ve been flying helis, planes and gliders for years and I learned as I went along. First quad was a wizard x220 which was the perennial favorite back then as the smaller quads didn’t exist in the mainstream. I crashed, burned and rebuilt that quad and others many times and you will too when you get into it, regardless of what you end up with.
I have about 18 quads now, both analogue and digital and am currently into long range cruising. It doesn’t matter what batteries you run, the variable will be with the motors, tune, your flying style and props that you run and obviously the weight of the rig. I have a chimera 4 that will run for about 8-9 mins on slow cruising on a 4S 859 mah battery and that is fine by me but also have a iFlight DC5 that will destroy a battery in 3 mins on fairly aggressive acro.
Regardless of what you fly, remember to have fun and learn at your own pace. This forum is fantastic (mostly) for support so hang in there.
