[LeoTheHuman]

RTF wire mess (:

[LeoTheHuman]

I’ll have a test flight tomorrow with new software on the board hard mounted to the dirty part of the frame, on all the settings David provided, and if that works at least decent, I will buy another kit with integrated board. When I tried the new software and his settings in my previous configuration, with the board mounted on the camera tray, it was unflyable. And the sticks are way to sensitive for me on his setup. (:

[LeoTheHuman]

It’s a very good practice to remove the negative PIN from the VBAT, not just only use one wire, but more importantly, use only one PIN. If you accidentally connect the ground wire to the positive VBAT pin, nothing will happen apart from the beeps. If you connect your only positive wire to the ground pin, magical smoke will come out and you won’t be able to put it back.

Attachments:

1. 

   vbat.jpg
   

[LeoTheHuman]

As far as I understand, @David has redesigned his BEC with all the requirements of the Naze32 and servo in mind, but I’d confirm if I cared about $6 difference. (: You can definitely use his BEC to power the video equipment and there’s nothing that stops you from running everything else from the ESC’s BECs.

[LeoTheHuman]

I believe @mrich_30047 wanted the full kit with ESCs, motors, wires and props. (: Unfortunately, @David doesn’t sell these. It would be so great to buy pieces which pass David’s QC. ((:

[LeoTheHuman]

You will probably spend about the same if you’re putting magnetometer and barometer on it, so don’t be so enthusiastic about it. (: Some GPS modules have magnetometer inside, not sure if CF can use it currently. And good barometer will cost ~$10. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MS5611-high-resolutio-n-atmospheric-pressure-module-height-sensor-IIC-SPI-/400343424531

[LeoTheHuman]

Yeah, you’ll need pretty tall landing gear in the middle of the tiny frame. Won’t be too stable on the ground. Landing on the spinners, supported by the motor shafts, doesn’t sound like a good idea, does it?

[LeoTheHuman]

The only difference between full and acro versions is the fact that pretty expensive baro and mag chips are not soldered to the second one. You can actually find the pads for these easily on the top of the board, next to the acc+gyro chip. Acc+gyro costs around $2, same with mag+baro (high quality) would be $10 more. If the board is around $15, that’s significant difference.

[LeoTheHuman]

Y6 should yaw as a conventional hex, right? Then naze32 should have no problem handling that. I’ve just checked, cleanflight-configurator has it as an option. Motor mounts are easy, just mount the motors to the X mounting plates and zip-tie these to the booms!
It’s not that efficient, though… Expect 5-7 minutes on a reasonably sized battery for a tiny Y6.

[LeoTheHuman]

You can add Mag+baro+GPS on top, there are I2C pads available.
Mag is better off the board anyway. It’s a shame that a baro is not sandwiched somewhere inside the foam-sided spacer, though. (:

[LeoTheHuman]

I second a question. I currently use recevers that came with 9x and HK-T6A V2 and I’m not pleased. PWM only and no failsafe just doesn’t cut it. I’m making a DIY Tx/Rx on NRF21 modules (with telemetry), but would like to hear opinions about the DSM2/DSMX reliability too, as a backup option. (:
BTW, if you could test the range, it would be great.

[LeoTheHuman]

PDBs are out of stock )):

[LeoTheHuman]

“Tilting it forward should spin up the back prop more”
You probably wanted to say exactly the opposite. If you tilt the tri forward, forward props should speed up. The side that is down will try to speed up to get more lift.

[LeoTheHuman]

Bottom piece doesn’t experience any critical forces and is dampened by zip-ties. It should hold up fairly well. And it’s also very cheap to replace if it fails in a few years. (:

[LeoTheHuman]

I’ve switched to harakiri, changed PIDs as follows:
R&P: 3.5, 0.03, 23
YAW: 5.5, 0.02, 80
It feels like it’s on the ground. No oscillations at all. It requires a fair amount of yaw input to move, though. But it does yaw fairly quickly once you apply that input. I think of adding yaw rate to the equation.

[Author]

Posts