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  • in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #65566
    villalji
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    Hi There! im looking for some documentation on how to calibrate the current measurement in dronin, I could not find anything so far in internet. I´m guessing that we need to adjust the calibration factor in a similar fashions as we do in Betaflight, but I´m not sure… any idea?

    in reply to: Shorter arms? #34975
    villalji
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    Thanks @wilco1967, I have a set of normal length arms and another set of the slightly shorter (27.5cm instead of 32.5cm) the question is which one would fly better with the motors, etc of my first post… what was your experience? Better, worst or the same with shorter arms? Perhaps, as you say, it’s just a matter of taste and/or PID tuning, but I am curious of your experience… what do you mean with PID not right at the limit?

    in reply to: Shorter arms? #34966
    villalji
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    Has anyone out there tried different arm lenghts on the v3 or v4 tricopter?

    in reply to: Barometer not working on the v4 F3FC #34965
    villalji
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    Thanks @Neoxio, I tried as you suggested to no avail… still can’t figure out what’s wrong, but I can’t get the barometer to show in cleanflight.
    @Norwenkel, I always had triflight 0.5, tried with beta 2 and 3, and no result. I just saw there is a 0.6 version, perhaps I try this weekend with that one, but I’m starting to think that it might be a hardware issue.

    in reply to: Ready to go, but? #34927
    villalji
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    Hi stoffen, if you have a multimeter, check the voltage you get in the zero + and – pins, also in the uart ports. I had some problems with the power supply in my board to get 5v in the uart pins. At the end I use a spektrum satellite on uart1 at 3.3v and a separate pololu 5v (https://www.ebay.de/itm/272202549978)to power my osd and leds.
    Also, check carefully all solder points to make sure you have no shorts anywhere (in your picture 0267 it looks like the buzzer pin is shorted with the negative esc connection), if you are getting lights, and the motors beep chances are the board is not fried (yet).
    Another thing i notice from your pictures is that you have selected 6v on the BEC, that is the voltage that will feed the uarts, not sure if your transmitter will work at 6v, you can change the R8 selector to 5v to be sure.
    Even if you cannot get 5v from the uart you can use one of those pololu step down voltage regulators to get clean power, it is cheap, small and reliable.

    in reply to: Random tail problem #34913
    villalji
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    Hi flying flynn, I also recommend you to use the satellite receiver that you got with the AR8000 receiver, that’s what I use in all my quads and tris. You can bind it with the transmitter, and to connect it to the board you can just use the key word “satellite” in the starch of this forum (top right of the page) you will find tons of posts that will help you on how to connect the satellite, and how to configure cleanflight to get it to work. It may take you some trial and error, but as Antonjo says be careful with the voltage, make sure you are connecting it to the 3.3 v, but it is totally worth it, you will have 8 channels, super light receiver, and dsmx super solid radio connection. It never failed me.

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    in reply to: Tricopter V3 Setup #34911
    villalji
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    Hi Minh,
    Easy solution, Just check David’s youtube channel, you will find the v3 video build there, as well as the naze32 configuration video:

    Tricopter v3 build: https://youtu.be/kvZGA6dJQJs

    Naze32 tricopter setup: https://youtu.be/xY1EJpPZgSc

    Don’t forget to subscribe to his channel!!

    in reply to: Barometer not working on the v4 F3FC #34275
    villalji
    Participant

    Hi, thanks @neoxio, I have tried as you suggest, but I still can’t see the barometer in cleanflight. I am not using I2C sensors. I have UART1 in serial mode connected to the Spektrum Sat receiver, and UART3 used for OSD. Any other suggestions?

    in reply to: Share your build/setup #34266
    villalji
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    Finally working after many issues with the F3FC board. I’m now only missing having the barometer working, it does not show in cleanflight…

    -Frame, motors, ESCs and Servo as per original RCExplorer’s kit
    -HQ6x4.5 propellers, from RCExplorer as well
    -4S batteries from 1400 up to 1800 mAh
    -ImmersionRC 25mW 5.8 Transmitter
    -Fatshark 700TVL camera (to be replaced later this month)
    -Minim-OSD (not the micro, but the old full size, mounted parallel to the transmitter, also to be replaced by a micro-minimOSD that I have in another quad
    -Aomway antenna, sometimes I go with a Fatshark, some other times with a home-made one
    -Spektrum Satellite receiver / DX8 radio
    -Red wire mesh on front esc cables and foam legs on each arm

    in reply to: Barometer not working on the v4 F3FC #34265
    villalji
    Participant

    Hi, @okolloen I´m having the same issue, my mini-tri flies fine, all seems to be fine, but I cannot see the barometer in Cleanflight with F3FC and Triflight 0.5 beta3. Did you find a solution to it? I was just trying to set up the Altitude Hold mode, and also show the altitude in my minim OSD, but without recognizing the sensor, no way…

    in reply to: Barometer not working #34264
    villalji
    Participant

    Hi Draclicka,
    I´m having the same issue, did you manage to fix it?

    in reply to: Changing motor rotation in BLHeli with F3FC?? #30428
    villalji
    Participant

    Thanks swissfreek, I did not know that! So, the only alternative I have is to swap cables… Or perhaps just flash it with a standard tricopter version, change motor rotation, and flash back the TriFlight one, right?

    in reply to: Solution: Problem flashing the new F3FC Board #30415
    villalji
    Participant

    2Hi, thanks, that did the trick for me as well, I tried everything that David says in his video, but I could not get into “flashing mode” until I started google chrome as administrator, then it detected the board as DFU.
    Now the problem I have is to change the motors rotation in BLHeli Suite.
    I have done it successfully with other littlebee ESCs, but with a Naze32 v6 board, and it went super easy.
    With the F3FC, everytime I connect it, it initially detects it as USB7 just fine, but when BLHeliSuite tries to read the ESCs, the port goes (apparently) into DFU mode, and the program cannot access the port.
    Did anyone succeeded configuring the ESCs via BLHelisuite with the F3FC board?

    in reply to: Reciver for F3FC + Spektrum DX8 #30413
    villalji
    Participant

    Hi,
    in case it is of help, here is my solution. I also have a DX8 and I wanted a small receiver, and able to use all 8 channels. The solution was one of the DSMX clone satellites that I have lying around, something like this:
    DSMX compatible spektrum satellite

    Also, since I did not want to cut the cable, I made an adaptor using some JR connectors, the ones I used in the past to solder to the Naze32 board to connect this satellite:
    Micro connector 1.5mm 3-Pin JST ZH
    Total cost is about 24 Eur, with extra connectors, and a satellite that you can still re-use. I hope this helps.

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