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Permalink Reply by al on June 3, 2012 at 8:10am

well i ain't no expert...

the RC is powered from the APM if I recall right, that is 5V (you can see the connection you made  - ok - in the pictures)

yes maximum force is 3400 g, but that doesn't mean you will be able to fly with that weight, because you will need full throttle to bring it there, so you can't do anything after lift off (if you even get there). I believe a gross approzimation of the mass of the arducopter is 1.5kg, so a 400 g extra load should be ok (it flies less time though)

connections look good, their image is just an example, you do it however your receiver is designed. Just make sure each signal goes where it is supposed to (cannot check that from a picture).

You seem on the right way.

Just test before flying.

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Permalink Reply by Simon on June 3, 2012 at 8:56am

cheers al. I appreciate the clarification on the weight issues.

All seems to be on the right track. Have just completed the ESC calibration and all ok. So pin configurations on the receiver are ok.

Moving on. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by al on June 3, 2012 at 9:22am

i have done the assembly not so long ago, and I had a lot of crashes. 

Now the small Atmega is burned.

So just make sure you have everything by the book, but also straight in your head (i had everything by th ebook as well... as least i thought so).

And come back with any questions.

good luck

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