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Comment by AndrewF on March 12, 2012 at 9:01am

@Bradley, there is a 4-wire connector that sends the PWM servo signals from the APM to the power distribution board, and the mapping to motors can be changed by re-soldering the leads from this connector to the correct spots on the power distribution board.  I made a mistake with that on my build at first, it is fairly easy when working on the board upside-down.

While it would be possible to change this mapping in software, it is best to correct the wire connections so that the standard software configuration can be used.

Comment by Bradley J Carr on March 12, 2012 at 8:54am

I have a question that should be pretty simple.  I am setting up the motors on my new 3dr quad.  If the motors are not in the right postion.  Like let say No.1 needs to be NO. 3.  How can I change this so that the mapping is correct?

Comment by Darrel Hauer on March 10, 2012 at 10:19am

I am going to order the ArduCopter Hexa KIT v1.0, Pre-Soldered Flight electronics kit with the larger motors and the 12" props. My question is this, should I add a BMP085 is a high-precision, ultra-low power barometric pressure sensor and a MB1200 XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 High Performance Ultrasonic Range Finder. I will be using this as a camera platform in the future once I become proficent at controlling the craft.I am also adding osd and fpv.Any comments would be helpful.

Thanks, dhauer

Comment by Bradley J Carr on March 8, 2012 at 8:11am

Can you fly around in a Altitude hold?  That way if your trying to learn then the ground doesn't become your enemy.

Comment by Bradley J Carr on March 8, 2012 at 8:08am

10-4.  Thanks.  I was asking because I have not yet recieved my battery for the quad and was going to use my power supply to do the calibrations of the motors and getting everything loaded.

Comment by Todd Hill on March 8, 2012 at 8:06am

@Bradley, If I am not mistaken the dip switches are no longer used.  They used to be used for enabling camera functions, etc.  They are now user definable in the code.  The 5V comes from the ESCs', which is relayed through the PDB.  

Comment by Bradley J Carr on March 8, 2012 at 6:43am

I would like to see if somebody could help me understand a couple things with the 3DR Arducopter. 

First thing, What are the dip switches on the autopilot for?

Also, does the 5v for the rx and the autopilot come from the power distribution board?  Or is it actually coming from on of the ESC's?

Comment by Anish on March 2, 2012 at 7:35am

@marco, thanks very good to know :) keen to see some comparisons in terms of vibrations (i.e. how good the bearings are) and thrust..

Developer Comment by Marco Robustini on March 2, 2012 at 4:02am

@Anish: as you can see also the table of characteristics is the same, changing only the outer bell:

http://www.rctigermotor.com/show.php?contentid=132

Developer Comment by Marco Robustini on March 2, 2012 at 4:01am

@Anish: i use Tiger Motors 700kv on my heavy X8, this one (SunnySky is the company who makes them for the TM):

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/v2814-11-700kv-outrunner-brushless-motor...

They are made very well, excellent bearings mounted, I would say that the quality exceeds even that of Pulso.

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