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About Me:
Director of Diamond Caravans, 30 years Elecro-mechanical engineering background.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Enjoy building UAV, current craft are a Quadframe Hexacopter with gopro 4822 motors APM 2.6 with gps, Carbon fibre framed 580mm quad with APM 2.6 with gps, 330mm framed fpv quad mini APM with GPS.
Hometown:
Warwick
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"I wouldn't bother using anything bigger than 10's on a 900kv 2216 motor with this weight of model. "
"You can use the 12volt supply of a 3s no problem providing all of your fpv gear is running on 12v, camera, osd and tx. Camera's can be either 12 or 5. I generally use a BEC anyway that way you get a clean supply to the fpv system also that way you…"
"2200 3s - 2650 3s 10" props the 2200 lipos normally come with xt60 from hobbyking. I normally use turnigy lipo's, never had any luck with zippy's they ALWAYS end up dying, turnigys are fine nanotech even better but a bit dearer."
"No, its dead easy, the APM is a cracking flight controller. Just take off and keep it in Loiter to get used to it. APM sets up dead easy but allocate a night or two or three! first time as you'll need to watch a few youtube vids to learn to set up…"
"Yes, I've mounted an APM2.6 on the base, mines a top connector and was a bit of a squeeze, if you havent bought your apm yet I'd recommend side connector, but either does fit. I'v used boscam ts351 tx at the rear, the aerial comes out to one side so…"
"Yes, strangely I noticed the problem wildly accentuated by increasing AUW on my h-quad, doesn't correlate to 50% power with mine though as this model is very over-powered.
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"Hardly going to be a handful of people Rob, I have 3 APM's doing this with vibration isolation platforms. A 330mm quad, a 525mm quad (just retired this frame and now in a H- quad, same problem) and a 680mm hex. None of these had issues with old…"
Quanum venture frame, APM 2.6 FC, NEO6M GPS, NTM Propdrive 2826 1200kv motors, 30a Afro esc's, 2650 4s Lipo, 5.8g video tx, front mounted cam, 12v ubec for fpv.Maiden test flight up to 60% throttle and modest pitch angles. All flew and performed…
"Open mission planner and load older firmware, then connect to apm with mavlink and upload new firmware to fc"
"I run 2 x apm2.6 fc's both on vibration isolation platforms, one 3dr one clone, both pulsate throttle in alt hold/loiter. I have just built a 330mm quad using the hk2.7 mini fc and this too pulsates the throttle. Drop back the firmware and all is…"
"I do believe acetone is a laquer thinner and isopropyl alcohol is a shellac thinner. On the 2 occasions I've felt a need to flush a motor out I've used any old aerosol service cleaner I've had to hand thii8s is when a model has been lost in a field…"
"Good point Ben, with a half decent prop balance the bearings are just rolling along without much stress at all which answers why my rattly old cheap crappy motors are still running fine, theyve had play in the bearings for a year, if they had a fair…"
"I run several multirotors, the one with the most flights on it around 300 which equates to around 30 hours operating time has Turnigy 1100kv NTM propdrive motors installed and runs on 4s flat out most of the time, ie;- hammering them! These motors…"
"Every one of the billion cars on the road could be a weapon, every Kevin on a buzzing moped is annoying. Yet a couple of electric multis harmlessly buzzing around a landmark or two and the worlds up in arms. I remember our council banning…"
"Why not use a mini apm. Ive just buit a 330mm quad racer with mini apm external compass and GPS with fpv. Flies great. "
