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Vicente replied to luispez's discussion Apm Mission Planner has burned one motor of my Hexacopter.
"Probably a new PDB design with Optos + 5v regulator and a separate battery for APM would be a nice solution."
Jun 3, 2011
Vicente replied to luispez's discussion Apm Mission Planner has burned one motor of my Hexacopter.
"As a rule I always use a separate battery for the control section + a BEC If needed, and for quads I also recommend Opto-isolator for each ESC.
ONLY with the control battery plugged you can upload firmware, program, play without any risk. Then when…"
Jun 1, 2011
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Mar 31, 2010
Vicente commented on fibrewire's blog post Variable Pitch Quad Rotor - M/UAV
"Hi Robert,
Nice project!
What are you going to use as clutch or one way bearing between the rotor and each drive chain?
Without that, after engine or bevel gear failure would be impossible to perform an autorotation.

Probably a good idea is to make…"
Mar 16, 2010
Vicente commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post Special! PROJET MQ-9 Reaper 98
"Nice plane but is too heavy...
Be aware of prop strike if using large props. Just watch @ 2:29min that great sound!!!"
Mar 10, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post APM Oil Pan!
"Another change:

USB connector (top-left)
Infrared sensors XYZ Horizon connector (bottom-right)
I2C conector for pressure sensor (SCP1000) or magnetometer (HMC5843) (bottom)
The left “strange” pads could serve to ppm encoder in order to monitor some…"
Mar 1, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post APM Oil Pan!
"Flash Memory P# AT45DB161D 16Mbit flash IC (right of converter)"
Mar 1, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post APM Oil Pan!
"A couple of changes for my list:

Flash memory (ulog) (right of converter)
Jumpers (bottom-left) to monitor outputs, no multiplexor…"
Mar 1, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post APM Oil Pan!
"I didn’t saw Chris Anderson comment, but with his clue what is in the bottom left is the USB port."
Mar 1, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post APM Oil Pan!
"Hi Jordi,

Nice board! As you said quite big…

Here my guess for the oil pan:
-FTDI chip (top-left)
-Multiplexor (bottom-left)
-Differential Pressure Sensor MPXV5004DP (top-right)
-Gyro LPR530AL for Pitch and Roll (center)
-Gyro LPY530AL for yaw…"
Mar 1, 2010
Vicente replied to James Pistorino's discussion Quadcopter Props
"You can go with:
APC 10 x 4.7 Slow Flyer Pusher Propeller (APC10047SFP) for clockwise
APC 10x4.7 Slow Flyer Propeller (APC10047SF) for counterclockwise
Of course depends on your motor and ESC.
www.amainhobbies.com has them in stock.

Regards,…"
Jan 8, 2010
Vicente commented on Max's blog post My Ardupilot Funjet
"My only concern is the Video Tx is very close to ESC and motor.

Also be very careful with the video tx power supply cable it shouldn’t pass near the rx antennas or be glued to the receiver. I would not recommend wrapping the satellite cable, just…"
Jan 8, 2010
Vicente commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Reminder: Sparkfun Free Day Is Tomorrow @ 9am MST!!
"It seems that today nobody is going to work!

Reason? $100 in toys…"
Jan 7, 2010