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Perth, Western Australia
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I fly a 3dr 2013 Y6 that I am using for aerial imagery with a tarot 2d gimbal (version 1) and gopro
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Perth, Australia
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"My guess is that you are in Simple Mode"
"Maybe you are accidentally in Simple Mode?"
"Sounds okay to me. You probably want to power the output rail with only one esc (or use the cable from the 3DR PDB which provides 5V from one of the ESCs)."
"A quick point:
3. Check that all your ESCs have Simonk firmware. It should be printed on the esc sticker. Some people including me received some Simonk, some not Simonk. Either way, resolving this will not solve your problems with flipping."
3. Check that all your ESCs have Simonk firmware. It should be printed on the esc sticker. Some people including me received some Simonk, some not Simonk. Either way, resolving this will not solve your problems with flipping."
"It is unfortunate that for the Y6B orientation, all 6 props rotate such that they will tend to loosen the prop nuts. A better choice would have been for top props to run CCW, bottom props CW."
"Thanks mP1. Unfortunately we are leaving early Monday morning so I can't really get it quickly enough from Sydney.
@David - do you have a web portal? I will order from you in the future."
@David - do you have a web portal? I will order from you in the future."
"Hi mP1 - unfortunately they are not. Yours have 4 holes. The black ones have only 3. Thanks very much for replying though :)"
"Dear All,
I live in Perth, Australia. This week I broke a prop adapter for a black 880kV motor - this is the piece that is screwed to the top of each motor - you attach the prop to this. It had already been weakened after I straightened it after a…"
I live in Perth, Australia. This week I broke a prop adapter for a black 880kV motor - this is the piece that is screwed to the top of each motor - you attach the prop to this. It had already been weakened after I straightened it after a…"
"It might be possible that your magnetometer is pointing the wrong way? I'm not sure what might happen on an auto flight if that is the case."
"I'm surprised I didn't think of reverse threads. It seems obvious now.
To be clear, my crash happened when a prop unscrewed mid flight, and yes it was a clockwise prop. I had checked tightness pre flight (rounded nut, 2mm hex wrench). It was…"
To be clear, my crash happened when a prop unscrewed mid flight, and yes it was a clockwise prop. I had checked tightness pre flight (rounded nut, 2mm hex wrench). It was…"
I have a 2013 Y6 with the old style motor collets with rounded nuts that are tightened with a 2mm hex wrench. I had a crash earlier this year when a prop flew off mid flight despite me having checked the nut tightness prior to flight. Since then I…
"Well actually I think most people in this group would be using the 3DR Power Module to power the FC since that is how the kits/RTF are supplied. Therefore ESC with +5V could be a problem if plugged directly to the APM outputs without removing JP1.…"
"Thanks very much Euan - I think I understand. I went and read the APM manual. I guess it might be possible to do what I want to do and remove the JP1 jumper. However I think it would be better to cut the ESC +5V red cables like you suggest. I am not…"
"Yeah I guess that was my question. I don't really want to be butchering the ESCs. The APM is already being powered by the 3DR power module. Is it okay to supply it with 5V from all the ESCs too? Or is that a problem?"
I have a 2013 Y6 I built from kit. I have always found the PDB board ESC signal wires to be problematic. They are quite fragile. At one stage three of them broke off at the board. I managed to solder them again but they are close together and there…
"I have been up to 10m/s but noticed it buffeting around more in the wind. Glad to hear it's okay up to 15m/s.
In answer to your last paragraph, I start auto missions with the TAKE_OFF command. With the transmitter pre launch I set to stabilise, arm…"
In answer to your last paragraph, I start auto missions with the TAKE_OFF command. With the transmitter pre launch I set to stabilise, arm…"
