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APM placement in Skywalker X8

Posted by Håvard Lothe Lauritsen on June 6, 2014 at 4:54am

Hi,

I am currently building a Skywalker x8 (with live video and telemetry over 3/4G using a Raspberry pi, which is working).

I am wondering if the AMP 2.6 needs to be at the center of the air frame, or if this is more important when dealing with multi rotors. I want to mount it in the back section (x8 has three sections), a few cm from the ESC.

I am also contemplating if noise from the ESC will affect it at all (running 4 cell setup).

Any thoughts?

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RIJUN RK October 10, 2018 at 1:43am

Even I've placed at the same position of yours.

Some people advised to place the flight controller near CG point.

Can you give me a link for the 3/4G module that you used for the Pixhawk??

Also please share any additional reference materials for the same.

Regards

Rijun
Håvard Lothe Lauritsen June 9, 2014 at 10:40pm

Has no one tested this, or have any experience on this?