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Futaba 14SG and APM 2.5+ issue.

Posted by Frank Prochaska on April 4, 2013 at 5:27pm

I recently switched from my trustworthy old DX7 with AR7000 RX to the new Futaba 14SG FASSTest system with telemetry and R7008SB RX. I installed the new Futaba RX and calibrated everything in mission planner. Now my quad has a random twich where on of the mortors suddenly increases in speed just enough to cause a significant jerk, it happens about every 5-10 seconds and increases with flight time. I'm afraid to fly more than a few feet off the gound. I assume it has something to do with the PWM or PPM from the futaba and some sort of conflict with the APM 2.5? I have switched back to the DX7, anyone having the same issue? any known fixes?

 

Frank

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Tags: 14sg, 2, fasstest, futaba, r7008sb, sbus
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  • Mark Aylward October 24, 2014 at 6:47pm

    Tristan, what are you using for your second rx? I will be doing this as well for my 3axis gimbal.

  • Tristan April 15, 2013 at 9:30am

    Hi,

    I have a 14SG with R7008SB and APM 2.5 (bought a month ago) and I have no problem so far :)

    Maybe the PPM is already up to date ?

    Tristan

  • Frank Prochaska April 9, 2013 at 6:49pm

    Problem solved! After following these instructions http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/APM2Encoder   I'm able to use Futaba FASSTest telemetry R7008SB receiver without any twitching.

     

    Frank

  • Tissy April 4, 2013 at 11:33pm
    Hi Frank.

    Basically you need to update your PPM encoder on the APM board.

    Quite a long thread, but hopefully it'll give you some background to the issue with Futaba radios and how to perform the update.

    http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/motors-twitching-in-flight

    All the best,

    Steve
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