Hello - I been using Uthere Ruby for a Penguin for sometime now and have had great success, Now I have built a X8 with Pixhawk, Dragonlink, etc. I been reading online 3DR instructions,forums, etc. My complete setup is :
-X8
-Pixhawk
- Dragonlink UHF with V2 receiver
- Turnigy 9XR Pro
- 800Mw RMRC video Transmitter w/Bluebeam antenna
Problem - Can not get any Tx movement from Elevators/Ailerons, but the motor works-
I can connect to the MissionPlanner I've done the wizard setup
I did setup the 3DR radios and connected
I tried it with Pixhawk armed/unarmed - nothing
I've plugged the Elevators/Ailerons into the channels on the Dragonlink receiver and it works.
Any tips/help would be helpful. I think I'm missing something in the MissionPlanner or how the wiring goes into the Pixhawk for the elevator/ailerons.
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Last night I tried the PPM encoder, just motor activated still no elevator/ailerons.
Hi Chris, are you using channels 1 and 2 for the elevons, and if you connect to Mission planner with USB and navigate to the RC set up page do the green bars for channels 1 & 2 move.
Yes the Bars are moving in the mission planner, just no movement. The motor fires up.
And you have armed by holding down the arming button, and have powered the servo rail via the BEC connection from your ESC to channel 3.
That was it, got movement. Question should I power the Pixhawk off a 5V BEC from the battery, Thinking if the ESC craps out, then I would lose all control surfaces. At least the BEC is powered off the Battery.
It wouldn't do any harm, quite a few guys here recommend this, keep us posted on how the flights go. :)
You may have solved my problem... The only power going into the Pixhawk is coming from the 3DR power module, and I pulled the Red wire out of the throttle channel ( ESC ). So It seems I have not powered the servo rail ! Thanks !! I'm sure I'll have more questions.