Does anyone still build these? What's the state of affiars for DIY and coaxial hexacopter builds?

I've been fascinated with Y6 designs for years and have been wanting to craft my own but never had the finances to do so. FInally came into some extra cashflow and want to put it towards a drone. I just became FAA certified and have been doing this c

3DR Specs??

Does anyone have specs for 3DR Y6?  I'm looking for dimensions on all parts, but mostly for the main plates.  I can't find any spare parts, so I figured I'd manufacture my own.  I have a second Y6, but it has the old original top plate and I'd like t

Pixhawk reading 0V

Hi, guys.  I know the 3DR Y6 is not as popular as it used to be, but I still need some help.  I recently dusted off my Y6 and started using it again.  I even installed a new Hero4 for 4K video with a new lens (to get rid of the fisheye effect)...

The

Flying 3DR Y6 for sale

Hi guys,

Parts for this drone are hard to get. So if you are interested in a flying, fully equipped Y6, let me know. Living in The Netherlands.

Kind regards,

Bert

flying 3dr Y6 still flying in Katy

Does any one have a flying Dr3 Y6 in Katy ?

Thanks

Y6 Manuals & Basic Instructions - 3DR links are dead

I am a little late to this forum!

I am building a 2014 3DRY6.  I got it a couple of year ago, but then got very busy, so only building it now. 

I am able to find the 3DR assembly manual on the web, but all of the links into the manual to the 3DR page a

Best way to balance a 3DR Y6

What is the best way to balance A Y6. I move the battery and it responds differently. I only have a 3S to run on it.

Thank you for any input.

Please help

I can not get this thing to do the accelerometer. It fails at place level. And all it wants to do is flip over.

Thank you for any input.

Terry

Y6 - Upside Down Operation

Hi All

Just been thinking about trying the Y6 frame but 'upside down'. So the single arm points to the front and the dual arms are the back.

Anyone tried this? or know if there would be any issues regarding stabilisation (e.g. yaw) with this setup. I'm

Frame drawings?

Hi all,

Probably a stupid request but does anyone out there happen to have any drawings of the Y6 frame/top plates/what-have-you?

Just being lazy, I don't want to have to strip mine down to do measurements.  :-)

Thanks in advance

Good, Bad, or Ugly - PPM encoder with APM 2.6

Seeing how these devices were going out of stock at 3DR, I purchased one, should I decide to upgrade to Pixhawk.  Odd events followed.  I had a crash after takeoff.

I did redo the RC calibration prior to this flight.  After the crash, I noticed some o

self loosening nuts?

Hi everybody, I posted this in the general foru and didn't get any response. So I'll try here. I've just put together a Y6 DIY kit and when testing the motors(no propellers on) on the first spin of the motors all nuts flew off their shafts. The motor

Newly built Y6B with APM 2.6 Issue

So I have been flying around with my APM 2.6 in the spider quad layout for a little over a year now. Recently I decided to upgrade it to a Y6B format. All new ESCs and new motors. After soldering up the ESCs and motors, making sure their rotation dir

Thank you Y6b problem solved

I've been battling my new 3DR Y6B for 2 days. One motor wouldn't start up. Found that problem, I had the wire from the ESC plugged in upside down. Now that motor was working, but another motor was dead !!!

I remembered reading somewhere on this forum,

HK/HMF Titus 600

Hey,

just wanted to share my new y6 "leftover parts" as viable portable alternative to the 3dr y6.

Bom:

HK Titus 600 (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...ch=titus%20600)
Motor Mounts (http://www.goodluckbuy.com/h4-multic...screw-nut.html)
3x Air Gear 3

Y6A to Y6B is it as easy

If i understand this correctly, the difference in the 3dr Y6A vs Y6B is the rear arm top motor spins opposite of the two front arms and lowers are reversed. When the B configuration came out it spins the all the props on top one direction (CW) while

Connecting a 3 axis brushless gimbal to APM 2.6

880kv motor issue

I am in need of replacing two motors on the Y6 and was concerned about a few things.

3DR's shipping for spares is very frustrating every order I placed with them this summer has taken 3 weeks. Kind of moot right now they are currently out of stock.

I f

Y6 crash and not responsive to controller

Hello,

I have a RTF Y6 that has been glitchy when flying lately.  When it is on a flight plan in auto mode it starts zipping to the side and all around and actually flips over and upside down.  When I switch to RTF it tries to return and then just go

Power Distribution Board Question

I dropped this the other day and after changing the prop the lower motor stopped working at power, it would spin erratically.

After getting it appart I noticed a couple things the pins on the back of the board had been pushed together and some were co