Modified Y6

Posted by Doug Walmsley on June 29, 2014 at 6:26pm

How many of you are not happy with the landing gear for your Y6?  I bought my 3DR kit last winter and mounted the Tarot 2D gimbal platform but after a hard landing and a broken gimbal mount, I decided to research and find something better.  My final result is this landing gear which required a slight bit of drilling to mount.  I purchased the landing gear from goodluckbuy.com

FPV T-shape Carbon Fiber Landing Gear Skid for RC Multicopter X650 S550 Compatible (SKU: 105883)

Check out my photos.  :-)

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  • Steve Murray June 2, 2015 at 12:35am

    I haven't even started building my Y6 yet, but I love the look of those legs. I've ordered a pair from BG.

    An added bonus to the ground clearance is that I should be able to run larger props - the motors I'm using can use up to 13" props.

    As my motors are more "pancake" style than the recommended 3DR ones, I've also ordered some 10mm motor spacers so I can experiment with the propeller separation. I've read that this is pretty important with co-axial motors, more so than the top/bottom propeller sizes.

    I see you use the propeller quick-disconnect adapters - what are they like regarding in everyday use?

    Cheers

    Steve

    • Doug Walmsley > Steve Murray June 2, 2015 at 7:02am

      Since I purchased them last fall I've really not seen any performance improvements or degradations with them.  I also heard folks discuss that the more the upper and lower props are away from each other the better I is.  Something to do with cleaner air for the lower propellers.  For me it's too early to jump on that band wagon, but I have enough logs to see that my 12 inch upper propellers and 13 inch lower propellers have not changed in performance with the quick disconnect adding a few more millimeters to the spacing between them.

      I bought the disconnects as a means of being able to remove props for storage and transport and that I do not have to loosen and tighten the hubs/nuts every time I transport the copters. 

    • Steve Murray > Doug Walmsley June 9, 2015 at 6:03am

      Thanks Doug,

      I'm very new to the Y6 brigade myself.

      I'm changing over from a "flat" Tarot 680 hex that I find to be just too big, so please excuse the questions.

      Steve

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    • Doug Walmsley January 3, 2015 at 10:48am

      My landing gear height is 10 inches or 254 millimeters.

    • Doug Walmsley January 3, 2015 at 7:42pm

      From the base of chassis to the bottom of skids.

    • Doug Walmsley January 4, 2015 at 10:32am

      It is 10 inches from base directly vertically down to flat surface.

  • Doug Walmsley July 1, 2014 at 6:28am

    If anyone is curious, I posted a video of the new landing gear taking a bit of a beating as I was somewhat aggressively landing it on my sidewalk.  check out my page.

    • DG > Doug Walmsley July 4, 2014 at 9:22pm

      I watched your video. Your flying skills are very good and that Y6 looks nice. I feel like I'm piloting the Enterprise into battle on each flight and need to go back to Star Fleet command for repairs after getting torpedoed by the Klingons. Sheesh.

      I also like your LED setup. Do you have a parts list?

      For the guys who don't want to put the modded legs on but don't like the factory legs because it doesn't take much to loosen the screws and the legs are flimsy anyway IMO, here's what I did:

      1) Used 242 Loctite on the screws. The plastic spacers don't seem to get attacked by that formula. However, after a few harder landings they worked loose again. Then I tried a longer screw to get deeper into the spacer, but still wasn't satisfied.

      2) Bought Loctite Super Glue 'Gel Control' and put a bead around every spacer so that it adheres to the legs. The screws can be loosened to provide a gap, but even without that a bead adds much more strength. For stripped out holes, I used it for them as well. I also put a bead along the joint of the square spacer on the bottom that fits in the slots on the legs.

      3) On my Y6 (2014 version) the legs have 3 sets of holes, but the arm only has two holes about 1" apart. With that 3rd hole not used, it makes the legs considerably weaker as the inner part at the top bends outward thereby causing the screws the work their way loose. Now there are three screws, but two outer ones would probably be fine. It's almost as if this was overlooked because putting two screws so close together does lend to strong support IMO. 

      Oh I may still break a leg, but they are much stronger now, the screws will never come loose again, and may even prevent vibration issues. That Loctite glue is like using a MIG welder- very good stuff.

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    • DG > DG July 4, 2014 at 9:39pm

      That should be "does NOT lend to strong support......"

  • Norman Sanchez June 30, 2014 at 11:57am

    Excellent, I acquired this beautiful model 

    http://www.banggood.com/XCAM-KongCopter-AY600-3Axis-FPV-Alien-Copte...

    and is very solid. but will put the naza lite. and continues XAircraft 650 apm 2.6 in x8 configuration 

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