Has anyone experienced problems with the control cable connections on the power distribution board? I have had two of the cables break off at the soldering point.
I was wondering if anyone had similar problems and how did they solve them? maybe put i
Read more…Hello! Can someone please help me out here!
I cant find anywhere the dimensions of the Y6.
If someone could help me out to know:
-Distance from motor to center of the central board
-Dimensions for the center, top and bottom plates of the y6
Its for a scho
Read more…President Obama is visiting our area today, so there is a TFR or Temporary Flight Restriction while he is here. Included in the verbage is:
THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED WITHIN THIS TFR: FLIGHT TRAINING, PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES,
Read more…Hi, I'm finally nearing the completion of my Y6 build, and was wondering about balancing it.
I've read that having a properly balanced multirotor can help efficiency (and maybe stability?) so wanted to ask: Do you keep your Y6 or other multirotors bal
Read more…Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, but I've already learned quite a bit from all of you. Here goes my (probably) embarrassing question: my Y6 OSD/FPV kit didn't come with a cable to charge the 900mAh LiPo batteries for the transmitter and receiver. Do I n
Read more…My 3DR kit Y6 crashed, and the motor wires on one motor were snapped off during impact. The instructions say to have the wires pointed outboard on the arm as in the photo from the PDF assembly instructions.
Did anyone try pointing them inboard?
Thanks
Read more…Hey all,
I'm wondering if it's possible to do the initial setup and tuning, including ESC calibration, of a new Y6 -or any other copter using APM- using only the telemetry radios.
If not, what is missing?
Read more…I have a couple of motors and the mounting threads started to become stripped. I used the little aluminum "+" brackets that come with the motors in place of the fiber board discs that come in the 3D Robotics Y6 kit. Because they can mount flush, you
I decided to convert my Y6 to the new frame 10 option. Of course, the motor cables from the ESCs were only reachable by taking it apart, top frame off the bottom frame. I labeled them as they were, disconnected, then re-connected in the new positio
Read more…Attention Greg KosinI thought your message about making the camera aim where we want it that you sent yesterday would solve the problem. Your steps were copied by us off line - no quad connected using Mission a Planner as well as APM 2.0; we could no
Read more…If I wanted to create waypoints around a picturesque light house how do I set up the waypoints so the camera is always pointing at the light house? I am a newby so I don't know what mission planning command applies to this example. Experts out there,
Read more…I will build a Y6 and do Mission Planning via a Mac laptop. I am wondering if there are any differences between the Mac version and the Windows version? Are Mac users satisfied with the functionality of the Mac version? The reason I ask is I could us
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