My PDB for my Y6 has a wire that says "to APM." I also have the 3DR power module which provides power to the APM2.6 via the "PM" slot. Do I need to connect these two wires to my APM from the PDB and if so, where?
Read more…I am joining the fun everyone. I ordered the kit and now I wait. I will be here a lot I am sure to make sure I get everything setup correctly.Greg
Read more…I purchased a Y6 and FS-TH9X radio separately. I was told to upgrade to ER9X firmware and given setup parameters for channels in MIXER and LIMITS menu. I'm uncertain about some of the parameters. For example, I was given three different sets of setti
Read more…I completed this weekend a conversion from 3DRobotics Hexa to Y6 configuration. During my test flight yesterday, the copter wanted to drift while in Loiter even with the Y6 parameters I downloaded.
Today I went through all mandatory flight prechecks (
Read more…Hey folks, I've damaged a motor on my Y6 and will probably have to wait a week until a spare arrives.
I've noticed that there is a Y3 firmware configuration available in Mission Planner.
Can I simply upload a new firmware, adjust the motor connections
Read more…Yup, I am still new to this. After the CompassMot test, I was putting the props back where they started, and discovered the top motor on rear/black arm (#6) was wiggling. Screws still there. So I took the top/bottom motor assembly apart, got out
Read more…Any of you Y6 owners have a gimbal/camera setup yet? i'm interested in seeing what you're using and how you're mounting it on your 3dr Y6.
Read more…After 30+ years of flying Nitro fixed wings, NiMh cars and cheep RTF helicopters I find myself lacking on the large battery LiPo side of things. With that I went to a trusted hobby shop for advice and to purchase a battery for the y6 that is already
Read more…The 3DR Web Assembly manual shows the rear ESCs stacked together. I emailed their tech support and their reply was that it is OK to do so. Now, if I can only figure out where to put all the wires. Oh yea, the PM is still hanging out. Trying to ge
Read more…I have been looking at several commercial Y- configured multicopters out there, and have noticed that most of them use the normal APC -E props rather than SF props. I asked a local drone delveloper why this was, and he answered that they have tried a
Read more…Just received my Y6 today but I'm having trouble getting the Mavlink to connect. It connected this morning on my Windows 7 machine but this afternoon when I tried to connect again it times out.
APM 2.6 Mission Planner 1.2.69 Mav 1.0
When I plug the usb
Read more…Please post your parameter files for your 3DR ARDUCOPTER Y6 here.
So far I am running stock firmware values, apart from the Rate P was changed to 0.7 after some in-flight Dynamic tuning.
Brilliant in no-wind conditions, but quite wobbly in a mild br
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