So, I took the Y6 out for a spin this weekend, and i am now having some issues with the Y6 keeping steady on the yaw axis. It is actually wondering, and the rudder stick input is not correcting enough. Any ideas as to what it may be? I already rec
Read more…Hello, I posted this as a reply to a previous discussion I had, but thought I would start a new one too.
I connected my 3DR Y6 to Mission Planner, hoping to check calibrations, and I noticed the top back motor wasn’t spinning. I just recently (a coup
Read more…Just came back in from my first flight of my 3DR Y6, and I am happy to report 3 consecutive successful flights. To be honest, it was not the first attempt (I tried that in Panama before I moved to Costa Rica, and it was a failure due to a bad ESC th
Read more…I am considering building my first y6 copter. I am in the process of making my list of items to get. Do you guys have advice on how to start. What parts are the good and what issues to look out for.
Read more…I'm wanting to get a little bit more flight time out of the Y6, and maybe a little more power. I currently have a stock 3DR Y6. What upgrades would you all recommend? I've heard that having a larger pitch prop on bottom helps a little. Would I be abl
Read more…Hello Follks,
I recently ran into a reoccurring problem with my original pixhawk I purchased from a Canadian distributor, and since day 1 I have consistent RC connection issues, although I did manage to resolved the problem with a ppm encoder after ma
Read more…I've been messing with this copter for a few months now. The biggest setback has been ESC issues with KDE 2814XF-515 motors. Doing it over again, I'd bite the bullet and buy the $$ KDE ESC's made specifically for their motors.
After 4 different ESC's
Read more…Please Help! Flashed my pixhawk with updated APM Planner (2.1.15) firmware and now can no longer receive any Transmitter signal, when it worked perfectly previous to flashing I had just done a esc calibration with no issues what so ever...Using X8R w
Read more…So, I finished buiding the Y6 today. Tried to do the setup, but for some reason, only APM will recognize the Pixhawk, but Mission PLanner will not. Normally it would not be an issue, since I could just use APM, but mission planner is the one that h
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I have been flying auto missions with my Y6B with default gains. Most flights are pretty good, with the vehicle maintaining steady altitude, but sometimes it climbs quite a lot above the commanded altitude. Today was such a case (windy conditi
Read more…Dear Y6 Owners and other DIYDroners,
I am looking for some help.
Ever since installing 3.2 on my Y6B I have had intermittent failure of motor No.6. Always no .6
Ah, "It has to be an ESC or Motor" I hear you all say, I thought that as well. Here is wha
Read more…My Y6 Kit should be shipped next week, and I have been reading quite a bit online.
I ordered it along with 3DR's FPV/OSD setup (I plan to replace the camera with one I have with pan and tilt, and maybe use this headtracker later on) with the cloverl
Read more…As discussed on the wall, here is the dataflash log for my newly built Y6B.
I tried the auto analysis in MP and it seems to be saying:
Test: Thrust = FAIL - Avg climb rate 1.99 cm/s for throttle avg 850
The Y6B is using 10" props; the latest 3.2 beta;
Read more…Hello Folks,
Just switched over all my motor rotations and esc locations on the pdb for the Y6B config,
Now my question is in APM planner on OS X all I can see if the one Y6 frame type but showing the Y6A config with the rotation flip no the rear motor
Read more…I've been using a 3DR RTF Y6b with Pixhawk since early summer with no problems. I never play with parameters. I normally would fly with the tarot gimbal and GoPro camera, but I wanted a better camera option for my purposes so I have a stable mount
Read more…Greetings all. First post so bear with me, I'll try to make this as descriptive as possible to help a poor soul who follows me down my path of pain. I'm building my first 3DR Y6B UAV and am running into issues calibrating the radio, or at least I thi
Read more…Saw this thought it may be a nice integration for the 3dr DIY y6 I have been messing with...
Read more…It's perhaps redundant to sell a Y6 to the "Y6 owners group" here but you are my tribe, so here it is. All the specs and details are in the YouTube video description. This craft is fully tricked out to shoot FPV video with the included GoPro and gi
Read more…Any idea what's up with that? Is there a redesign in the works?
Anyone? Anyone? Paging Mr. Anderson to the white courtesy phone!!
I was about to order parts for my bedragled Y6, but thought maybe I should figure out if anything is changing, first.
Read more…Here's a tip: Don't fly one into the side of your house.
Top rear motor failed, I think, but that doesn't explain it, exactly. I've test flown on 5 motors before, briefly, and this was not that. Anyway, all I really know is that in Stabilize mod
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