Well today after some challenges I got the maiden flight in and all in one piece. It was a little on the windy side but I couldn't wait another day to fly it. First impression was it was running very smooth. It hovered great after getting out of the
Read more…Well I got my 3DR Y6 kit about 3 weeks ago and got started building it right away as I was anxious to get it flying. Since this is my first multicopter I just went through the instructions I got to the point to install the motor collet assembles and
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…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…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…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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