My question is this: is the Y6 actually supposed to compensate in cases of motor/prop/esc failure, or is this configuration really no more reliable than "normal" multicopter configurations?
I've been flying my Y6 regularly for nearly a year now. I've
Read more…I've upgraded my 2013 Y6 with the 2014 Frame Kit and also got 3DR's Tarot-2D kit. When attached, there is only 14CM (5.5") of space between the Gimbal and the Rear Leg... even my 3S battery is 15CM, and my 4S is 16CM...
Does the 4S battery sold by 3D
Read more…I currently have a 3DR Y6 with the 880kv motors running ArduCopter 3.1... it's an amazing workhorse of a machine and flies like a dream. It's an FPV-flying, football-delivering, go-pro filming beast. The Y6 is fantastic, stable, and totally reliabl
Read more…I have been flying my 3DR Y6 regularly for over a month now without any problems. I have recently started flying FPV, and during today's 3rd flight the Y6 suddenly dropped like a rock and landed upside down. Smashed a propeller, dented a motor and
Read more…I feel like I've had way too much trouble trying to fit all the bullet connectors, ESC wires, and the Arducopter Power Supply in the body of my Y6. The longest part of my initial build was spent smashing everything in there and I worry about all tha
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The local high school in my small town has approached me about using my drone to drop an american football on the field before the Homecoming Game in a few weeks. Assuming my Y6 can comfortably carry the weight (I'll be testing that in the
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[The shaking happens at about 1:58 in this video]
I have been flying my DIY Y6 daily in Stabilize mode (still waiting for that backordered GPS for other modes) and am very impressed with the stability
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I finished building and configuring my first copter (a Y6) on Sunday and after a few days of practice flights tried attaching a GoPro. It can only fly in Stabilize mode right now as the GPS is still out of stock... I am impressed with the stability,
Read more…After a couple of days of trial and error, botched solder jobs, and near divorce-level frustration trying to neatly contain all the zillions of wires my Y6 is ready for her first flight tomorrow.
Gentle throttle tests thus far seem to make it want to
Read more…I just finished the initial build of my very first arducopter (the Y6 DIY kit)... however, I am unable to get it to arm!
I do not yet have the GPS/Compass as it is backordered, but everything else is installed.
I have successfully calibrated the ESCs,
Read more…I am a computer programmer gadget guy but have zero RC experience. I stumbled upon DIY drones and have been obsessed with getting into an ArduCopter... but I'm not sure where to begin.
If I get the "3DR Y6 Frame + Electronics Kit" with APM, APM Pow
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