Gender
Male
About
Location
Maynardville, TN
About Me:
I love everything electronic, rc, or if it has a motor.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in fast acrobatic flying, bruising and enjoying the scenery, or trying to get that perfect shot.
Hometown:
Maynardville, TN
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"Slapped on some better quality 10 inch props, and they reduced the Vibrations down to a manageable level. Now I am having issues with the Yaw. I've tuned the pitch and roll so that it feels pretty spot on, but the Yaw is HORRIBLE. I've calibrated…"
"Might try some 10 inch t-style carbon props once I get some things sorted out. Having some issue with Althold. Wants to surge up and down a good 10 feet or so in Althold or Loiter. It looks like it might be due to vibrations. I previously used a…"
"Here is its maiden flight. This is a custom built Y6 using the Flite Test Electrohub frame, and Makerbeam rails for attaching the battery, landing gear, and camera mounting plate. It flies good, but needs a tune, and the horizontal legs on the…"
"Managed to figure out the step I was missing. Forgot I needed to flash the APM with the Y6 firmware, not just change the frame type in the settings. Ran through all the settings again and bench tested, all good now! Hopefully I can maiden it…"
So I have been flying around with my APM 2.6 in the spider quad layout for a little over a year now. Recently I decided to upgrade it to a Y6B format. All new ESCs and new motors. After soldering up the ESCs and motors, making sure their rotation…
"Simply flipping the boom will not change the rotation of the motors to how you want them. When viewing a motor from above, if its spinning CW when right-side up, and you flip it upside down, and view it from above, it will now be spinning CCW. Thus,…"
