Julie Macfarlane's Discussions (28)

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Sourcing parts

From the US if possible.

I smoked a motor and only had the 4. Soo.. I am looking for web sites that ship product from the continent.

Why not China? I ordered stuff 3 weeks ago and it seems to have dropped off the map.

 

I am looking for 1050 KV and under

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RC2 upload problem

I down loaded the new code. Cleaned out the old code and unzipped the new.

Opened the Arudino uploader, pointed it to the NG code and it creates the text string to say the # bytes etc but fails to load.

<error>

Binary sketch size: 54816 bytes (of a 1269

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APC220 Radio Systems

Ok. I followed the directions and found the following

1)Unplugging the USB radio causes a blue screen/Mem dump in Windows 7

2) Drivers do not install.

 

In XP Drivers install, but the config software is locking up.

 

Any body else played with these?

 

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Arm design

I have almost everything to build my quad, but have some design questions.

 

I am assuming here (and all THAT entails) that a shorter arm will result in a lower stability platform, but greater agility.

Longer arms (with in reason) will allow the craft t

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Motor selection

I would like to build a medium sized Quad, about 24 inches motor to motor.

Estimating a 6" prop. 
What would be a good selection of motors to use.

There are a lot out there, Inrunner, outrunner etc.
 ESC is dependant on motor current and would be selecte

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