"The telemetry antenna is one thing i really want to do differently, on a similair design i couldnt make the escs significantly hot, so im assuming this wil be ok. The battery goes above the escs and under the electronics."
"it was lower, but due to magnetic interference i had to put it higher. now the motormot returns 4%. i flew it shortly and it looked ok. any experience with apm that high?"
overall top viewgopro mount instead of battery holderarms are sealed with (color matched) tape, one motor mount hole is used for positional lightsescs, homemade pdb and power module are hidden between center plates. rear standoffs together with…
What do you recommend to use? Id like to find a comparison in terms of reliability (does it crash often?) and usability (interface, functions). Thanks alot!
"roll channel would be useful for roll in cars also: for servos wich could move wheels on one side up and on the other down, just like mars rovers and rapper cars do ;)"
after update to l2.5.4 code on my apm1280 with disabled cli logging and gps set to MTK16 (not AUTO) the gps stopped working. status led on gps is on, but the gcs says "no gps" and loiter is not working. after compiling with auto, everything is ok.…
hi, few ideas for gamepad control from missionplanner1. use gamepad for camera control so i can use RC for flying and gamepad for advanced camera control (pan, tilt, zoom, focus, shutter, ...) there is enough controls on the gamepad for all.2. use…
"hi brian, please explain it. how exact do the motors have to be? i did not want to mount it like this, but the motor has a 1mm long protruding axis and i didnt want to weaken the arm with a 8mm hole between the 3mm holes wich are only 16mm apart…"
After my first custom quad wich took a lot of rough landings and finally crashed from about 40 meters due to disconnected battery Ive kinda overbuild this one.Arms are 15x15x1mm aluminium profiles, centerplates are 2mm laser cut aluminium. Im using…
"ive been using just a C shaped plastic stick wich pointed out from the arm and was about 5 cm longer than the prop outside radius. worked and saved some props. now i dont need them anymore :) btw, by removing them i got slightly longer flight times."