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Pektusin replied to Ken Smith's discussion Info on Chan 9 to 16 in PIXHAWK
"I struggled with almost the same problem not a while ago. In my setup, X8R transceiver is connected to Pixhawk via SBUS. I expected all 16 channels to be available on the Pixhawk side, and wanted to hook my servo-style peripherals to the Pixhawk…"
May 30, 2016
Pektusin replied to Jim Wittstruck's discussion Channel 7 RTL in ArduPlane User Group
"End of year 2015 and ch7-8 are not implemented :(
To use this geo-fence feature I need to carry a laptop with me to define the box.. so much hassle comparing to a single switch that returns the plane back to you. "
Sep 25, 2015
Pektusin replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"what sw is that? OpenTX Companion?"
Oct 22, 2014
Pektusin commented on Gary McCray's blog post GoPro 4 is Here - Sort of!
"I hope they did something about the poor battery life. "
Oct 1, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"I replaced the stock motors with Turnigy Multistar 3525 650Kv and ESC with 30A Hobbywing Platinum to get some extra reserve for future upgrades and experiments.
I don't think I really had to change ESCs for this setup, but my hex crashed in the…"
Sep 22, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"I replaced all the motors a while ago (see the bottom of the page 1 of this thread) and it worked great for me. No overheating issues since then, much greater lifting capability and in result - longer flight time (18 minutes with 5A/h 4S). I'm using…"
Sep 22, 2014
Pektusin replied to Tim Callinan's discussion I want to go higher. in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"I hope you're aware that you cannot fly above 300ft or so per the airspace regulations? And you know why? Because an aircraft can be there and it is not aware of your Y6."
Aug 1, 2014
Pektusin replied to Fredrik G's discussion Lifting 900g with 3DR Y6 in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"thanks!
total weight is 2.7kg, flight time is 10 minutes (5a/h 4S battery, monitor is set to 3.4V per cell). It loiters at 55-60% of thrust, so I'm thinking to add a second 5a/h battery.
To fit 12" props I had to replace the landing gear. It can fit…"
Jul 20, 2014
Pektusin replied to Fredrik G's discussion Lifting 900g with 3DR Y6 in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"My old config with 3S and 1000kV motors and 11x45 props was capable of lifting a NEX camera with a simple 200g gimbal. It was a bit under powered (loitered at 75%), but it was okay. Check this out:360cities it was done with 3DR Y6 and NEX5N.

Now…"
Jul 18, 2014
Pektusin replied to Micke Ramírez's discussion Newbie Y6 (Assemble) in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"For the instructions, check this out: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/introduction/"
Jul 2, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"Yes, although it is a bit too tight to the landing gear. I adjusted PIDs - that's all. Flight time on a 5A/h 4S battery is around 18-20 minutes,"
Jun 30, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"I replaced the motors with Turnigy Multistar 3525 650Kv and ESC with 30A Hobbywing Platinum to get some extra reserve."
Jun 23, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"The motor coils - the part of the motor that get hot - are on the bottom part of the motor. The moving part (rotor) has magnets only and does not produce any heat. Instead, it is in greater degree exposed to the airflow. 

Besides, 11" props are too…"
Jun 23, 2014
Pektusin replied to James A's discussion Y6 Hot motors and ESCs in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"" I am somewhat confused by this because typically if you can increase your voltage like with a 4s pack your current should be lower therefore cooler but it must have something to do with how the esc works."

Each motor is an inductor. Every real…"
Jun 22, 2014
Pektusin replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"It is on the 6th page of the thread:

It's simple...do like this:
1. Download and extract the MavLink_FrSkySPort_1.2.zip file   (for example. to your desktop)
2. Open Arduino software and in  menu File/Preference change the sketchbook location to…"
Apr 7, 2014
Pektusin replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"It is in your radio manual setup section. Just set up you telemetry pages by adding new parameters to display.
I posted exactly the same question here but figured it out in 5 minutes later and removed my question."
Mar 12, 2014
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