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Simon Evans replied to Robert Perkins's discussion Failsafe set-up, well, failed
"Robert Perkins, I had exactly the same problem with my setup. The Spektrum satellite failsafes work perfectly, but i was only able to fly about 500m away, so i decided to fit an Orange DSMX receiver. All controls worked well, took it on my first…"
Jun 19, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Simon Evans's discussion Pixhawk power reset in flight
"Right, after hours of testing, unplugging and fault elimination, i finally found the culprit and solved the power reset issue.
it was the pixhawk power module. After watching some youtube videos and research i learnt that the power module only…"
Jun 12, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Simon Evans's discussion Pixhawk power reset in flight
"Still having problems with this, very weird, i put my quad on the bench, took the props off, connected a 3s lipo, if i throttle up slowly it works fine, but if it is quick throttle up, the pixhawk resets. escs are cold, lipo is fully charged. not…"
Jun 12, 2016
Simon Evans posted a discussion
Not too sure what caused this, i am running an alien X frame with 60amp esc's and Turnigy D3548/4 1100kv motors with 5000mah 4s lipo. i am only getting about 7mins flight time. the esc's seem to run warm although the motors are cool. 10" 3 blade 4.5…
Jun 4, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Simon Evans's discussion How to set tail gyro gain for a pixhawk helicopter
"The other problem i have is my channel 6 is assigned to the pitch control so i have no way of assigning it to the rate_yaw_p. this is probably a result of me setting the pixhawk up as a heli and not as an acro as other posts suggest. so i have no…"
May 10, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Simon Evans's discussion How to set tail gyro gain for a pixhawk helicopter
"Hi Randy,

Thank you for your quick reply, you have pointed me in the right direction. however from what i can gather there is not fixed settings and they will vary from heli to heli.
Its just a matter of trial error.

Cheers"
May 10, 2016
Simon Evans posted a discussion
Hi,I have built a traditional 450 sized heli using a pixhawk autopilot, I am also using a spektrum DX8Everything is setup and the heli flies. the only problem is is the tail wags a lot, i have previously built traditional 450 helis and encountered…
May 8, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Evan Feil's discussion Pixhawk and Spektrum DX8 setup & ESC Calibration
"Hi, i have exactly the same problem, using a px4 and a spektrum dx in a trex 450.

this has been baffling me for week,s each time i try to the arm the heli, it arms then 3 secs later it disarms.

Please see attached video, desperate for help

many…"
Mar 21, 2016
Simon Evans replied to Scott W's discussion SR1 settings do not save on Pixhawk
"Hi, i have exactly the same issue with my pixhawk controller, i connect to mission planner, successfully update the firmware, calibrate it. then unplug it, reconnect it to mission planner and none of my settings have been saved.
I am convinced the…"
Jan 11, 2016