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3DR Y6 MultiCopter Maiden Flight and Review

Posted by AKRCGUY on November 15, 2013 at 10:14pm

Quick first flight video.

PROS-

Complete Kit

Open source Hardware/Software

Large community and support

CONS-

Manual could be updated with assembly diagrams and better clarification. Some pics and instructions conflict with company website.

Everything has it's place except power distribution board, which leads to next issue.

Very hard to manage all cables and ESC's.

Still a lot of DIY tweaking needed to make fly right.

Would love to see other builders photos of how you managed cabling and/or ARF kit photos.

Pictured below is my Y6 before first flight.

26, 3dr, apm, arducopter, kit, y6

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UAS_Pilot November 17, 2013 at 12:39pm
UAS_Pilot November 17, 2013 at 12:04pm

yeah i notices it and I have fixed it.

I attempted the maiden flight today and it is very twitchy in the roll attitude. has anyone else noticed this? I am running 3.1 RC5 with the y6 4s param. Today was pretty windy so i was not ready to attempt any other mode of flight. on a calmer day i plan to run the autotune to see if I can get it better.
Andrea Salvatore November 17, 2013 at 10:35am

@Joseph Looking at the first picture you posted it seems that the APM is slightly tilted. That can cause calibration problems and lead to unstable flying so I think you better check for that and keep the APM module as flat as possible. Other than that great job and I'm studying your pictures and I should receive my Y6 in a couple of days and I'm already worried about where to put everything :D
AKRCGUY November 16, 2013 at 10:07pm

@Joseph- Nice job on your build. Looking forward to your first flight. I'm just finishing up the edit on my post build review which should be up later.
UAS_Pilot November 16, 2013 at 6:11pm

I was able to get everything where it is suppose to.

Maiden flight will be tomorrow.
UAS_Pilot November 16, 2013 at 6:10pm
UAS_Pilot November 16, 2013 at 6:25am

My y6 has rctimer 2830/750kv with 12in on the bottom and 11in on the top. I will be running 4s 4400 mah. The plan is to start with the default y6 param. And then run the auto tune to get it really dialed in. I will report back.
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David Anders November 16, 2013 at 5:16am

Nice Adam. Like Joseph, I had everything fit quite nicely. However, unlike Joseph, I touched it again and again and again whilst playing with other pieces of equipment. So it's not quite as neat as I would like.

I did find it quite easy to get it up in the air and it was stable as a rock. The only thing I found a little off were the stock legs, but that's quite easily fixed.

Cheers.
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moglos November 16, 2013 at 1:54am

I found it very tight in the layer with power distribution board and cables, especially with XT60-Deans adapter. I might just chop that and hard solder my battery connector.

Would you mind posting your PIDs. I've been suffering from terrible wobble. I've improved it somewhat by drastically reducing my Roll and Pitch Rate Ps but haven't got it perfect yet.

Post with details here.

http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/flip-crash-on-maiden?commentId=70...
UAS_Pilot November 15, 2013 at 10:24pm

Madian flight looked good. I will need to post my pics. I was able to get everything where it was suppose to be. But I forgot to take pictures of the inside and I am afraid to open it up again. I will post pics soon. Thanks for the Info it's very helpful.