Number 1 was short lived http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3vlhdj1afps2z
Number 2 was much better http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/share-your-drone-info-thread?commentId=705844%3AComment%3A772970&xg_source=activity
Number 3 is perfect.. 3DR Y6.
I didn't have enough room to squeeze in the gimbal in the space provided so, I had to make the mount for the gimbal from a piece of aluminum, which was fairly quick. They gimbal is fantastic, after you get it tuned which is a whole ordeal by itself. Lots of new understandings with that thing.. Basically, your expectation should be to keep the camera level in two planes, emphasis on the 'keep'. it won't just move it around itself, it has very little torque..
It's the same gimbal previously posted a month back.
enough about the gimbal..
Here's the flight. Flight
The wind was about 10-15 up there. the Camera nods when the angle get's to a certain point but it does stabilize. I did hover for a min to get the below air shot..
The Y6 is sooo stable. I have APM 2.6 with telemetry, Turnigy 9x radio. I purchased it as a kit. I wanted to see how much easier it is to buy a kit than build it myself, since that's what I did last time. It was so easy to assemble
Current code is also a great leap from the old Ardupirates code of my last one.. I'm not running a sonar and alt hold is within a few feet..
Putting the kit together was straight forward. Make sure you check the holes on the motor plates for alignment.. Better yet, 3DR, why not just drill a 4th hole? I didn't touch the PIDS one bit. Stock ones were right on the money. Yaw is tight also.. Lastly, I did have to cut off the deans connector that came with the power module. I have tons of the XT deans from Hobby King and the one that came with the module didn't connect securely enough and caused the apm to reboot.. Thank goodness I found this on the bench and not in the air.
What more can I say.. I've had so much fun with it..
OH.. the ZEAL/Velcro Band works wonders...
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@Mike, I couldn't get them to stack. the thickness is to much to fit between the plates. Also I think they would have gotten to hot anyway.. Here's how I mounted them.
@Alex Lee
The dataflash logs, if you had IMU logging enabled (vibration readings)
Awesome. Still waiting to get my Y6 off the ground too! Good to see it works well. Did you end up sandwiching the ESCs (like 3DR has in their pics) or did you find an alternate way to mount them?
@Raph. Which log do you need?
@Joseph. I totally agree. Even thought the code on my HEXA was quite old, it still seemed to surf around like a disc. Plus once it's a hundred feet up maintaining orientation is quite fun. The Y6 is just easier. Plus knowing about the motor redundancy, makes me more at ease from the get go.
@RoboCopter, We all have been figuring you would have a nice gimbal in the works for the Y6. I just couldn't wait. One thing I do want to reiterate... the motors have just a tad bit of torque, they rely on the mass of the camera to keep it in place. This is why it needs to be perfectly balanced. Don't expect it to keep you from moving it with your finger. Someone mentioned hanging it from a plane.. Personally, I think the wind would be a factor it would have a hard time overcoming. it would need some kind of windscreen in my opinion.. Like what Wayne has on his Techpod.
Looks great Alex - also a Y6 owner. love it! can you post a flight log? i'm curious to see the vibration measurements you are getting with that velcro over the APM.
Nice work Alex! The Y6 is my favorite type of multirotor not only because it looks cool but because of how great it fly's. At 3DR I am currently finishing the design of a brushless GoPro Gimbal that will interface nicely with the 3DR Y6, X8 and IRIS. I am glad you got one working in the mean time tho!
Nice. I'm considering a Y6 for my next bird.
Based on your post, I bought the Goodluckbuy gimbal. Awesome piece of kit, it works great right out of the box on my hexa.
The Y6 is more stable and less floaty than a hex. The Y6 is more fluid in its movements than the Hex. The coaxial setup is slightly less efficient aerodynamically, but the reduced weight from the arms being removed cancels this out-
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