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• Craig P. February 15, 2015 at 9:07pm

  Hi Felipe,

  Thanks for the response,

  Well I have not changed any wires and I did not place any added pressure (power) on any wire.

  I simply connected the red power wire of one esc's on the same power tab as another esc's red power wire, so it would be simply a matter of wether or not the PDB tab could support the extra power pressure (one of the front tabs came off so I have the two front esc's red wires on the same positive tab without any deans connector). I did not touch any of the signal servo wires from any of the esc's, they all go according to what the instructions call for, I merely removed all the dean connectors from the PDB and soldered the ESC's directly to the PDB to save room so put more components inside.

  So a better question would have been to ask would be how much power can one positive tab on the PDB handle? Will the extra pressure cause the PDB it to melt? I assumed it would be able to handle two 20A esc's using a 3s 33mah lipo but I could be wrong.

  During calibration everything worked great (all motors seemed to have the same power) so this is why I also assumed that it would work fine.

  I wish I would have taken a photo before re-assembling it for a proper explanation.

  Thanks again,

  Craig P.
• Felipe Rabat February 15, 2015 at 8:30pm

  Craig,

  the only downside I see is that if you put more amps through the connection than the wire/connector can handle, you could melt it.  But considering the PDB uses the same gauge wire as the battery, I do not see a big problem there (not sure how many amps a deans connector can handle, but I doubt it's an issue here.
• Craig P. February 15, 2015 at 7:10pm

  While removing the deans connectors on my Y6 PDB to save space I accidentally removed one of the pads (can't remember if it was a top or a bottom one, although i think it was a top positive front one) so rather than waiting for a new PDB I merely just solder the two esc wires (3DR 20A) to the one pad. After recalibrating all the esc's everything worked perfectly fine during calibration. 

  My question is, could that have any negative effect in which I should not fly and simply wait for another PDB? Or am I perfectly fine as it simply just receiving power this way?

  I should mention that I am using a 3dr power module soldered directly to the pdb itself which works perfectly fine also.

  Thanks.

  Craig P.
• Felipe Rabat February 2, 2015 at 5:32am

  I hear you, Nathaniel and DG...  It's Freezing here in Costa Rica as well.  Yesterday it dropped all the way down to 79!!!  :-)
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  Nathaniel Caner February 1, 2015 at 6:20am

  +1 DG!! My pipes froze overnight and I spent half my Saturday thawing them out! No broken pipes though. The high on Monday is supposed to be a balmy 3°F.

  Regards,

  Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
• DG January 31, 2015 at 9:00pm

  Wow, that would be a nightmare to have happen. I could only imagine.

  80 degrees? That's disgusting. It's going below zero this week here.
• DG January 4, 2015 at 6:52pm

  @ David Anders

  I incorrectly assumed he already had 4s since mentioning the 1045 (figured he meant 1047) props. He has the 2013 Y6 then. I thought it was 1047 top and 1147 bottom for that version on 3s and Y6A configuration. If it is using 4x1045 props, his throttle at hover is likely well over 60%.

  Nishid, sorry for giving you bad information. Good luck with your Y6.
• Felipe Rabat January 2, 2015 at 6:41pm

  @Vu Tran

  I sent an e-mail earlier.  All I have gotten so far is a link to the ESC calibration page.  Not sure if I did not make it clear that I ran twice the ESC calibrations, so the link does not really help me all that much...  And calling is a bit prohibitive, as I am overseas in Panama (the one in Central America, not the one in FL!).  However, if you guys work on Saturdays, I could be inclined to give you a call...
• DG January 2, 2015 at 4:26pm

  Nishid, you need 4s not 3s no matter which battery is chosen.

  What exactly did you buy?

  I should mention that 3DR is using MS 4s 10000mah 10c batteries on their flagship X8.  I see no reason why they wouldn't work on a Y6.

  That said, I would not use a MS 10c battery less than 10000mah on a Y6B, unless they are 2x 5200 run in parallel (2p). The 10c rating is overstated IMO.
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  Vu Tran January 2, 2015 at 2:35pm

  Hi Felipe, please give us a call or email and we'll help you out! Email: help@3drobotics.com or call us at (858) 225-1414.