Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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Also always always always cut and then solder one battery cable at a time, you don't want two bare battery leads flapping about and shorting because that'll be a whole disaster of sparks, melting stuff and explosions.
Cut one cable, solder it to the new connector and heat shrink it before cutting the second cable.
best tip ever...
How are people mounting their FPV cameras to 250 frames? The camera in the Fat Shark kit is tiny and I was thinking of just a bit of velcro and a cable tie directly to the frame, but will I get jello issues? Ive remounted the rubber damped platform for my keychain camera so can't put it there.
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I had some fun trying to solder XT60's onto my Turnigy Nano-Tech's using a 25w soldering iron haha - now have a nice 60w adjustable one (same one I believe Rilot has) and it's simple as.
I wouldn't bother with Deans connectors on anything if you can help it - XT60 all the way!
I wouldn't bother with Deans connectors on anything if you can help it - XT60 all the way!
Well the XT60 will be on the battery, then I guess I just need a deans to XT60 convertor as the charger will come with a cable most likely for deans connector
So will need a female deans to male XT60 convertor I guess, to plug in to my battery which will be female XT60
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I butchered the deans connector cable that came with my charger and it's now happily an XT60 connector
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Im just doing some more tonight, managed to tidy up some cables, mount the PMU at the rear just behind the Naza V2 MC,
I am looking for somewhere to mount the X8R reciever now, im thinking to the right of the Naza MC, then mount one antenna on the one arm, one antenna on the other (to the right)
Whats your thoughts?
Just looking at updating my taranis plus and apparently according to Open TX you cant update higher than 2.0.10 according to this
http://www.open-tx.org/downloads.html
Im currently running
opentx-x9dp-v2.0.9
so it seems to be the latest one I can use
Im just doing some more tonight, managed to tidy up some cables, mount the PMU at the rear just behind the Naza V2 MC,
I am looking for somewhere to mount the X8R reciever now, im thinking to the right of the Naza MC, then mount one antenna on the one arm, one antenna on the other (to the right)
Whats your thoughts?
Just looking at updating my taranis plus and apparently according to Open TX you cant update higher than 2.0.10 according to this
http://www.open-tx.org/downloads.html
Im currently running
opentx-x9dp-v2.0.9
so it seems to be the latest one I can use
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Also always always always cut and then solder one battery cable at a time, you don't want two bare battery leads flapping about and shorting because that'll be a whole disaster of sparks, melting stuff and explosions.
Cut one cable, solder it to the new connector and heat shrink it before cutting the second cable.
I may or may not be able to confirm this from experience. I was tired alright!
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Im just doing some more tonight, managed to tidy up some cables, mount the PMU at the rear just behind the Naza V2 MC,
I am looking for somewhere to mount the X8R reciever now, im thinking to the right of the Naza MC, then mount one antenna on the one arm, one antenna on the other (to the right)
Whats your thoughts?
Just looking at updating my taranis plus and apparently according to Open TX you cant update higher than 2.0.10 according to this
http://www.open-tx.org/downloads.html
Im currently running
opentx-x9dp-v2.0.9
so it seems to be the latest one I can use
On the openTx site they are saying the Taranis Plus can't be used with firmware OLDER then 2.0.10, the current version looks like it's 2.0.13.
Antenna placement on the X8R takes a lot of trial and error.. especially if you want long range. My setup looks weird but gives me almost 2KM before RSSI warnings (so probably good for 3KM). I found the flat sides of PCB antennas emit much more signal than edge). Downside of my bodge job is I have to pull down my hot glued mast to take top plate off... that's just bad engineering on my part though
Here is a quick 1.4KM flight I did to next village over farmland (a bit naughty so please forgive me CAA). You can see I stop on the first leg twice and do a quick rotation to do a RSSI check before carrying on then get up to 60kmh on way home http://www.flytrex.com/mission/dan-bailey-8poibpLL/
Lots of people use V shape, with one antenna twisted around 90 degrees.
Your build looks great, will be a blast to fly
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What's your AUW Flukester as I've got a similar amount of gear on my F550 and just wanted to know as you've got what looks like the AeroXcraft landing gear whereas I'm using cheapo plastic skids?
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On the openTx site they are saying the Taranis Plus can't be used with firmware OLDER then 2.0.10, the current version looks like it's 2.0.13.
Lots of people use V shape, with one antenna twisted around 90 degrees.
Your build looks great, will be a blast to fly
Cool, I will mount it somewhere near where it is then, and see if I can feed the two wired antennas out through a hole so they can be positioned pointing up sitting on the top plate.
Thanks for the info
I will be leaving the firmware on the TX as it is
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2 questions
I've got 2 lipo battery's both a 3 cell 5500 mah 1 of the battery's doesn't seem to fully charge 1 cell sits at 4.2 v where as the other 2 cells sits at 4.09 v and status on charger says 93 % and won't go any higher do I have to discharge then recharge or is the battery faulty
Next question is I'm eyeing up a FPV kit but I want a gimbal that I can rotate up and down off the tx does all gimbals do this because I thought the motors in the gimbals are there just to keep it steady
Thanks
I've got 2 lipo battery's both a 3 cell 5500 mah 1 of the battery's doesn't seem to fully charge 1 cell sits at 4.2 v where as the other 2 cells sits at 4.09 v and status on charger says 93 % and won't go any higher do I have to discharge then recharge or is the battery faulty
Next question is I'm eyeing up a FPV kit but I want a gimbal that I can rotate up and down off the tx does all gimbals do this because I thought the motors in the gimbals are there just to keep it steady
Thanks
I weighed it yesterday, 2.85KG OUCH!!!. I like a heavy bird though
That's with two 5000mah 3S, gimbal, gopro, FPV gear, Flytrex. I know that's overweight but she actually flys ok. In strong wind though I drop to a single battery or the motors have way too much work to do.
The AeroXcraft is quite light, but I like the fact that it allows you to mount the gopro fairly clear of props and then counter weight with battery on other end. My second battery then sits on top if I need to do a long flight.
Cool, I will mount it somewhere near where it is then, and see if I can feed the two wired antennas out through a hole so they can be positioned pointing up sitting on the top plate.
Thanks for the info
I will be leaving the firmware on the TX as it is
Sounds like a plan...The most important thing is having one rotated around 90 degrees to the other. (there are guys 3D printing V shape antenna mounts for X8R)
Yeah may as well leave the firmware as the Taranis Plus is based on 2.x anyhow, mine was on 1.x code base so was deffo worth it
Cheers for the tip
Iv downloaded drivers and assistant software for my naza v2, guess there isnt much I can do with this until the battery and balance charger is here, when it does arrive shall I just ensure everything is connected, power on and install the naza software, and then connect it with my radio?
Wondering what I can do today, maybe get the landing legs on, get some servo cables in ready, cant really programme anything yet
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