Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread
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I remember when I setup Taranis on 550 I was scratching my head for ages wondering why the traditional outputs did not work. Was all down to bind mode...
Soldered a male xt60 on to charge cable, now going to attempt to solder female xt60 on to this battery, wires are much bigger!
Not sure why they don't make the xt60 terminals bigger to make it easier soldering.
First attempt failed as there isn't much room for the lipo wire to go in
I'm guessing others had problems after they cut the wire on the battery and tried to solder on to an xt60? It's not my soldering iron! Just the wire on the lipo is too big for the connector!
Not sure why they don't make the xt60 terminals bigger to make it easier soldering.
First attempt failed as there isn't much room for the lipo wire to go in
I'm guessing others had problems after they cut the wire on the battery and tried to solder on to an xt60? It's not my soldering iron! Just the wire on the lipo is too big for the connector!
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If the battery wire is much thicker then use XT90 connectors instead.
Some packs even though quite low C rating and capacity have crazy large wires. Soldering my Turnigy 3S even with good iron was a struggle to tin the wires before soldering and even harder to get into the 'bucket' of XT60. In the end I think the joint was mainly just held with solder rather than mechanical stuffing all of wire into bucket... but it holds strong and now covered with heatshrink.
I worked as a electronics engineer / technician for almost 20 years and still had a hard time.... so feel your pain
Like someone said XT90 would work but overkill for the current drawn, plus XT60 is more widely used and equipment tends to come with the 60s.
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No pics at the moment unfortunatly, may try and get one one my next attempt
Will see how I get on
Some packs even though quite low C rating and capacity have crazy large wires. Soldering my Turnigy 3S even with good iron was a struggle to tin the wires before soldering and even harder to get into the 'bucket' of XT60. In the end I think the joint was mainly just held with solder rather than mechanical stuffing all of wire into bucket... but it holds strong and now covered with heatshrink.
I worked as a electronics engineer / technician for almost 20 years and still had a hard time.... so feel your pain
Like someone said XT90 would work but overkill for the current drawn, plus XT60 is more widely used and equipment tends to come with the 60s.
Yeah that seems to be the problem, its a mission to get it to sit right inside the small "bucket" type thing, I watched one or two youtube vids last night after, I am not sure if some of these people had smaller wires on the 3S.
I will give it another go, even if I can get it to sit I need to get it to make some sort of connection and I can then just solder and heatshrink.
One thing I think I wasnt doing properly was either clamping or strapping the connector down whilst I soldered, I had it resting inbetween a pair of pliers and the connector moved around a little.
Will see how it goes again tonight
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Looking at upgrading the motors on our S1000 to gain more lift. Any of you more technologically knowledge folk have an experience or pointers? Upgrading them to MT3515-15 for example, what compatibility issues should I be looking out for?
I'm using eCalc and with those and 15x5 props it looks like we should be able to carry up to about 6.8kg.
I'm using eCalc and with those and 15x5 props it looks like we should be able to carry up to about 6.8kg.
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Unfortunately a RED and associated gimbal etc probably does weigh as much as a 4 year old. Certainly cost more...
Looking at the s1000 specs, I would have thought it could carry about 5-6kg payload out of the box? It's listed a 4.2kg dry weight with a max AUW of 11kg?
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Yeah on second calculations I need a bit more than that, maybe 8-9kg payload (or 10kg if possible!). MN4014-9 motors and 15x5 props will apparently deliver enough for about 9.8kg payload.
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I am currently in the middle of building my first 450 quad with the name 32 and am wandering which transmitter and receiver with telemetry to get. Im looking at the Taranis and the X8R receiver. Is this a good choice?
The build up to now:
Remaining items:
The build up to now:
Remaining items:
- Q-Brain ESC 25A
- Battery charger - IMAX B6
- Transmitter
- Receiver
For 15kg AUW you'd need 1.9kg approx lift per motor. Preferably at 50% throttle or near enough. You might need to go up a props size to 16*5.5. Other than that, it should be a straight replacement as I think the ESCs on the s1000 should be up to the job.
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Just a couple of other considerations....
Can you actually fir 16" props on an S1000?
Is the Airframe itself up to carrying the extra weight over DJI's spec'd max?
I'm not massively familiar with them, so can't help really.
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No, it won't fit 16" props, they'd impact each other. 15" is pretty much the max which it currently has (though folding).
The airframe is pretty robust but of course that's something we'll have to test that no calculator will do.
I'm not a technician, especially when it comes to power/thrust, but the DJI site states:
Your mention of the 1.9kg lift @ 50%, would that then be the equivalent of 2.8kg max if comparing to the existing lift?
The airframe is pretty robust but of course that's something we'll have to test that no calculator will do.
I'm not a technician, especially when it comes to power/thrust, but the DJI site states:
Your mention of the 1.9kg lift @ 50%, would that then be the equivalent of 2.8kg max if comparing to the existing lift?