Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

DJMK4 · 26 Mar 2015 at 10:51

Just took the 450 out for a second full flight with the FPV, only got around 10 minutes on the battery, and a very unstable flight as its very windy.

I am not sure about my new landing skids, since putting it on the quad feels like its working a little too much and is on the higher end of the throttle to get a good response, almost as if it feels under powered, but I dont expect its that heavy, it doesnt have a mobius yet, so its just a standard set-up, with GPS, FPV, 4S 5000mah battery, skids, no gimbal (not intending to get a gimbal)

Or I might be paranoid.

I dont think the wind helped, heading in a direction with tailwind it was pretty quick, however coming back it to head wind I think it was too much.

Whats the possibility of performance on this thing with strapping two batteries on? or is this mainly for the 550.

Flukester · 26 Mar 2015 at 12:42

Lisapete said:
Naza GPS upgrade kits came intoday, fitted mine and 2x the number of GPS sat's

http://www.ant-king.com/homeweb_en/catalog_detail.php?infoscatid=8&ifid=7

Also order my charger, went with the iCharger 306B as only going to use 6s as a max Lipo. She'll be here tomorrow.

ordered

how long did it take to arrive ?

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 13:14

Flukester said:
ordered

how long did it take to arrive ?

Paid on the 9th, they arrived Saturday at the depo as sat in customs

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 13:27

Umm new toy

All 6 lipos done same time within an hour.

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DJMK4 · 26 Mar 2015 at 14:35

Lisapete said:
Umm new toy

All 6 lipos done same time within an hour.

How much was that?

I need to try and faster way of charging, although I assume if you charge 2 lipos on a charger that charges at 5w, essentially your doubling your charging time, compared to if you were charging one

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 14:43

DJMK4 said:
How much was that?

I need to try and faster way of charging, although I assume if you charge 2 lipos on a charger that charges at 5w, essentially your doubling your charging time, compared to if you were charging one

PSU £125 delivered
Charger £126.90
Para Board £10.99

Total £262.89

All about the Amps

So I can charge my 6x 4's 5000mAH @ 1c (5A per battery) all at the same time which is 30A (1c charge rate) within an hour.

This saves charge one, take off, put other on. This would be 6 hours. Same goes for storage.

I'm going to make a discharge unit as well but working out what to use, light bulbs or resistors.

DJMK4 · 26 Mar 2015 at 14:52

hmm, bit to expensive for me :/

You can buy the parralel charging adaptors for mine, but I wasnt sure it was worth it seeing as mine only charges as 5amps, I would assume that would be for one battery, put two on it would half it.

Not spending £262 on a charger though

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 14:54

DJMK4 said:
hmm, bit to expensive for me :/

You can buy the parralel charging adaptors for mine, but I wasnt sure it was worth it seeing as mine only charges as 5amps, I would assume that would be for one battery, put two on it would half it.

Not spending £262 on a charger though

It's an investment. My T960 wants a 6S and I was able to get hold of some 6s 16000mAh so to charge that @1c is 16A!!!

My ImaxB6 does 5A that's it. I did the 6x 4's on it but took forever.

The PSU gives me 25v and 12v outputs so I can use it for a multitude of uses.

Rilot · 26 Mar 2015 at 15:32

Serious charger you've got there. I have the iCharger 308 Duo and it's awesome. I run it from a couple of HP server PSUs I've wired together. I expect that's what's inside that PSU you have.

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 15:50

Rilot said:
Serious charger you've got there. I have the iCharger 308 Duo and it's awesome. I run it from a couple of HP server PSUs I've wired together. I expect that's what's inside that PSU you have.

Yeah exactly that with a icharger protection unit. Full warranty etc etc

Rilot · 26 Mar 2015 at 15:56

I might bag one of those PSUs actually. My setup is messy and at that price it's worth it.
I need some bigger batteries for my S900 as my parallel 2 x 6000mAh setup isn't cutting it any more.

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:01

Rilot said:
I might bag one of those PSUs actually. My setup is messy and at that price it's worth it.
I need some bigger batteries for my S900 as my parallel 2 x 6000mAh setup isn't cutting it any more.

I bought the last one, sorry. Drop them a mail they reply pretty quick!

The 3010B will do 10s so is the next option. I'm only ever going to go 6s.

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:02

These are cheaper but say preorder so might be worth asking when

http://rc-hero.co.uk/icharger-306b-1000w-6s-balancecharger-306b?search=icharger

Brutal biff · 26 Mar 2015 at 17:16

Going take the flight board and camera off my ethos quad then fit them to my f550 hex just to get a few videos and pics off the f550 tonight

Got the day off tomorrow so going to have a fly for the 1st time in a month

Won't be fpv but ill at least get some videos to show just have to use 2 transmitters

Can't afford the fpv kit for a while so it have to do

Rilot · 26 Mar 2015 at 17:22

Lisapete said:
These are cheaper but say preorder so might be worth asking when

http://rc-hero.co.uk/icharger-306b-1000w-6s-balancecharger-306b?search=icharger

I don't need a charger. Like I said, I have an iCharger 308 Duo which is a dual-channel 1300W charger so more than enough for my needs as it can do 2 x 25A at 6S. I was thinking about buying one of the PSUs though for the tidiness.

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 18:39

Rilot said:
I don't need a charger. Like I said, I have an iCharger 308 Duo which is a dual-channel 1300W charger so more than enough for my needs as it can do 2 x 25A at 6S. I was thinking about buying one of the PSUs though for the tidiness.

Sorry missread. Well worth it

Kanifee · 26 Mar 2015 at 19:31

Any one interested in the tricopter v3 from david windestål might like to know he is getting ready to release a pdb bottom plate and a integrated naze32 top plate for a super compact clean design. It looks to be a pretty nice upgrade to his tricopter indeed.

Skeeter · 26 Mar 2015 at 20:07

Oh wow, that looks amazing! The wiring loom seemed to be the only troublesome part of the tri.

Lisapete · 26 Mar 2015 at 20:13

Kanifee said:
Any one interested in the tricopter v3 from david windestål might like to know he is getting ready to release a pdb bottom plate and a integrated naze32 top plate for a super compact clean design. It looks to be a pretty nice upgrade to his tricopter indeed.

Got a link?

USM have there Y6 in devlopment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2MBQVLVs4E&feature=youtu.be

6x V3508-20 £180
6x Hobbywing X rotor 20A esc £70
3 pair 1355 T-Stily carbon fiber propeller (Made by DYS) £37
3x USM Evo Arm £51
3USM Coaxial motor mount £17.40
USM-200 Landing gear £46
Total:401.40

Tempted

Kanifee · 26 Mar 2015 at 21:20

link here to the relevant posts. Looks like he has put a lot of work and thought into this project, I will be upgrading my frame plates when they are available for sure.