Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

rhysduck said:
Interesting. Any reason for the Orange Rx in the cheap stuff? I fly Orange Rx's in all my planes and they've been rock solid (FASST though, not this Spektrum rubbish :D)
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Like I said, I've never personally had a problem with the Orange Rx stuff, but if I was to trash my new Raptor E700 because of a receiver problem, I'd never forgive myself for the sake of £25 difference in price on a £1000 heli. The general problem that tends to come from running the cheap stuff is a lack of quality control. At least buying Spektrum, there's less chance (in my mind) of getting a duff unit.

In a £30 foam plane with a power system costing £20, then I would purposely be fitting a £10 Rx.

Everyone at my heli club flies Spektrum, except a Futaba guy, and a FrSky guy (he has the module in a JR PCM 9x). All those Spektrum guys fly Spektrum receivers, and I've never witnessed any problems.
 
Russinating said:
Have the stock and Phantom 2 props but I can't see any obvious way of removing the central metal screw bit without damaging the blades :confused:
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I thought the Phantom just has the normal arrangement of motors with shafts that have the prop on, with a bolt sitting on top.
You should just be able to grab the motor and unscrew the bolt I'd have thought. Worth posting a picture just so we can see what is catching you out?

Alternatively - anyone else with a Phantom able to help?
 
No, the Phantom props have in-built female bolts, a la:

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No idea how to remove these to get it on the balancer but may well be very simple, just worried about damaging the blade.
 
Bigpops said:
Well I've spent most of the day messing with the FrSky Taranis, and I have mixed opinions.

There's nothing it can't do as far as a radio goes, but user friendly it is most definitely not. I spent ages trying to set up a helicopter from scratch. Even getting a pitch channel is a google job. Then you need 6 curves if you want 3 flight modes (3 for throttle, 3 for pitch), all of which is done by mixes, and another mix for throttle hold (or you could use yet another curve). No just choosing helicopter, and it doing it all for you with nice menus already set up. There's no way I'd have been able to get it to work without the Companion9X software to test it out on.

It badly needs a more user friendly interface to sit over all this low-level type stuff. As it's open source, I don't see any reason that this can't happen.

I eventually managed to set it up with my simulator (Phoenix), and while the gimbals aren't bad, they're noticeably not as nice as those in my DX8. Another thing I noticed, is that both sticks have equal travel. Usually the throttle stick has a shorter throw. The DX6i is another radio that has the same throw on both sticks.

@FunkyCowie: That second link is a duratool case from CPC. They're <£30 delivered. My Dad has one for his DJI Phantom.
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I found it quite easy to set up once I understood that I had to scratch configure everything.

I guess it's all a matter of opinion really. I really like it as I can easily get it to do anything I want. The DX8 always annoyed me as it would assume that I wanted to configure a helicopter or plane and would throw mixes at channels I didn't want and would refuse to allow me to configure certain switches to do what I wanted.

The gimbal travel you can change if you open the back up by the way.
 
Rilot said:
I found it quite easy to set up once I understood that I had to scratch configure everything.

I guess it's all a matter of opinion really. I really like it as I can easily get it to do anything I want. The DX8 always annoyed me as it would assume that I wanted to configure a helicopter or plane and would throw mixes at channels I didn't want and would refuse to allow me to configure certain switches to do what I wanted.

The gimbal travel you can change if you open the back up by the way.
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Can you? I've just had the back off too and could have done that. I might have another look.

While I agree the DX8 (and most radios) could do with a multi rotor option, it's very nice to have everything created, labelled and ready to edit as soon as you choose a model type.
 
Depends on what flight controller you have and what you want to control.

For the Naza I would need the following channels:

Throttle
Yaw
Pitch
Roll
Flight mode
IOC

Which is 6 channels. I myself need a lot more than that as I also have a video switch, retractable landing gear, gimbal pitch, remote gains, and camera shutter control.

If you're just going to stick a camera and video transmitter on your quad then you don't need any more channels than the normal flight controls.
 
I understand that lipo batteries are best stored cold and and at about 40% capacity for times when they're not going to be used for a few weeks, but where do you guys keep your batteries on a day-to-day basis?
 
I use an ammo case to store my lipos. Lipo bags to take them to the field.

IMPORTANT:
If you are going to use an ammo case, make sure you remove some of the rubber seal on the lid to stop it being air tight.
 
I also bought one of the 7.62Cal ammo boxes for storing my lipos. If you do this make sure you line the box so you cant short anything out and as above, make sure it is not sealed and is ventilated or you could end up with a chemical bomb if one of the lipos fails. I got some 1" grey foam off ebay to line and pack the box.

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Guys, which tools and parts do I need to make my own cables with those small ends on? The cable I ordered for my mini iOSD is wrong for the camera end and I'd rather not do a bodge on it!

Thanks!
 
Narj said:
Guys, which tools and parts do I need to make my own cables with those small ends on? The cable I ordered for my mini iOSD is wrong for the camera end and I'd rather not do a bodge on it!

Thanks!
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Soldering iron, steady hands.
 
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