octodreamerFNG
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so i'm about to give up and i was hoping someone local could help me out...
here's a brief story of where i am:
got a knuckles quad pack here on flite test, picked the included "power pack" from lazer toyz with emax motors and esc's... this seems to be the start of all my problems. unknown to me, the esc's don't play nice with the pixhawk i bought, and i spent a long time getting that sorted out. by the time i figured out the problem, i opted to just upgrade the whole thing to larger motors/esc's/props from RCmanchild. got that all figured out, quad flew fine, but we decided to upgrade it to a hex (tarot hex frame).
so the knuckles was set aside, and we started putting time and effort into the hex... we've got it all figured out... but after quite a few scary test hovers we are terrified of crashing it.
so back to the knuckles...
snagged a CC3D, hooked everything up like it should be, and one of the motors was acting strange. tried flying anyway... crashed. rebuilt the frame, ordered a new motor, ran through the setup again on the CC3d and now 2 motors are acting strange...
not just that... but when trying to calibrate the ESC's three of them beep in perfect unison, one of them is about 5 seconds behind.
tried doing calibration's one at a time... still goofy.
tried swapping ESC's and motors... still goofy.
so i've decided to do two things...
1. move the ESC's/motors/props onto some foam planes so i can get SOMETHING in the air (it's been over a year and still nothing).
2. buy a better set of motors/esc's/props to use for the kunckles frame to get some practice in before we start flying the hex.
so, here's the problem set of motors/esc's:
motor: http://www.banggood.com/Emax-MT2213-935KV-Brushless-Motor-For-RC-Multicopter-p-69288.html
ESC (25amp): http://www.banggood.com/Emax-Simonk...-40A-ESC-For-Quadcopter-QAV-250-p-918126.html
i'd like to toss these into some sort of plane and still use my 3300 MAH 3c battery we originally got with the knuckles combo. so if anyone has a suggestion on what size plane would be good for motors/props these size. bottom line is i need to get something in the air, and these motors are complete crap for multirotors because they only come in CW... you can't get them in CCW so half the props like to just fall off at random... perfect for crashing. figure the best use for these would be mounting them on a plane and not having to worry about them spinning the props loose.
i've got 5 motors in total, 2 of them might be broken though... not sure because of the insanely garbage ESC's and the impossibility to get them to play nice together.
beyond that...
how about a suggestion for a motor/esc/prop combo for a knuckles quad sized frame able to carry a gopro hero 3... something we can get used to flying and start using our headplay goggles.
last but not least... the hex:
it's nice, it's almost to nice...
pixhawk
2 5000mah 4c's
6x 750 kv motors
6x 30 amp esc's
X8R receiver
taranis plus
tarot 690 hex frame
tarot 2d gimbal
i've got a cheap starter FPV kit from hobbyking, 600TX/div RX + cheap mini cam and a 3 way switch. trying to hook all this stuff up and i'm just over my head a bit... so if someone is willing to help me figure all that out i'd be grateful. not quite sure how to wire the 2d gimbal to control it with the extra ch's on my taranis.
ideally i'd like to meet someone who knows what the heck they are doing and i can just show them what i have and where i'm stuck... but i know that's a bit much to ask. i wish flite test was open to the public where i could bring my stuff and pay someone who knows what they are doing to get us flying. we're close... like %90... it's that last %10 that's keeping us on the ground.
so anyway sorry for rambling a bit, i'm just kinda stuck and looking to see if anyone is willing to help me out. even just to look at everything and tell me to quit being such a chicken and put it in the air...
anyway hope someone reads this who can offer some help... i've got quite a mess on my hands. a pile of parts and half constructed projects and none of them are flying.
thanks in advance if anyone is willing to help me out.
here's a brief story of where i am:
got a knuckles quad pack here on flite test, picked the included "power pack" from lazer toyz with emax motors and esc's... this seems to be the start of all my problems. unknown to me, the esc's don't play nice with the pixhawk i bought, and i spent a long time getting that sorted out. by the time i figured out the problem, i opted to just upgrade the whole thing to larger motors/esc's/props from RCmanchild. got that all figured out, quad flew fine, but we decided to upgrade it to a hex (tarot hex frame).
so the knuckles was set aside, and we started putting time and effort into the hex... we've got it all figured out... but after quite a few scary test hovers we are terrified of crashing it.
so back to the knuckles...
snagged a CC3D, hooked everything up like it should be, and one of the motors was acting strange. tried flying anyway... crashed. rebuilt the frame, ordered a new motor, ran through the setup again on the CC3d and now 2 motors are acting strange...
not just that... but when trying to calibrate the ESC's three of them beep in perfect unison, one of them is about 5 seconds behind.
tried doing calibration's one at a time... still goofy.
tried swapping ESC's and motors... still goofy.
so i've decided to do two things...
1. move the ESC's/motors/props onto some foam planes so i can get SOMETHING in the air (it's been over a year and still nothing).
2. buy a better set of motors/esc's/props to use for the kunckles frame to get some practice in before we start flying the hex.
so, here's the problem set of motors/esc's:
motor: http://www.banggood.com/Emax-MT2213-935KV-Brushless-Motor-For-RC-Multicopter-p-69288.html
ESC (25amp): http://www.banggood.com/Emax-Simonk...-40A-ESC-For-Quadcopter-QAV-250-p-918126.html
i'd like to toss these into some sort of plane and still use my 3300 MAH 3c battery we originally got with the knuckles combo. so if anyone has a suggestion on what size plane would be good for motors/props these size. bottom line is i need to get something in the air, and these motors are complete crap for multirotors because they only come in CW... you can't get them in CCW so half the props like to just fall off at random... perfect for crashing. figure the best use for these would be mounting them on a plane and not having to worry about them spinning the props loose.
i've got 5 motors in total, 2 of them might be broken though... not sure because of the insanely garbage ESC's and the impossibility to get them to play nice together.
beyond that...
how about a suggestion for a motor/esc/prop combo for a knuckles quad sized frame able to carry a gopro hero 3... something we can get used to flying and start using our headplay goggles.
last but not least... the hex:
it's nice, it's almost to nice...
pixhawk
2 5000mah 4c's
6x 750 kv motors
6x 30 amp esc's
X8R receiver
taranis plus
tarot 690 hex frame
tarot 2d gimbal
i've got a cheap starter FPV kit from hobbyking, 600TX/div RX + cheap mini cam and a 3 way switch. trying to hook all this stuff up and i'm just over my head a bit... so if someone is willing to help me figure all that out i'd be grateful. not quite sure how to wire the 2d gimbal to control it with the extra ch's on my taranis.
ideally i'd like to meet someone who knows what the heck they are doing and i can just show them what i have and where i'm stuck... but i know that's a bit much to ask. i wish flite test was open to the public where i could bring my stuff and pay someone who knows what they are doing to get us flying. we're close... like %90... it's that last %10 that's keeping us on the ground.
so anyway sorry for rambling a bit, i'm just kinda stuck and looking to see if anyone is willing to help me out. even just to look at everything and tell me to quit being such a chicken and put it in the air...
anyway hope someone reads this who can offer some help... i've got quite a mess on my hands. a pile of parts and half constructed projects and none of them are flying.
thanks in advance if anyone is willing to help me out.