FinalGlideAus
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He is running a Flip board Cranial. From memory the Flip Pro has an on board regulator that can handle up to 3s direct input.
To 'clean' the power I'm using a simple LC filter, consisting of a ferrite ring wrapped in insulated wire and a 470uf capacitor. While this might not be necessary for the VTX - video connection which is already filtered, there's still the possibility of noise entering the video system from the OSD being directly connected to the flight pack. Adding the LC filter before everything is an extra countermeasure to prevent noise coming in through any power connection and saving future headaches.
The last components for the power supply before they're soldered up. The wrapped ferrite ring, capacitor, and a 5V step down regulator.
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Soldered together and heatshrunk. The VTX/OSD power cables that were posted above and 5V step down are connected to the LC filter with a JST plug on the end. Used some liquid electrical tape underneath the capacitor to completely seal the terminals.
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The extra slack on the FC cable is tucked neatly under the FC, but still allows it to be removed from the standoffs without kinking the wire.
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Figured it would be something simple like that. That BLHeli setting should work just fine for the SS2204. I think my problem is just that the BS12a is on the limits with the 6" prop setup and I'm just pushing things too hard. EArHog probably has dramas from his arrivals.
If using 5" props you won't have any dramas with your setup. I've been thrashing my same setup on my BO mini H without problems.
Do you have any idea how well (or not) the vibration bobbins work as opposed to the 12 smaller dampeners? I'm guessing it probably doesn't matter because I've seen a bunch of jello free footage taken from Minions, and they don't have a clean section.
Yeah that's what I figured. Might jump up to 5x4 props for a little more oomph, but in the meantime I've got well over a hundred gemfans that I get to burn through first.
I expect them to work about as well as the bobbins. I went with them instead of the bobbins just so I wouldn't have to worry about the bobbins popping out as they're a royal pain to put in.
Seriously man, don't waste your money on the 5x4's. Get yourself confident on the Gemfans and switch straight over to the cutdown FC 6x4.5 props. They are almost as cheap as the Gemfans (5x4's are expensive) and are as durable as the gemfans (5x4's shatter on impact). Thanks to Soma HQ prop will be bring a nylon cutdown 6x4.5 straight from the mold soon which will be even easier. Mind you cutting them down is not hard. If you don't want to make something to cut them down then Soma sells a tool to do it on his Warpquad site.
Thrust data
Gemfan 5030: 430grams and slow top speed
HQ 5x4: 460 grams and a much better top speed
FC cutdown 6x4.5: 600 grams and even faster
No contest really. Hopefully this weekend I can put a video together of the props performance and the SFTT.
I've read the term "dirty plate/clean plate" before and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with the state of my dinner plate before and after my dog gets it. So to what does it refer in the mini-quad context?