So, I promised eartsciteach that I would put together some info to help him be somewhat more successful in his set up and first flights of his new multi rotor.
All other readers. Feel free to add your suggestions to the thread, they might just get added back here to the main post.
Patrick, FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN THE VIDEOS STEP BY STEP. No shortcuts.
On the KK2 board, the ground is always to the outside of the board.
These videos were great!
mmerry2 did an excellent job in his "5" part series (there's actually 6 parts) here...
Videos in the Series:
Part 0: Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsYyrO...
Part 1: Pre KK2 Setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o064Ac...
Part 2: KK2 Connections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfsik...
Part 3: KK2 Testing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl3aUj...
Part 4: KK2 Settings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQozW...
Part 5: Initial Flight Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o04WD_...
eluminerRC has done a nice job putting together a list of videos for the KK2 board here...
http://flitetest.com/authors/eluminerRC
Things that WILL GO WRONG.
All other readers. Feel free to add your suggestions to the thread, they might just get added back here to the main post.
Patrick, FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN THE VIDEOS STEP BY STEP. No shortcuts.
On the KK2 board, the ground is always to the outside of the board.
These videos were great!
mmerry2 did an excellent job in his "5" part series (there's actually 6 parts) here...
Videos in the Series:
Part 0: Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsYyrO...
Part 1: Pre KK2 Setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o064Ac...
Part 2: KK2 Connections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfsik...
Part 3: KK2 Testing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl3aUj...
Part 4: KK2 Settings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQozW...
Part 5: Initial Flight Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o04WD_...
eluminerRC has done a nice job putting together a list of videos for the KK2 board here...
http://flitetest.com/authors/eluminerRC
Things that WILL GO WRONG.
You will flip it, unintentionally several times.
You'll have the motors plugged in the wrong spots on the board.
You put on the wrong rotation prop.
You plugged in the esc to the wrong port.
You didn't set the gyros/ACC up right.
You didn't reverse the right switches in the transmitter.
Things to remember during flight.
Orientation. This will make you crash quickly. Unlike an airplane, it doesn't have to be moving forward to fly. So not only can you get confused with the roll axis, but the pitch and yaw can get you too.
Don't fight the auto level. If you find yourself really having to work against it to fly the way you want, adjust the settings as described in the advanced KK2 set up videos.
Practice switching the auto level on, so that if you need it to save yourself from crashing, you can do it automatically.
You'll have the motors plugged in the wrong spots on the board.
You put on the wrong rotation prop.
You plugged in the esc to the wrong port.
You didn't set the gyros/ACC up right.
You didn't reverse the right switches in the transmitter.
Things to remember during flight.
Orientation. This will make you crash quickly. Unlike an airplane, it doesn't have to be moving forward to fly. So not only can you get confused with the roll axis, but the pitch and yaw can get you too.
Don't fight the auto level. If you find yourself really having to work against it to fly the way you want, adjust the settings as described in the advanced KK2 set up videos.
Practice switching the auto level on, so that if you need it to save yourself from crashing, you can do it automatically.