Recent content by shortsonfire79

Hey mate, thanks for the consideration. I totally feel the same way; spent too much money on a bird that I crashed twice... from no more than a couple of stories up. After the second time, I just gave up on the damn thing. The cost to rebuild it would have been enough for me to build a...

I'm working on a modded 680 pro and for starters I bought these props from HK. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__47409__Turnigy_Carbon_Mixed_slow_fly_prop_w_adapters_1347R_SF_2_pc_CW_Rotation_US_Warehouse_.html...

The multicopter subreddit has a post with a bunch of deals if you're interested. http://www.reddit.com/r/Multicopter/comments/2n6znm/black_friday_cyber_monday_deals_thread/

Heeeyyy, I'm back! Some things came up after that last post, finals, vacation, replacement ESCs... Guh. A bit ago I went down to the local hobby store to pick up a USB-tx cable to try the reprogramming and ended up walking out $100 more broke with a Spektrum Dx5e. In hindsight I should have...

Hey Motor, thanks for replying. :) I'll try to recalibrate it again and see how it goes. I'm home this weekend so I don't have access to the copter, but I do have access to an RC store. I'll try to pick up one of those USB-tx cables before I head back to school tomorrow. I'm just ready to fix...

Alright, so I threw this thing down out of frustration for a good while. Time to pick it back up. Checked the FC and it is 50hz standard PPM. I checked the user-made manual for the TX and the only things it mentions about PPM are link>>"both output PPM signal in the same pin that "universal"...

Yay more waiting! I've been reading the manual for the rx here and I don't think it tells me the channels. Page 14 looks like it, but I'd have to reconfigure it through my pc. I don't think it does the PPM thing, it doesn't mention it at all until the translation page. Sorry about not seeing...

I bought my wires through Amazon, the estimated delivery was Feb 12th so I'm fairly happy about that. haha I guess I'll have to reposition the CB then. The ESCs have been calibrated and the dpt switches are configured for an X quad correctly. Based on what you've told me, I've figured that...

Yay! So my 3" male-male cables finally showed up(just over a month later... shipping from China :dejection:)! The blasted thing still doesn't work. Individually, each motor will work when hooked up to the receiver port 3. When connecting RC port 3 to the throttle port on the control board...

Oh great!! Yeah thats mine. I thought I was going to have to shell out a bit more for a new receiver. I'll assume that the 1-4 (of 6) channels on the receiver line up with the 1-4 (of 6) channels on the control board as well? That would make sense. Found the a manual-like thread somewhere on...

Thanks for the help once again Motopreserve. I calibrated two of the motors, but I did it wrong. When I throttle up, the motor is off, and when I throttle down, the motor is on. I'll have to figure out how to fix that! Hopefully I don't need to program the ESCs... I feel like that would be a...

Ah I couldn't fill the gap because I put heat shrink over that shortly after the picture. Finished all the soldering and I'm just about out of solder as well, probably not enough to go back and fill that. I'll definitely look into better equipment if I ever decide to make another or something...

Ah okay. Seems like the deans are rated to 60A and the battery puts out 3300mAh, so I think it should be okay. I went ahead and started on one side of the harness. I think theres way too much solder on it, but I'm not sure if that makes a huge difference or not. I made sure to tin all the...

Wow that link was great! I wish I had seen that before I soldered the ultra deans for my ESCs. Its been a month and I'm back at home, ready to work on my harness! I made a sketch just to make sure I knew what I was doing. I think its correct! But I've been looking at the last ultra dean...

I was going to put this kind of connection on the wireharness. I figured I'd just match whats already there instead of adding my questionable soldering. I was also under the impression that the wire ends on the ESCs were already tinned, but I'll probably go and retin them when I get back down...