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Right, I get you. Sorry, it's early morning here and I'm only just having my coffee :). Okay, so it looks like my options are: 1) Drop back down to 1 battery pack to reduce the weight and manage with short flight times and being on the edge of what the motors can handle. 2) Replace the motors...

I think I must be missing something. The spec on the 2217s says that their outer diameter is 27.7mm, the 2814s say that their outer diameter is 35mm. When you talk about 28mm motors, does that 28mm measurement refer to something other than the outer diameter?

Thanks. It looks like the beefiest motors I can get that would fit inside the existing 500X motor cowls (the current motors are 28mm diameter) are the 2217/20s, but looking at the spec here http://www.modelmotors.cz/index.php?page=61&product=2217&serie=20&line=GOLD they're a higher kv and lower...

Thanks Kloner and sudden incline. I don't really know anything about all the different motor specs and what they mean practically. which of the 2216s or 2814s would you recommend (i.e. 2814/6, 2814/10, 2814/12, 2814/16 or 2814/20?). Thanks.

Here's a photo of the beast so you know what we're dealing with:

As little as possible, but as much as is necessary. Sorry to be so cryptic, but that's about the size of it. This is for commercial use, so we can spend as much as is needed to make this a reliable and stable platform, but since it's not making us any money yet, we can't afford to buy anything...

So since I'm already running on 4S LiPos with 10" props, I should just need to swap out the motors with lower kV motors? I'm still fairly new to this, so I don't really know which motors you're referring to when you say "the 28mm motors". Could you give me a bit more info? Cheers.

It seems the problem is not quite as fixed as I thought. After upgrading the ESCs, I did a number of flights without any issues. I starting flying her much further and faster and with an Alware 3-axis gimbal and GoPro attached, and she didn't crash once. I did notice that the motors were pretty...

Looking forward to step 2!

I took her out for a test-fly today in similar heat to before, but added strong, gusty wind and had no problems at all. She fought valiantly in the wind too! Cheers for the help.

Thanks for all the responses. I gave the old girl an overhaul yesterday: swapped all the ESCs out for some 30A ones I had from another project (which also required that the ESCs be moved to the outside of the booms); soldered all the connections between the motors and the ESCs; made a new power...

Hi Guys, I have an octocopter with the Mikrokopter flight controller, which I currently have set up with 4 Spektrum satellites through the Mikrokopter diversity receiver board. I'm then using a DX8 to control it. I'm now trying to set the thing up for telemetry. I have a Jeti RMK2 receiver...

Thanks Suddenincline & Kloner. I swapped my ESCs around this morning and took it out to test and there were no problems today so I'm none the wiser. Today was cloudy and cooler than Friday, so I think it's probably a heat issue. The ESCs sit inside the boom arms, and I did notice boom 4 was...

Hi guys, I'm running a Gaui 500x with the Wookong M FCS and while It seems to run really well for the most part, I keep getting the same problem that leads to most flights ending in a crash. After about 3-4 mins of flying in GPS or Atti mode, the quad drops towards prop 3 (rear-left) and...

Does anyone here have any experience with actively lobbying insurance companies to Insure them for AP? I ask because I'm based in Hong Kong and am having trouble finding anyone who is willing to insure me for AP from a multicopter. I appreciate there are a number of threads dealing with...

I have a Gaui 500x which I'll be using for 3 main tasks: FPV flight Aerial photography with an Alware 2-axis camera gimbal Panoramic aerial photography with the Photoship One Penta Array Currently, each time I want to switch between 'modes' I have to unscrew the gimbal or the penta array or...