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  1. Toymaker

    Most common causes for multirotor crash

    Where is the all of the above choice...LOL
  2. Toymaker

    Mounting LED strobes on my quad...looking for advice.

    I haven't installed one yet. I'm assuming it's like you said with parallel wiring. Sorry not more help. They suggest 4-6VDC. You can't run more than 2 LED's on 6 volts in series. They say you can run up to 5.
  3. Toymaker

    Mounting LED strobes on my quad...looking for advice.

    I was looking for a remote control board without the LED's. I found this board that they sell also. This way the strobing will be simultaneous on the two led's http://www.flytron.com/light-systems/229-strobon-se-navigation-strobe-controller.html
  4. Toymaker

    Hex screws keep stripping out...

    Even the best tool won't work on crap hardware. Cheap threadlock on junk hardware can be a disaster. You are kind of stuck with the crap that was supplied with your frame. You may need more heat to make the threadlock give way. The aluminum is a great heatsink drawing the heat away from where...
  5. Toymaker

    Best place for mounting ESC

    You can mount them anywhere safe. I see a lot of them mounted on the arms between the main frame and the motor mount. Depending on how hot they run and how hard you push them, a location in the prop wash could be a good idea. I have mine mounted vertically with the wires coming out of the ends...
  6. Toymaker

    First Flight

    Nice Job the video looks great. I too have to work on slower maneuvering. I use a battery monitor like this. It beeps really loud when the battery gets low. Leaves you enough time to land.
  7. Toymaker

    MultiWii / NAZE / SP Racing F3 Yaw glitch

    I have had my scratchbuilt Quad about 6 months now and it's been great. It has just developed a bit of a Yaw glitch. Ever few seconds, not on regular intervals, It glitches in the yaw axis. The...
  8. Toymaker

    Issues with Zenmuse Z15 GH4- Jello and Horizon Drift

    Is there a calibration sequence for the gimbal? It looks tilted from the get go. Like the calibration for level is off.
  9. Toymaker

    US Base Retailer/E-Store

    http://www.buddyrc.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=xt150
  10. Toymaker

    Larger than normal Multirotor ESCs

    Looks like the hobbywing is only 2s to 6 s
  11. Toymaker

    Scratchbuilt Quadrotor

    Here's a couple night videos I did tonight. This one was my first night time flight with the camera. I was doing some light's on /off flying to make sure the lights didn't blind the camera. It worked fine either way. I like flying at night. The lights make it much easier to see orientation...
  12. Toymaker

    Beginner build settings

    Most of the time it's one of three things that I can think of. 1. props on wrong motor one or more. 2. motors spinning wrong direction ( swap two of the three wires on the problem motor.) 3. flight control board not faced forward.
  13. Toymaker

    Beginner build

    If it's flipping take the props off. Then throttle back up a little and make sure that you had the props on correctly, and that the motors are spinning the correct direction. The air should be getting pushed down. If the motors are not spinning the correct direction then you need to swap two...
  14. Toymaker

    Scratchbuilt Quadrotor

    Had a bad crash the other day caused by the lack of loctite on a motor. Ouch...75' tumble to the ground. Motorwires sheared flush with the can, receiver circuit board cracked and 4 props toast. So I decided on a complete tear down and check and re-locktite. Part way throug disassembly I thought...
  15. Toymaker

    Show what you filmed - Post Your Video Here

    Here's my maiden flight with my camera. I have been working on and flying my quad since February. I've got about 20 hours on the quad now and I crashed the other day requiring a new receiver, motor, and 4 props,and complete teardown. So I decided it was time to add a camera, since I had the...
  16. Toymaker

    Orientation Lighting

    I used plain old superbright LED's with a resistor to limit current. You can find LED circuit configuration by googling it.
  17. Toymaker

    Don't do it the hard way

    Tether a new bird until you know what's going to happen on throttle up! Especially indoors!
  18. Toymaker

    Replacement motor bearings. What's good?

    I've got a set of cheap motors and the bearings seemed a little rough to me so I have been lubing them occasionally with a miniscule drop of 5W-20 Mobil 1 synthetic oil about once a month. Everything has been fine since! Even after a significant underwater event...
  19. Toymaker

    Replacement motor bearings. What's good?

    Sorry, I don't know a UK supplier. Did you lubricate the replacement set that you tried? 2 hours seems like they may have been dry.
  20. Toymaker

    Dropped my Spanky 250 in the dam today!

    No too small to fillet. He was set free.
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