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Or just cover everything in plastidip or use a waterproof frame if you intend to fly over water. I would never fly over water but maybe thats because I cannot swim so if it did ever crash into water I'd well and truly buggered.

LotusRC flight controller, propellers and dome origionally from their T580P+ quad. Current retail cost is $102.49 Selling for $59 including postage via airmail international Useful for anyone looking for some spare backup parts. These parts have been taken out of their packaging just to take...

Thanks guys for all the hard thinking. After checking, rechecking and treble checking. The problem was actually these bullet connectors. They seem to be very sensitive to either having a connection or no connection at times. Even after I practically resoldered all the bullet connectors and...

So I got a PWM esc as you said and I went through each motor powering it from lipo -> esc-> motor and I still get the same issue. Seeing as my bullet connectors were still on the motors I figured it must be these connectors then as that is the only thing left other than the motor itself so I...

Thanks Ken, I will try this next. Something in the back of my mind is saying that maybe its down to the connectors I'm using between the esc's and bullet connectors that connect to the motor. Is it possible if these cant handle a lot of amps that something like this might happen? This the...

OK I recently converted my MK L4-ME to the quad XL version. The problem I have is my motors simply wont spin properly. Sometimes one of the motors spins but it does not increase in RPM this behavour altenernates between different motors at times. The rest simply twitch continuously. Ive also...

Ive done my fair bit of ranting about this video on rcgroups so I'll leave it. I wonder if were find out who this guy is.

PaNt your not making a whole lot of sense but I'm guessing you want to use an FPV camera so your camera operator can view the image via an LCD on the ground so your camera operator has a good idea of the direction the camera is pointing at? If thats correct then you dont need an FPV camera at...

Knowing that there is an issue with the combination of the frame and the old GPS I would not even be flying it until the problem has been fixed. Also just the thought of flying over water makes me cringe, it was only his third flight! He/she was asking for it.

For the price of that frame and that gimbal I would be swearing after that crash. I must have watched that video 4 times now.

RTRyder makes a good point. I personally would not want to mount the MK GPS on the arm because it leaves the board out in the open exposed to potential damage from a crash or if flown out in the rain. Also I just dont think it looks professional stuck on one of the arms.

Would be nice to actually see some product specifications instead of just pictures.

Just out of curiosity before you mounted the GPS on the arm have you tried using this: link or this link ? I personally have not ever had a problem getting a GPS lock. I can even get it indoors at times but as you said its mostly a problem where you live. If GPS is that much of a problem in...

Deans, XT60 and EC5 size comparison...

A handy tip I found on another forum is, if you want to remove the plastic housing off the EC5 plug for whatever reason a good tip is to get a spare bullet connector and slot it into the male/female bullet. Place it in a vice and hammer the spare bullet connector until the connected bullet...

Today and yesterday I replaced all my power cables with 10 AWG wiring this also meant that I had to solder it onto my MK PDB. This was not hard to do although I have never liked the fact that the positive and negative pads are so close. A stray wire to could lead to trouble so double check to...

Good point, thanks for the heads up.

I dont know about you but when I had deans connectors I also used to have trouble actually connecting them. For example as I go to connect them the gold contacts would make contact end-to-end but it requires some accuracy to actually slip both the contacts in the slots of the female deans...

Thanks for the input jes1111. As I have already bought EC5 connectors I will just stick with these as they seem to be an acceptable choice. I was just worried that I should had been choosing a connector with a higher amp rating. As the lipo uses 10 AWG wire it made sense to me that I should...

According to this: http://rcfoamfighters.com/blog/?p=84 the max amps that can be drawn from my lipo 5400mah 35c lipo is 189. That means even the EC5 (120 amps) connectors are not as suitable as a I thought or does it not matter so much? I have not come accross any connectors that are above...