DJI 550 Build in progress wiring question

[Jim in Massachusetts]

Hi, I'm new to RC ( so go easy on me) and I have a DJI 550 build in progress.

• I have motors fastened to arms (yes I used thread locker)
• ESC's , battery lead and 2 extra power leads soldered to bottom board and heat shrink tubing is in place.

After getting the 550 to that point, At my not-so-local (1 hour drive ) hobby shop where I bought all my stuff, the people there binded my DX8 and went through the calibration process on their laptop. (Due to the busy atmosphere, not a lot was explained to me)
With their assistance, the DX8 receiver wires are all hooked up to the Naza.

Aeleron, rudder, motors are all hooked up properly.

• U on the NAZA is hooked to gear
• X1 is hooked to Aux 1
• X2 is hooked to Aux3

I'm looking to move forward with the assembly but I'm making this post to get confirmation that the receiver is wired to the NAZA as it should be before I bolt the arms and top plate on.

I downloaded and installed Naza assistant at my end and when I hook it up to the craft I'm getting a config error 8, although I was able to re-run calibration.

I read over the NAZA manual and it seems a lot was lost in the translation! Even if I could understand the manual, its seems I'll still need to go back to the hobby shop and have someone explain the workings of the GPS and control modes before attempting my first flight.

It would be great if someone local to me could provide me some live help. I'm in Saugus MA and willing to drive.

The NAZA manual auto pilot / GPS section intructions are not real easy for me to understand.... and I'm not a dummy :-/ ( I was the smartest kid in the dumb class...)

I understand the concepts of altitude hold, return home, etc, but would not know how get the DX 8 to activate them.

Intelligent? orientation control, GPS calibration etc are other things I'll need to learn about.

One a different note, then comes Battery Charging 101 :-O !!! I have yet to delve into my Hyperion 720i. The manual for that is another thing...

Thanks in advance for and help, advice etc.

Jim

 

[mmurfitt]

Hey Jim,
I'm afraid I'm not local to you (living in London, UK and all) but I've just created a thread which you might find interesting: http://so.ee/zX5 There's a couple of videos on there which might be of particular interest to you regarding building.
I'm going to be keeping an eye on your thread in the hope someone answers your DX8 questions as I have a DX8 as well and I'm starting to have the same issues.

Now, your battery charging question, oh my word! I had no idea there was quite so much to charging a battery, and more than that how dangerous they are. I posted a question a few weeks back which has received lots of replies with lots and lots of advice and experience when it comes to charging batteries and their hazards, you can find it here: http://so.ee/yqB

I imagine that most of your questions have already been answered here somewhere, so I'd recommend spend an evening having a good dig around this forum for them. Not only will they sort you out but I can bet you that you'll find a whole ton of other useful information as well.

Good luck, and be careful on the first few flights (I crashed my F550 yesterday after getting a little too confident - see the video link on my build thread).