Hi guys, its been a while. Sorry I've been so quiet on this build. But I was swamped with work.
So a lot has changed since my last update. The SkyJib is now a coaxial x8, not flat octo. It seemed much more appropriate for me after i did some research into them. I live in a very windy part of New Zealand, so i need as much stability as possible.
Main things that I've added or completed:
-Shorter coaxial booms
-Coaxial engine mounts
-Boom Nacelles (Rear four covered in Orange wing covering film)
-Shortened all the motor wires
-added LEDs to booms, Red=left booms, Green=Right booms(covered them in plasti dip)
-On/Off Switch for LEDs
-STROBON Strobes, 2x white, front, Red Left, Green Right.(Covered them in plasti dip)
-Custom carbon plates for electronics
-Changed GPS position
-Changed Emcotec switch position
-Mounted all the electronics
I have sorted all my issues with setting up YS-X6, the WIFI was a real mission to get set up properly.
I have maidended it, which went well (it flew; didn't have a flyaway; or flip and crash) But I did get some engine balance warnings on the YS-X6 ground control station.
So took it home, checked the propeller balance, a few were only slightly out of balance; so got them perfect. Then i checked the motor alignment, once again three were off by 1mm and one was off by 2mm.
Next day took it out and tried again, after a few minutes I got the same warnings. Got really frustrated by that, couldn't work out what it was. So took it home and took the props off to do some tests to see if I could trigger it.
Turns out it was the Graupner GR-32 receiver causing all the issues. From what i can see the rudder channel has a jitter every few seconds, its only slight but YS-X6 doesn't like it. The other channels get some jitter as well but not as much. From the small amount of information I've been able to find in english Graupner receivers are known to have a jitter in PPM mode but not in normal mode. I then checked i had the latest firmware on the receiver which was supposed to eliminate jitter on two of the channels(which was a known issue). I also noticed that on the TX in the servo menu I can see that only one channel is jittering by 1 point(which was the original rudder channel, so i swapped the rudder to a non jittering channel/ according to the TX). But none of the others show up as jittering, but on the YS-X6 GCS they all show up as having a slight jitter.
I have emailed Kopterworx about it as they use the Graupner MC-32 remote, but I haven't heard back from them yet. Im really hoping they do get back to me as they might know some things i can do to fix the issue. At this point i cant fly with the graupner, which is a pain because it is such a nice remote and cost a lot too.
If any one has any knowledge of Graupner remotes or knows of any one that might be able to help me please let me know.
Cheers Ryan
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So ordered another one just installed it. Im not going to be using the Gruapner Air Modul for Telemetry, Im waiting for another product to come out. Cant name names yet, but there should be info on it soon. Il have to install a bec to power the receiver for the mean time.
