New 4.26 firmware, anyone loaded it yet?
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Gunter
Draganflyer X4
It would be nice if they noted on their website what changes were made.
I have a day or two free on my hands, I might just upgrade and see what has changed
It would be nice if they noted on their website what changes were made.
I have a day or two free on my hands, I might just upgrade and see what has changed
Gunter:
They did you can find it under release notes. Here is what has changed for this version.
What’s new?
In “Cut Off Type”-“Immediately” Mode: By using this mode, in any control mode, once motors start and throttle stick is over 10%, motors will stop immediately when throttle stick is back under 10% again. In this case, if you push the throttle stick over
10% in 5 seconds after motors stop, motors will re-start, CSC is not need.
In “Motor Mixer”-“Customize”: F1 and F2 ports can still be used for gimbal servos control when customize a quad-rotor or hex-rotor.
It would be nice if they noted on their website what changes were made.
I have a day or two free on my hands, I might just upgrade and see what has changed
If you read the product notes document it will tell you exactly what changes were made, it's posted on the website at the top of the WKM sectiopn where you find the rest of the software downloads. In this case they fixed the "Intelligent" mode for motor arming so if you go below 10% you can raise the throttle and restart the motors immediately (within 5 seconds) if they happen to shutoff on you. Previously you had to do the motor start command to get the motors to spin up again once they stopped. I think they should either do like MK and allow it to be locked by a switch so the motors can't be turned off accidentally or just make it so the arming command needs to be done again to stop the motors (also as MK does). Automatically stopping the motors for any reason once they're armed on a multi rotor is just a bad idea IMO, too easy to go that low on the throttle at times and the end result isn't pretty.
Ken
Gunter
Draganflyer X4
Typing at the same time I see...
Ken
Yes
Thanks for clearing that up, I obviously missed the release notes on the website...too busy looking at the click and go videos and wondering what I can sell to afford one
Yes
Thanks for clearing that up, I obviously missed the release notes on the website...too busy looking at the click and go videos and wondering what I can sell to afford one
Speaking of Click and Go, I'm heading to the field tomorrow with the CS6, now equipped with Click and Go, datalink, and ground station software. First time I hit the key on the netbook to make it go someplace it's going to be nearby and in a wide open field with no obstacles! I remember the first time I did a waypoint flight with the MK, as soon as I flipped the switch to send it on its way I had my finger shakily sitting on the same switch ready to kill the route if it had decided to fly off in some random direction beyond where I told it to go, this will be no different...
Charging batteries and getting everything together for the outing tomorrow, it's pi****g down rain at the moment so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it will be decent enough at 1:00 PM tomorrow to fly. If nothing else I want to get a normal flight or two in with the CS since I haven't really had an opportunity to really fly it since reflashing the ESC and swapping to the APC thin electric props. After I do that I'll have two charged packs left to play with Click and Go, I'd like to at least see one successful flight to a waypoint and then a RTH flying solely from the netbook, is that too much to ask??? :courage:
Ken
Good luck Ken! I am thinking about converting my MK standard hexa to the WKM. The WKM deserves a better frame than what it is on now and I need some more real estate to fit the Data Link and vTx. I am going to miss my satellite receivers on the diversity board. Let us all know how it goes. Yours will be the first outside of DJI's demo.
If you've reflashed them the programming card no longer works, the settings are fixed in the code, if you haven't the Turnigy Plush or Hobbywing card will work on the DYS.
Ken
If you're referring to what the reflashed code is set to, the only way to know for certain is to look at the code itself. That said, someplace I have something that says what they're set to with the new code, just have to find it.
Ken
Shoot, sounds like I better upgrade to 4.26 as to help prevent any total motor cut off in 4.22. I'll take those 5 seconds!
So this means I can have X2 and X3 back to control two sets of gains? and Another control for gimbal tilt?
(sorry I haven't had a moment to look into this myself).
iceman
Member
Thanks for that, would be nice if they added release notes with software download. It's easy to miss if you just follow the link and download.
Well I almost got a chance to try the Click and Go today but the notoriously fickle New England weather had other ideas. I did go to the field and I did fly a bit, but the longer I was there the worse it got. I started with a warmup flight on one of my little aerobatic KK quads which as it turned out was great fun in the wind, but by the time I got the CS6 prepped and had a GPS lock it was pretty windy, the leafless trees at the edge of the field showing just how strong the wind was by the visible swaying of the bare limbs, the evergreens were really rocking and rolling!
I decided to try a flight with the CS anyway as I haven't had much chance to fly it since reflashing the ESCs and swapping the props. I have to say it handles strong wind much better than it did before but it was a HUGE handful just to keep it within 10 or 15 feet of the same spot in the gusting wind, by this time I realized there was no way it would be safe to try flying it via Click and GO and the ground station if I was having that much trouble flying it via the TX.
After landing and packing up the CineStar I figured I'd try a flight with my stock MK Hexa. If I thought the CS was a handful I don't know what gave me the idea the Mk would be any better, it certainly wasn't. At one point a gust got underneath and it shot a good 20 or 30 feet straight up without even touching the throttle and consequently it headed downward at a fairly rapid rate when the gust had passed. Of course I overcompensated with the throttle stick and wound up shooting it back up again at roughly the same rate the wind took it. Had to shutoff vario A/H and bring it down gently in manual mode between gusts. I did manage to get it back on the ground in one piece and that was the end of flying for the day, by the time I left the wind was gusting well over 20 mph and at times probably a bit over 30, far too strong to be safe for flying a multi.
So I'll have to wait and see what the weather holds in store over the next few days and hope that I can catch a break for another attempt, not sure if I'll be able to get the flight in before the new year the way things are going!
Ken