Recent content by Markeaye

Well, for a first entry, your pants are certainly on fire. I got the same bird from Hobbyking when I got my first copter. Dumb move. Bit off more than I could chew right out of the gate. As expected, it was a disaster. After spending, and spending, and spending, in every direction I thought...

Still crazy after all these years.

Ok, you saw the title, and besides the chuckles, I expect this will take an effort, of all who care to contribute, on somthing we all dream of. A quadcopter, or multirotor of any number of engines, that will lift and fly, in a controlled fashion. An aircraft, with pilot, of approximetly 3000...

Dear Motopreserve, Well I think that Satan is competing in the singles ice skateing championships. After threatning to file a complaint with PayPal, Ebay, and anybody else that would listen, Banggood has shipped, 4(four) 620kv motors to replace the 380kv's. They really were scrambling, as they...

Hi again, Thanks for hangin in there with all advice and suggestions. Well, I stayed up late and sent an irate email to Banggood about sending me new motors. I even included a picture of the box, motor, and shipping label, per their request. What good that will do for them, I couldn't begin...

Hey thanks again. The low kv was my original thought. With what info I could glean about the motors I did some calculations. The nearest I could come to it boils down to this. With the 3s lipo I'm looking at about 4500 rpm max, giving me a total on the 4 motors and 13in props of around 6 to 7...

Thanks Motopreserve, Yes I checked all that several times. I even tried changing it to a wrong configuration just to try to get a different effect, no joy. If I could get someone to run the numbers and apply a calculation out of one of the many confusing methods I have seen, using the spec info...

Hello all, I have a problem on a new quad build that's driving me nuts. First let me give you the build specs so we can be on the same page. Frame: HK X650F 550mm fiberglass and alum Motors: Banggood A4008 380kv high torque pankake motors. Props: APC style 11x4.5, 12x3.8, and 13x8...

Hi, Markeaye here with a question, or quite possibly an answer to upgrading the firmware on the Minum OSD board. I recently got the Air radio, Ground radio, and Minum OSD modules in the mail to give me FPV and OSD on my latest build. Never having used these boards before, I soon discovered...

I had this same discussion with myself, and, as I predicted, I won the argument. I opted for the HK blues, and the flashing tool that only HK sells. The tool is cheap, the esc's are of good quality, and flashing four of them with SimonK firmware took about 10 minutes. As I understand, the...

X650f trouble I got this frame (x650f) from HK too, but that was all. I had some parts left over from a crashed Bumblebee, as well as a multiwii pro with gps. Also had some unused 30a HK blue esc's that I flashed with Simon K. I loaded the FC with MultiWii 2.3, Wired it up, plugged it in to...

I just put together a Bumblebee with a KK 2.0, and try as I will, it won't hover without forward drift, and yaws clockwise. I have gone through the P and I so many times with so many setups, my fingers are sore. Self level doesn't help much either, same pitch and yaw issues. HK blue 20 amp...

No, I haven't. I would like to do it with Simon K, but I'm waiting on the slow boat from China with the tool to do it with. I swear to god, if we got together and stocked our own warehouse here in the states we would make a fortune. If I had a source for parts that wasn't a month away it would...

I just put together a Bumblebee that I bought from HK. Because of the shipping errors, you know, I ended up with a KK board, a KK 2.0 board, and a Multiwii with GPS. I wanted to use the Multiwii because it has gps, and I could load Arducopter. I like the idea of simply letting the quad fly...

Hello to all, Just signed up because I saw something about EDF Multirotors. I have been thinking about building a quad with ducted fans and vectoring. It will have to be after I finish with my first ever quadrotor. I'm still waiting for the proverbial slow boat to get here from Hobby King. Worst...