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A thought just occurred to me, try it with just 4 ESCs plugged in, maybe the upgrade to hex didn't take and it won't allow the X to initialize if it sees anything connected to the ports beyond #4. Shot in the dark but easy enough to try... Realistically there's nothing different about the way...

If I were a gambler I'd put my money on it being a corrupted firmware update, especially since it worked prior. The X might not be putting out any signal on the motor pins which would cause the same problem as it not being low enough. Only way to check that is to put an Oscilloscope on the...

One other thing you can try, set the end point travel on your low end of the throttle channel to around 125 (or -125 depending on the radio) and do the stick calibration thing all over again after resetting the SuperX to default settings. Drew posted the way to do that somewhere in this very...

There is nothing wrong with your ESCs and they certainly do not need to be fed power from a BEC. You can prove that part by simply removing the red wire from the ESC servo connector and connecting it direct to the throttle channel on a RX, power up the ESC (make sure to provide power to the RX...

All opto ESCs have internal regulators that provide the voltage necessary for its components, the only differences with "standard" ESCs is they do not use high current components as the circuit is not connected to the red wire in the servo lead, all it needs to do is provide power for the...

Heh, only things I've been hacking lately is firmware on ESCs and flight controllers! There is a definite possibility that something went sideways when doing the update although how you would recover from that on a SuperX I don't know since the software is closed and all locked up in that...

Does it work if you plug an ESC directly into the throttle channel of the RX? If it works then the problem is with the flight controller, some need to see a lower minimum throttle than what the throttle calibration sets the ESC for. One way you might get around it is to reset the ESC to factory...

The issue is that the SimonK firmware can't deal with the majority of high pole count motors in its base configuration. Most of these motors require high timing on the order of 24 to 30 degrees to operate without losing synch on quick throttle changes, SimonK defaults to 18 degrees if I remember...

No, the DJI ESCs have a special brew of firmware on them that doesn't allow for any setting changes, not even throttle calibration and they can't be flashed with SimonK as that only works for Atmel processor hardware. The DJI are however essentially Hobbywing hardware under the covers and they...

Yup, sometimes S**t fails and I've had a lot of experience with different things doing that. However from the number of burnt up (as in actual flames when failing) Castle ESCs I've seen at the club field and LHS I'd say they have a disproportionally high occurrence of in flight failures, my own...

This appeared in my inbox this morning, if you've been waiting for the ultimate price drop on some of these goodies now is the time... Note that you can now buy an S800, WKM, AND Zenmuse for roughly what just the Zen cost to buy when it first hit the market. Never again will I be in the first...

No Considering I've built and flown several dozen multirotors across a span of the last 6 years and NEVER before encountered a problem with an ESC catching fire while in flight I would have to say the problem wasn't anything I did or did not do. Saying I lack building skills is laughable, do a...

Yes and no, my extended arm Disco with 22 pole pancakes flew better with the Castle MR ESCs than it did on SimonK ESCs but still not as well as with "normal" motors on any type of ESC. That is they worked well right up until one of them burst into flames while executing a turn to come in for a...

You did of course initialize the gyros before trying it, right? Servo outputs won't work until you do, BTDT when bench testing... Ken

You want the circlip on there. While it may take a lot of force to pull the bell off when the motor is static, the weight of the multi pulling downward and the lift from the prop pulling upward is quite sufficient to remove the bell when the motor is spinning under load, DAMHIK... Ken

Lightbridge is the least expensive of the current offerings at $1600 per, the industrial strength gear can easily run well over $10K for a single unit. Definitely not something you would buy for a little FPV flying on a weekend afternoon but like everything else the price will be half what DJI...

In some respects we're lucky here in the USA since we aren't limited to 25mW or other restrictive regulation provided you have the proper paperwork which really isn't all that hard to obtain, some countries have banned FPV in total. There is a lot of misinformation out there and if/when it gets...

The Y6 is a full 3D printed frame with the exception of the alloy arm tubes, the center plates JUST barely fit on my 8 x 8 build platform. Some of the stuff I can give out the STL files for, although there's quite a bit I can't because it was done for paying customers and while I retain the...

Technically you can't use it at all for a commercial gig, HAM licensing is for non commercial use, the license would only be valid for your own FPV or hobby APV flying. I've gotten out to a mile with no packet loss using 2.4 on control, you can do it with legal gear if you get the right...

While not a Disco frame, I did a proof of concept Y6 design for a client and the coax motor mounts would be easy to adapt to one of the frames I have setup with tube arms. Not sure where all the extra bits of wire and 4 more ESCs would go but it certainly is possible to build an X8 Disco...