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I believe that's partially the issue and as far as I can tell it does not build an almanac at all. I just went out back where I've flown it at least three times in the last 18 hours getting a GPS lock all three times and now at 12 minutes I got tired of waiting for the three flashes to go to two...

I usually get a reading of open or no continuity when checking C to D on a good PDB, I've never checked one with an F/C in circuit so maybe it should read something when it's all hooked up. I'd have to pull the dome on one of mine and check it to see, could do that later today if you'd like...

These will do the job, http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__2164__TURNIGY_Plush_30amp_Speed_Controller.html These will work also if you want save 3 grams per ESC, same physical size though according to the specs...

They do provide a cute little stand with different length shafts to change the height, unfortunately I have no place to mount it on the testbed quad so I have the GPS velcro'd to the top of the dome roughly 7 cm above the IMU. Ken

The word from the DJI folks is DO NOT use a ground plane, it will make things worse. So I asked a question and here's the answer... Question... So what will speed up satellite acquisition? The best I've seen so far is a little over 6 minutes which is about 6 times longer than the slowest I...

Are you using any expo in your TX? I have three flight modes setup on a switch with varying degrees of expo, the one I usually use when flying for video is 50% on both aileron and elevator control and 40% on Yaw. The "loosest" setting I have I use for practice flying and its 30% and 20%, makes a...

Yeah, I saw that already, thats a big hunk of copper he's got on there but I bet it doesn't take more than 30 seconds to a minute to get a full lock that way. When I swap back to the Y6 which has a flat top I'll give it a try and see if it works, right now the GPS is velcro'd to the top of a...

Would be nice if that were the case. Three flights now, same thing each time, minimum of 6 minutes to get enough sats to use GPS if you let it sit still. Last flight I never got any further than that, began flying at two flashes and it never improved during 8 minutes of flight. The difference...

Not kidding there, that price translates to about $166 US per PAIR! For that kind of cash they better be PERFECTLY balanced out of the box and make my MK fly like Holger himself built it! Ken

Flight #2 OK, here's the first negative thing I have to say, the GPS apparently has to reacquire satellites each time its powered on, appears to not build a location file like MK does and its SLOW to lock. Initially the LED flashes 3 times consecutively to indicate <5 satellites acquired as...

Not for the -M version, it is true for the scale heli -S version. Ken

Just because it works well on a basic quad doesn't mean it can work a camera gimbal though! That will be the real test, if it doesn't work at least as well as the Mk board for roll and tilt compensation then it's just a really nice FPV controller IMO, time will tell but initial impressions are...

Just had the first flight of the WKM on my quad test bed frame, WOW! I have two MK Hexa and a Hoverfly Pro as well as a Quadrino and CC board all with auto leveling capability and the WKM is at or near the top of the heap in that category for sure. The WKM is as good if not better than the MK...

There is a post over on RCG that the Y6 and X8 firmware update for the WKM will be released tomorrow. Thinking this through I'm now leaning towards pulling the WKM off the Y6 for the time being and putting it on the MK quad frame I use as a test bed until I'm a lot more familiar with the setup...

I'd be interested in trying a set of their carbon fiber props if they aren't ridiculously expensive. The ones I have made by Aerobot are crap and not worth the $, I guess I should hang them on the backboard of the workbench as a reminder... :rolleyes: Ken

It should, just lock down the roll axis so it can't move, if you don't it will when you least want it to! I do mainly video and find it easiest to use positon hold and altitude hold to record from a fixed position yawing as needed and watching the camera view on the downlink, when the timer goes...

I don't know about dorky, but doing that would take being a H*ll of a lot smarter than I am! Ken

I don't think loosening the roll servo gear will do anything at all to keep things level. If you look at P/H website you see they have the Picloc 3X listed under Auto Pilots and Stabilisation. It all comes back around to the second person (camera control) having a separate TX/RX to work the...

No, KK wouldn't work because its gyros only, you would need something with an accelerometer to keep it level. At some point the CC board may be able to be used that way but as of right now I haven't heard of anyone getting it to work yet. An alternative, although a bit expensive, is to use an MK...

No actually, you can't use the F/C stabilization if you're using pan because the board assumes the orientation of the mount is fixed in place facing forward, the roll and tilt compensation will be wrong when the mount is in any other position. If you want to use pan you either have to have it...