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I have 6 x Gartt 20A ESC's for my hexacopter and wanted to flash SimonK to these but reading up a little on Simon Kirby firmware it seems to make quite some difference in which MOSFETS are used to drive the motors and I don't particularly want to burn out the ESC's! the esc's look very...

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Well yes it will eventually be used for carrying a DSLR on a gimbal, I am surprised 400kv outrunners will do the job with big props Hmm, I will have to wait until the hexacopter frame is complete and add the weight of the gimbal and cam, at a guess I wound think the whole lot will be 4 to 5 kg...

Hmm I don't mind difficult ;-) it'll be a challenge, or one hell of a learning curve. I did use ecalc to get a rough idea and I think from memory around 1100kv motors with 9 - 10 inch props was the most efficient but using 1250kv motors according to the ecalc showed quite a remarkable...

Hi SoCal Blur, thanks for your feedback, the reason for stagering the arms is no more than using materials I have in a different way to most, at the moment I have 2 Y shaped arm that articulate on a hinged centre, I was going to merge the 2 Y's to configure the Hexa shape and in doing this the...

Hi All, as a vintage modeller from the 80's & since not flying helicopters and trainers for 30 years :cower: I have decided to start again & jump in at the deep end by building my own Hexa from scratch! but having lost touch and having somewhat of a fried brain physics has just escaped me, so I...

Hi all, I am an ex modeller from the 80's and not built or flown anything for 30 years :dread: dunno if its wise or not but I have decided to get back into the model building scene since I tend to have a little more time on my hands, I am hoping this will be a useful place to be when it comes to...