I just finished building the RC Explorer Tricopter 2.5 running a KK2 board. All stick inputs checked good when doing the receiver test, however, the motors won't run and won't respond to throttle inputs. Also, the tail servo does not respond to stick inputs. I setup everything according to this, http://www.pyramidmodels.com/manuals/KKBoard 2.0-short-Manual.pdf. Can anybody help me out? Thanks!
Newbie needs help with tricopter
- Thread starter jethack
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You are arming it first? nothing will work until it is armed....
ChrisViperM
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Did you calibrate the ESC's as per manual....?
"Esc Calibration":
Instructions:
1: Important: TAKE OFF THE PROPELLERS OR DISCONNECT ONE WIRE FROM THE
MOTOR!!
2: Turn off the FC power.
3: Turn on the transmitter and set the throttle to max.
4: Press down button 1 and 4, keep pressing until last step. Releasing the buttons aborts the
calibration.
5: Turn on power to the FC
6: Wait for the ESC to beep its full throttle calibrated signal. Takes a few seconds, depends on the
ESC.
7: Lower the throttle to idle.
8: Wait for the idle throttle calibrated signal.
9: Release the buttons.
Without that motors won't start.....
Chris
"Esc Calibration":
Instructions:
1: Important: TAKE OFF THE PROPELLERS OR DISCONNECT ONE WIRE FROM THE
MOTOR!!
2: Turn off the FC power.
3: Turn on the transmitter and set the throttle to max.
4: Press down button 1 and 4, keep pressing until last step. Releasing the buttons aborts the
calibration.
5: Turn on power to the FC
6: Wait for the ESC to beep its full throttle calibrated signal. Takes a few seconds, depends on the
ESC.
7: Lower the throttle to idle.
8: Wait for the idle throttle calibrated signal.
9: Release the buttons.
Without that motors won't start.....
Chris
Thanks for the reply. I finally got all motors running and everything appears to be working properly including self leveling. However, when I attempt to takeoff, it is pretty much uncontrollable. I've only gotten it about one foot in the air for a period of 1-2 seconds before having to abort the takeoff. Any settings somebody could recommend on the KK2 board that would solve the uncontrollability?