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"It was able to be fixed! Instead of a new oil-pan, I ordered a hot air rework / solder station, only about $90, and it works nice. Way good for shrink tubing, and the solder iron heats up very fast. (I did open it up and double check inspect…"
"How do the motors sound so cool and quiet? Is it the isolation from the arm mounts? Or are they big heavy motors and they look like pretty low kv?"
"Not so bad, congratulations on the nice soft cushy tree and bushes."
"I had seen Roberts setup before, and looked also at others. Theres a Skookums item for this purpose.
I made a small power distribution block for the servos, from a right angle 3x7 header. Connect the two shorter rows together with wire/solder, these…"
I made a small power distribution block for the servos, from a right angle 3x7 header. Connect the two shorter rows together with wire/solder, these…"
"Touched up the solder on the x y and neighboring pins. now the y axis works normal again. But the x axis output seems shorted to ground. At the pins on the ADC, the y and z are 1.6 +- now, but the x is 0."
We have here a Hotel 1.0 oilpan 8/19/2010, on a 2560 APMega. :>( It has worked fine for a few flights on a plane, and have been setting up now in a 450 heli. It seemed to be working correctly until tonight... Have done only a few run ups on the…
"You probably solved it by now, but if for nothing more than my own future reference:
They look like JST SR connectors, http://www.jst-mfg.com/product/pdf/eng/eSR.pdf"
They look like JST SR connectors, http://www.jst-mfg.com/product/pdf/eng/eSR.pdf"
Has anyone removed the shield to allow remote location (for traditional heli)?Looks like it's possible to desolder the 6 pins (actually only 4 are soldered), and make an extension harness.
"oh! 1.6 inches is same width maybe. well, it will fit in a slightly modified 450 heli frame..."
"How many orders so far ?!?! How about a preorder counter on the store page, that would be fun."
"Seems nice, could be for Chrismas. Someone has ordered it for me!!
Narrower board will fit inside 450 heli frame, APM 1.0 was slightly too wide to fit without modification of frame. Inputs on one end and outputs on other, seems nice. Smaller…"
Narrower board will fit inside 450 heli frame, APM 1.0 was slightly too wide to fit without modification of frame. Inputs on one end and outputs on other, seems nice. Smaller…"
"If you add separate BEC, caution if it puts out more than 5v, suspect it can make 3.3 vs. 5v serial signals from gps not work with the 5v side APM. if it puts out only 5.0v, all should be good. Oh I see now Montasser mentioned this."
"Sounds like you've solved the issue, supply the system with only 5 volts, or supply the APM with a little higher voltage and use the regulator on the APM to give the APM 5 volts.
Here's why the input voltage may matter.
The main 1280 or 2560…"
Here's why the input voltage may matter.
The main 1280 or 2560…"
"The header pin connections should be as good as between APM and Oilpan, or between xbee & adapter boards. Or looks like something to build a ground station out of, so no vibration there usually."
"Is it possibly a voltage issue? What is the voltage level of the APM board? If the 5v supply voltage on the APM is high enough, maybe the serial communication high signals from the 3.3v (or lower if the GPS regulator is drooping) GPS may not…"
