Sometime last year right after I stopped posting I picked up an Impulse RC Alien frame, kiss fc, kiss 24a escs, and emax red bottoms motors. I had so few issues and enjoyed flying for almost a full year before coming back here to post. I simply didn't have anything to say since everything was working so great... well, mostly.
Initially everything fit together perfectly and setup was a breeze. The quad flew amazing and I didn't have issues until I had to flash the kiss escs to the latest firmware to support dshot. To do this you have to do some soldering on each esc, grab a serial number, post that to a website, and it tags firmware specific to the serial number and allows you to flash it. 3 escs I had flashed fine but another one just wouldn't work. I had to buy a new escs and ended up getting 2 so I had a spare. After awhile I had a good crash that fried an esc. No problem, I have a spare! Well guess what. I didn't test the spare and it was DOA. Since it had been a few months my warranty wasn't void and I ended up having to purchase yet another esc. I've had probably 7 kiss escs in my possession and 2 of them were bad out of the box. Not a great track record.
Next is the FC. I could always connect to the bootloader and flash it without a problem. However getting the gui to actually remain functional has always been an issue. Now it connects but the gui is completely unresponsive. Is it my board, my usb cable, drivers? I'm sick of messing around with it.
I'm going back to betaflight in terms of FC. I was going to stick with the kiss escs because they are rock solid when they are working. However, all these new blheli32 escs are coming out for less money. I can't see a reason to stick with the kiss 24a escs at $25 a pop when I can get a dys 35a for $18 or racerstar 35a for $15.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Friday, July 1, 2016
What's inside these magical TBS Triumph antennas?
I haven't purchased any of these yet but plan on it! I've read only wonderful things about these and they are popping up everywhere. So what's up with them? I was curious and luckily had a friend split one in half coming too close to a soccer goal post. The foam appears to be similar to the expanding foam used to seal cracks but I don't know. This antennas lost a few of the 45 degree pieces but here it is!
As I pulled this thing apart I began to realize it's not just another clover leaf. In fact it appears to follow the pattern of a product I found on http://antennaproducts.com/product/dpr-4a/
The copper traces running from the stem to the wire pieces sticking up are really thin and I had 3 of them break while poking at it. I don't think this matters too much because these cases are really tough and the foam holds it all in place.
If you haven't tested these out give them a go! Support IBCrazy and the TBS crew.
As I pulled this thing apart I began to realize it's not just another clover leaf. In fact it appears to follow the pattern of a product I found on http://antennaproducts.com/product/dpr-4a/
The copper traces running from the stem to the wire pieces sticking up are really thin and I had 3 of them break while poking at it. I don't think this matters too much because these cases are really tough and the foam holds it all in place.
If you haven't tested these out give them a go! Support IBCrazy and the TBS crew.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Quick tip: Stopping wobble and vibration on HS1177
I was having an issue with my fpv video getting really wobbly when I was at >50% throttle. I went over my quad multiple times trying to figure out what was causing the vibration. The camera seemed fine, all the motors were balanced, and I even tried new props multiple times.
It turns out the HS1177 board doesn't always sit nice and snug. I've heard of people putting all sorts of thin object to get the slop out and stop vibration. Here is what I did
After that I just sandwiched it all in there and no more vibration! I should probably cut down the foam a little so I don't cover up the vent holes on the back.
It turns out the HS1177 board doesn't always sit nice and snug. I've heard of people putting all sorts of thin object to get the slop out and stop vibration. Here is what I did
After that I just sandwiched it all in there and no more vibration! I should probably cut down the foam a little so I don't cover up the vent holes on the back.
Friday, June 10, 2016
XT60 quick tip: Secure that connection
On two separate occasions I've had an xt60 connection come lose because of vibration or a little rough action. Both times it resulted in my quad plummeting from the sky and me hoping it wasn't pulverized. I found a good tip on rcgroups that mentioned putting small bits of wire in the middle of your xt60 pins. I've done this for awhile and it's worked perfectly!
Please excuse the quality of the photos. My phone doesn't take great macro shots.
Steps: Take small pliers and slightly pry apart the pins. Be gentle because I've broken a few. Maybe they were cheap but I'm extra careful now. I use 20 AWG stranded wire or whatever I have laying around that is a snug fit. I cut it to a lengh of about 3mm then push it down into the center of the pins. Make sure no thin wires are poking out and everything is clean.
Please excuse the quality of the photos. My phone doesn't take great macro shots.
Steps: Take small pliers and slightly pry apart the pins. Be gentle because I've broken a few. Maybe they were cheap but I'm extra careful now. I use 20 AWG stranded wire or whatever I have laying around that is a snug fit. I cut it to a lengh of about 3mm then push it down into the center of the pins. Make sure no thin wires are poking out and everything is clean.
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