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    Pulling the pin?

    I've seen some conflicting advice relating to ESCs with linear BECs and whether or not the + pin needs to be disconnected on all but one of ESC to FC connectors. My understanding is that this is only necessary with switched BECs and that linear BECs will happily work in parallel. I'm going to...
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    Help me and I might buy you a pint

    Now I've lured you in with the beer promise, I'm hoping someone can help me with a question ;) I've just bought and APM 2.6 board for a first build together with an FrSky X8R receiver. Most of the info I've seen online advises that I'll need to use an SBus to CPPM converter to connect the...
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    And so it begins ...

    First build, parts ordered and en-route, I'm sure all you old-hands can remember the thrill of waiting for your first set of carefully selected and eagerly awaited parts to arrive. The sense of excitement mixed with the inevitable fear. Will it all end in tears? Who knows, but I'm about to...
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    Comments and Advice Please

    Hi All, I'm looking at a first quad build and after doing a LOT of reading and researching I've learned enough to know how little I know :) Hopefully, other here with more experience can stop me making any balls-ups, so thanks in advance. Here;s what I've got on the parts list so far: Taranis...
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    Telemetry ?

    Hi all, I'm in the process of building a parts list for a quad and have a question relating to telemetry. I'm planning on using the Taranis X9D with the D8R ii plus receiver and wanted to check that this will give me telemetry capability. I also wanted to check what (if any) additional...
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