13 year old quad need help (urgent plz)!

You're buying a lot from HobbyKing here it seems. Take a look at this frame:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...opter_Frame_450mm_Integrated_PCB_Version.html
See, once you pay the minimum shipping, you can ship quite a lot for the same price. Try playing with that in your "cart". Add a few things and go all the way to "check out". You'll see the shipping cost never goes below a certain amount for intl. warehouse orders, and they tell you how much more weight you can add. They lie of course -- it does go up, but very little.

KK2 link is Euro and out of stock? It's out of stock because it is discontinued; here's the current one:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...ntrol_Board_With_6050MPU_And_Atmel_644PA.html

Since you're ordering from HobbyKing Intl. for motors and KK2, you could get 4 of the 30a Afro ESCs for less than the RCTimer ESC. Still 3.5mm terminated, still SimonK firmware. Less money, and you've already paid the buy-in on the shipping so it costs no more to ship four of these.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...nK_Firmware_US_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=afro

Charger from USA-west? And that charger doesn't have an adapter for 4mm bullet that your battery uses. You'd have to use the alligator clips or balanced plug to charge it. Take a look at this one instead:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...Accessories_US_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=accu
Using one of the battery adapters you're buying, you can use that charger to charge your 4mm bullet battery.

Where are the servo leads? Since you're placing an order with intl. warehouse, get the "super clean" set linked up this thread.

Good exercise. Just try to find everything IN STOCK and consolidate vendors to save on duplicate shipping. The biggest problem in this list is finding the Turnigy 9X in stock somewhere. If you backorder one part, they all sit in the warehouse until it comes in. If you ordered the 9x separately you'd get a chance to build the whole quad before the radio arrived. I don't know where you are, but it's in stock in USA-west: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=19673

Take a look at these props:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__25824__10x4_5_SF_Props_Black_CW_2pc_CCW_2pc_.html
And get at least a couple sets of props. You could get three of these sets for the price of what you linked. You're going to crash some, and the props either go, or get damaged and damaged props cause more crashes. These are REALLY cheap compared to boogering motors etc.
 
hey,

I realized that if you revisit the same hobby king product a lot, they give you a discount. I just was able to add the frame to the cart for $10 instead of $13.
 
I buy so much from HobbyKing, I'm Platinum now, so I get that price or better without waiting. But good catch. Another thing to look at is the buddy codes. You can go to the forum and see if there are any codes from other people buying. Maybe the Turnigy 9x or the KK2?
 
You should be able to get all this stuff from either USA-west or Intl. warehouse. I don't mean you shouldn't shop, but shop inclusively where you consider the total cost including shipping.
You should be about ready to place orders by now, right?
 
Hey, I finally got all the parts, and am building it. how do i set up the reciever to the circuit board? How do i get it started?
 
The pins on the left of the board are your inputs. Those on the right are outputs.
The bottom of the board is where the four buttons are.
So you connect your receiver to the KK2 as shown in this picture:
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In the setup menu on your Turnigy, it should tell you which channels are mapped to which functions by default. Not sure if you got the regular servo leads, or the "super clean" set, but you need to be careful you get signal and ground plugged in the right way. On the receiver, signal is on top. I think ground is on the outside on the KK2.
Your four ESCs will plug into the pins on the right side. The on board menu of the KK2 will allow you to map which output goes to which corner of your quad.
If you visit the KK2 page (for the international warehouse) on the HobbyKing site, then go to the FILES page, the first PDF file there will show you how you need to orient the controller and suggested position for the ESCs. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/914113709X883063X42.pdf

You will probably have to bind the radio transmitter and receiver. Start by looking at that PDF, building the frame and getting things mounted. You can read up on the charger and get your battery charged too. Look on YouTube for instructions on binding your Turnigy 9x radio and receiver. Since the receiver will have to be powered to do that, you'll need to at least have the battery charged, one ESC connected to power and your KK2, and the receiver connected to the KK2 in order to get power from battery all the way back to the receiver.

See how far you can get!
 
If you bought the "super clean" servo leads, you connect the one with three wires to channel 1 on the receiver and the top-left three-pin connection on the controller. Be careful to get the (black) ground lead to the outside on the KK2, and bottom on the Turnigy receiver. Then you connect the next three single leads in the ribbon to channels 2, 3, 4, & 5, in order to the INSIDE pin on the KK2 and top pin on the receiver.

If you just bought regular servo leads, connect channels 1-5 to the left connections on the KK2, again with the black lead to the outside on the KK2 and bottom on the Turnigy receiver.

At some point, you will want to map or bind a control knob or switch to the fifth channel, but that can wait. The reasons for having that "aux" control will be made clear during the KK2 configuration process.

There are a lot of videos on Turnigy binding; I've linked to one of them. If you find it unhelpful, search for another. Basically you have to get the radio and receiver in such a mode that they go looking for partners and establish an identity link with one another. You should only have to do this once. With the Turnigy, this is done at the receiver end with a little wire jumper that is supplied with the receiver. I went through the steps above because you can power the receiver THROUGH the KK2 (and that through one ESC, ultimately taking power off your flight battery). The video instructs you to use an auxiliary power source from four batteries. You are free to do either one, but the receiver must have 3.3 - 5v (6v works) in order to bind. If you don't use an auxiliary power source, rigged to the receiver, you will need to have your flight battery charged, and the wires connected to your ESCs.

Once your receiver is connected and bound, and your radio is on, you can proceed through the KK2 configuration screens which resolve any swaps or issues with channels.

When you connect the four ESCs to the KK2, I'd recommend you only power the KK2 from ONE of them. Meaning you cut or remove with a very small needle the center wire from the three-pin connector of THREE of the ESC/control cables. That is generally the RED wire. You will see there are three tiny flaps on one side of that connector, and lifting one with a needle while pulling the wire back with tweezers is best. Then wrap the bare connection with a bit of electrical tape. Again, those wires are pretty standardized with the black always being ground (which you need for control signal), the red being power, and either yellow or white (Futaba) for control signal. As with the receiver connections, you will find that the ground lead is closest to the edge of the KK2 board.

There are good YouTube videos on KK2 setup. If you cannot find one, I'll be glad to help.
 
One last question. I have everything built, bound, the board is powered up, the receiver is bound. I am using the turnigy 9x, and I cant get it to fly. I turn it on, and it all looks good, It is on mode 2, but when I turn on the throttle, nothing happens. Any help?
 
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