Recent content by flyingpotato666

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    noob tx/rx question

    can i use any rx to bind to any tx or should they be from the same company? i have a futaba tx and a flysky rx already wired up to a quad. should they be the same number of channels for them to bind or will they bind in either way?
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    open pilot throttle calibration problem

    So ive already set up my cc3d on open pilot and now im trying to set up my transmitter. (im on a mac computer).. so everything seems to be working fine for the pitch and roll controls but the left side throttle and yaw are not working at all. I've tried manual calibration but when I move my left...
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    receiver binding problem (flysky)

    So I dont have one of those DC voltage power supplies that people usually use to power up the receiver just for the binding part. Is there any other way to bind the RX? I've built my quad already and i noticed once i was in open pilot when i plug the batteries in the escs beep continuously and i...
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    my esc connection question

    so im building a quadcopter does that mean i need to get 4 separate UBECs or just one for all 4 escs? also my escs are 12 A what kind of ubec do i need?
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    my esc connection question

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    my esc connection question

    so ive already connected the esc to the motor, i found that part easy, but on the other end as you can see in the picture, the middle part is just two wires(black and white) in other videos ive seen that other escs have 3 wires in the middles part (brown yellow red), does that mean i have to...
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    Low voltage indicators, worth the $$?

    So I talked to this guy at a local hobby center and he said I dont really need a low voltage indicator on my quad since I would "be able to feel when the batteries are almost dead" as in when I feel like the motors are slow or something I'd know that the lipos are almost drained, so I would then...
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    First time soldering

    So I need to solder my motors and speed controllers, so first I tried soldering for the first time on some spare wire. What i did was i twisted both the wires together (without the insulator) and clumped them into a ball and soldered, or should i say tried to solder... I attached a picture of...
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    which batteries to choose for quad?

    yep planning to make a X shaped 250 quad. So does more mA mean more flight time?
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    which batteries to choose for quad?

    Making a quad, first of all ill use 4 23oo kV motors, and my esc is 12 A and it says its for 2-4S LiPo batteries, if i want flight time to be around 20 minutes, which battery should I go with? Also another thing, im afraid ill drain the lipos too much, do the remote control transmitters usually...
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