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I did a just this pretty drastically but it didn't seem to change anything, I'm not sure if it didn't save correctly or if it wasn't a noticeable enough change

Does anyone know a way for me to lower the Rpm's of my motors with my current setup? Though I don't want to limit the power too much, it might make a good temporary solution. Also, for those wondering, the Tx is some 20$ 5-channel turnigy remote (no accessory switches or dials or display, very...

I I'll keep that one in mind for sure, it might be time for an upgrade anyways.

Can you guys recommend a good fcb under 40$? Given how annoying LibrePilot was, I am open to getting a different one, or at least considering an upgrade there And btw, I only have 2 batteries, a small one for powering the fcb, and the larger 5000mah one mounted in the center Below the cg

Both batteries are pretty well centered, with the main battery temporarily mounted to the bottom of the frame (since it has fairly tall legs) The fcb is powered by a small 7.4v battery (I think?) and weighs almost nothing. That is also centered in the middle of the frame above the larger main...

Yes, on the lowest "tick" of throttle on the Tx, the quadcopter is airborne. This is a problem that has been around since the start. Does anyone know if there is a way to change how the different throttle amounts on the controller correlate to the Rpm/power supplied to the motors?

It would be nice to be able to change settings from my Tx, but we got a good deal on our and it doesn't seem to be the immediate problem. I just wish the transmitter could have the kind of control that my laptop has while I have it connected to the software for calibration.

I'm sure less powerful motors would help the problem, but that would be an extra 80$ or so to get similar motors after shipping. And as stated in my original post, if you suggest buying a part, I would appreciate at least a link to an example.

I've adjusted the throttle curve through the program, and I don't see it making any major differences in when I ramp up the throttle on the controller. It still seems to raise the Rpm of the motors in a weird way (increasing Rpm up to 10% throttle, no change until 50-60%, then increasing after 60%)

The whole thing has been recalibrated countless times. I've gone through the whole thing meticulously, looking over every step to make sure it was all done correctly. I really don't think recalibration another time is the solution.

How does the voltage effect the thrust of the motors? Would regulating everything to 12v help lower the power that the 4S li-po outputs? Currently we just have our battery directly wired to the Esc's just through splicing the wires together. Is this a bad practice?

I have posted these questions on multiple forums before and so far have yet to come across a straight answer as to how to go about fixing the problem I've been having with my first build. This quadcopter has been earthbound for about 4 years now, and admittedly the first mistakes were due to a...

When the throttle is at its lowest setting, and the esc's are calibrated to output their lowest amount of power at that lower setting, it still produces too much thrust to stay on the ground. The lowest throttle should just have props spinning without lifting the drone off the ground, but when...

I currently have a 22.2v 5000mAh lipo on my first quadcopter build, its pretty heavy but I have some 800kv motors with 11in props/30A esc's that have no problem lifting it off the ground. The problem is, despite all of my calibration efforts, "hovering throttle" causes it to lift off the ground...

Yup, I've gone through the whole calibration, the problem continues to be that at the lowest possible activation point for the motors, it still spins way too much/produces too much lift with the props to work as an idling speed. Not to mention one of the motors/esc's has stopped working and...

When we had it "working" at its best, this is actually the technique we used to calibrate them, so we know that this method works well with our quad, the problem was even with this method, lowest throttle caused it to lift off the ground fairly rapidly. We even had friends take turns holding...

Given that money is a bit tight with college at the moment, I was hoping for advice on how to alter our current build as opposed to changing the fundamentals of it completely Do you see any problems with voltages or power? Can you recommend a different flight controller software for the cc3d...

At the moment we really just want to see it fly and have it be able to maneuver normally. Eventually we wanted to mount a gopro to it or a camera of some sort. I guess our only criteria is we want it to have a decent battery life.

Would simply switching to smaller/more inefficient props be the way to go then? Ideally I would like to somehow lower idling speed so we aren't wasting battery power on inefficient thrust.

The esc's that we bought were a kind that only power to be supplied to the motors from the battery. Basically when we first hooked everything up, the flight controller was receiving no power. We found a guide that showed that an external dedicated power source for just the flight controller and...