Tarot FY 680 and a bit Hexacopter

[hase2]

imo:

13x4 > 12x3.8 > 10x3.8 > 11x4.7

[Coyote]

Yeah 13x4, looking at the specs for that, it seems very good

[Coyote]

Ah, cant find any 13x4 props in uk :(

[marcin]

bit big 13" props for that frame ?...

[Coyote]

Yeah getting too big probably with 13`s really

[Coyote]

Well that sucked :( Only 5:22 on 10x4.5's so it's burning nearly 10 amps per motor to hover, miles away from the 5 amp target

That's a minute less than my old motors :(

[MarkLincs]

Yea defiantly going the wrong way time wise....

Larger props might help but which ones is always the question.

[Coyote]

Just got back in after swapping the props over to 12x4.5`s

Still disappointing.................... 5:15 flight 80% lipo used, it was not as calm as this morning but still miles short of what I was aiming for :(

[marcin]

Ian ....try with 5S or 6S lipos ...remember you starts carry bigger gimbal + bigger engines and much bigger camera then GoPro.

[bignose13]

Now that's gonna start getting expensive :(

[Coyote]

I could Marcin, but that`s another set of motors (x6) possibly then 6x Esc`s, then a whle new set of lipo`s etc.

Not going there, like Simon says, its getting to silly money then. I`d rather go back to my old RCTimer motors and have 6 mins a time

[hase2]

personally i dont think that a 5 or 6s setup is really necessary in that weight class.
plus upping the power requires larger props and therefore an increase in span.

that would pretty much be a whole new multi.

[Coyote]

OK so still waiting on a few bits for the Hex so turned my attention to the Quad for half an hour.

The Quad came with white arm holders / locating clips on the front, why ? I have no idea, they look pants too so I ordered replacement black ones.

I then replaced the original Tarot landing gear system that I don`t like with the same upgrades I used on the Hex.

You sill use the original 16mm leg and 12mm skid, but remove the ally and weak carbon brace with the plastic one piece unit and rubber feet that actually stay on when you land :)

The Hex got Orange stickers made up to go with the black / orange look, with the Quad I wanted a black / silver look to match the brushless alloy gimbal. So got the stickers made up and put the gimbal on too :

Looking not too shabby so far :)

[Coyote]

OK so update time :)

A bit has changed with the Hex over the last few days. I moved the Quanum Telemetry and the Vtx to the legs to get better separation between them and the UHF receiver and GPS receiver :)



Th Vtx now has Bignose LHCP antennas on it to help get me better separation at FPV meets.




I fitted upgraded motor mounts that buy me a bit more length on the arms and allow much easier removing / replacing of the motors and neater cabling too. RCTimer 12x3.8 props are my weapon of choice with the Hex now.




I also decided to hang my lipo under the frame now as apposed to on top of it. I believe the lower CG it has now helps it with a more steady hover. I bought an extra lipo base so I could leave the one on top so I can run two lipos if I so wish.




I have installed and am really happy with the Tarot 2D brushless gimbal for the Gopro 3





The only problem now being that even though before putting it on I replaced the short spacers with some Tarot Hexacopter spacer that were longer, the arms and props are still in the shot. I will be adding another set of the spacers to drop it even more, but I think they will still show. I have ordered longer 12mm tubes to then push the gimbal out front further which will then fix this problem ( I hope ) :)

[Dizzy]

Its Amazing how much the camera can see close in,  looking good though coyote :D

dizzy :)