Recent content by Derriell

@warcelo No I have not tested it. But I do believe that it works well for a chill photography flying style. Power consumption in hover with 4S3P with gimbal and camera was about 290w (max 22A). 4S2P being about 190g (or 10%, with AUW 1900g) lighter, power consumption in hover is also at least...

Unfortunately I have no experience with glue buster. I believe that it is still a difficult task. Thus I would keep a plan B ready. If it is for convenience to be able to us the Solo battery case and plug system you could try to build a pack with the Solo BMS and the 18650 cells such that it is...

@warcelo 25R cells could work but if you go 4S2P I would rather do it with 21700 cells such as Samsung 40T although they probably don't fit the Solo battery case anymore. In case you have not opened a Solo battery before: In my experience it is quite difficult to open it clean without a lot of...

I understand you but to be honest I think there is no way around a bit of DIY with non standard batteries. Especially with the Li-Ion batteries who influence the compass in the Cube.

@makatanav I think the problem is that you don't have root access to write on this part on the Solo onboard computer IMX6 (which runs some old Linux). You need to establish a SSH connection to the Solo and then you need to gain root access (with sudo). Though I m not sure if you can login...

Hi I just saw the new posts and would like to share my thoughts. Propellers: In general bigger propellers are more efficient because they have a higher aspect ratio (same principle as with wings). But of course it depends on the airfoil used of each propeller model. It depends also how you test...

I think a "problem" with the Solo is, that it is a bit on the heavy side compared to its size (and propeller size). Thus if you would want substantially more flight time I think there would be no way around a custom frame with the Solo guts and bigger propellers (12"). To my simple calculations...

Hi Nice! I suggest to swap the two wires that go to the Pixhawk who transmit Ampere and Voltage telemetry. I got this wrong when I installed it and got some weird measurements like yours. There is no damage to be done there. It might be a good chance that in my instruction it is the wrong way...

Hi I think it is great to have the arduino option especially if you dont want to mess with the Solo board or BMS and risk it. Nice hacking @webbs : ) Me personally I prefer to use a power board, and for me it was worth the risk because of the following reasons: - It is lighter (no bulky...

Hi The batteries are doing great, as expected. No problem at all. I have more than 50 flights with the drone on 2 packs and still getting ~20min flight time with the gimbal without going to the edge. With the Cube 2.1 I have full power available which gives me more than 50A in flight (~700w !)...

You can disable Galileo (if it isnt already) in ArduCopter parameters. Search for "GPS_GNSS_MODE". I use GPS and GLONASS at 200ms rate and get an in air HDOP of 0.58. Does somebody know how to connect to the Solo GPS through the Wifi connection wiht U-Center? I got stock at the same point as...

Thanks for the testing! I experienced the same things wiht 3 bladed MA props compared to the stock props: different higher pitch noise maybe less noise more stable more agile higher power consumption by ~10% That the 3 bladed props are more agile and more stable can be explained by physics. 3...

A short update: Replaced the Pixhawk Cube 2.0 with the Pixhawk Cube 2.1 (modified black one) and redid the cabling such that it is much nicer now. The bower board (ACSP7) is soldered as close as possible to the Solo carrier board. I cut the cables coming from the carrier board short like below...

Just to be sure: The trace from the outer to the middle pad has to be cut and the inner and middle pad have to be connected? Thanks!

I did fly in hover to have comparable results with other people testing. If you read the first post you would have noticed that the LiIon battery weighs only 100g more than the original one. Which for me is not too much.