The work on Bixler is slow 🙂 Yesterday I soldered new wires to the ESC that allows me to route the connector down into the battery compartment. I have been thinking a lot about a pod that fits all gear and I actually ordered a pod from Diydrones that can house the ardupilot/oilpan electronics including …
Tag: Turnigy
May 05
450 v2 ESC mounted
Today I got a parcel from GiantCod A 4ch FRSKY receiver that is 8ch in PPM mode that I will use so I only need 1 wire between RX and MultiWii. And I got 4pcs Hobbywing Flyfun 18A that are supposed to be the same as Turnigy Plush 18A. They are also using the same …
Jul 27
Turnigy 9X mod completed
I finally finished my Turnigy 9X mods. I had to purchase new soldering tips for my soldering iron as the one I had was pretty worn out. With a new tip I could solder the required petite wires to the Atmega chipset and to the surface mount resistors. I also soldered the RS232->TTL adaptor I …
Jun 28
USB Programmer
I got my new USB programmer yesterday. Now I can solder the wires into the Turnigy 9X radio and reprogram the radio with ER9X firmware. This is the 1st step to get better firmware. Next will be to enable telemetry data into radio from FRSKY DIY module
Jun 16
Turnigy 9X mod
Today I picked up my parcel containing a Turnigy 9X, Frsky diy module, LED backlight and a telemetry Rx. A few hours later and the mod is completed. Now I wait for my USB programmer so I can flash the atmega with something better than stock firmware. I removed glue from rear side of Turnigy-badge …
May 28
Latest purchase
I ordered a few items from www.Hobbyking.com. Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter w/ Module & 8ch Receiver (Mode 2) (v2 Firmware) Turnigy 9X LCD Backlight Kit – White (DIY) FrSky DHT 8ch DIY Telemetry Compatible Transmitter Module FrSky D8R 2.4Ghz 8CH Receiver with Telemetery My intentions are a radio with external patch antenna
Apr 01
Turnigy ESC Programming
I had to alter the programming on my ESC’s for the MultiWii Quadcopter (any MultiWii that is) As I had a bad crash outdoors(see previous post with movie) I found out the hard way that I really had to alter the ESC programming. I already knew this but hoped I really didn’t have to do …
Youtube Playlist
Above is one of my playlists on Youtube with some selected highlights. I think I included most of my FPV flights with the Skywalker.