Beast Mode GT M3

By duffa123 on Dec 19, 2018

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Every owner of the Diatone GT-M3 quickly discovers two things:

  1. They are bonkers fast
  2. The bearings in the motors are good for about 6 packs before they start to sound like they were manufactured from sand.

To resolve, I've updated with some new Hawksky 1507 4200KV motors that will hopefully preserve the same rapid performance while having more durability than 1 afternoon of flights.

Maiden is this weekend - will report back!

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russ872   Jan 17, 2019  

Hey!! Sounds like you were successful getting the nano to work on the Mamba. I have the same combo and no luck, on either UART 3 or 6. Nano is powered and bound to radio, just no communication with the FC. Any tricks you might suggest? Thanks!

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