My second build using my Everycopter carbon hub plates, this time a flat hexacopter.
Started out as a budget build using Racerstar 2312 & a pair of old Racerstar 4in1 ESCs, but one of those motors was faulty & killed an ESC (it looked like the bell was actually rubbing against the stators) so I upgraded to another set of the third gen SunnySky X series motors. The 2212/1250kv that I have on my Y6 Everycopter were out of stock & the 2216/1250kv were only ~£1 more expensive... so this one is even more laughably overpowered than the Y6!
Using two PDBs just to spread the load (full throttle is potentially 240A+).
Running Arducopter again, with a separate Arduino controlling all the WS2812 LEDs in rainbow chases :3
Flight Controller |
Matek F405-STD BetaFlight STM32F405 Flight Controller+Matek FCHUB-6S Hub Power Distribution Board for RC Drone
(12 builds)
Banggood.com
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$36.41 |
ESCs |
6 x Spedix LS40 Slim 40A - 3/6S - BLHeli_32 ESC
(2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
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$138.00 |
Motors |
6 x X2216-III_SUNNYSKY-The most stable power system
En.rcsunnysky.com
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See Site |
Propellers |
Gemfan Glass Nylon 1045 2- Bladed Propeller Blue (CW/CCW) (1 Pair)
Hobbyking.com
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$2.27 |
Receiver |
FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH Receiver
Getfpv.com
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$13.10 |
Power Distribution |
Matek PDB FCHUB-6S W/ CURRENT SENSOR 184A, BEC 5V & 10V
(2 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
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$11.62 |
3D Printed |
Everycopter multirotor drone hub (Flite Test Anycopter homage) by cjdavies
(4 builds)
Thingiverse.com
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See Site |
Misc Parts |
Beitian BN-880Q GPS+GLONASS Dual GPS Antenna Module FLASH TTL Level 9600bps for FPV Airplane RC Racing Drone
(6 builds)
Banggood.com
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$14.99 |
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I didn't know if you are using the current sensor, but with your wiring, you didn't get the right value.
I never use current sensors, they're not even wired up on this build.