Everycopter flat hex

By cjdavies on Sep 21, 2019

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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

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Part List

Flight Controller	Matek F405-STD BetaFlight STM32F405 Flight Controller+Matek FCHUB-6S Hub Power Distribution Board for RC Drone (7 builds) Banggood.com	$37.54
ESCs	6 x Spedix LS40 Slim 40A - 3/6S - BLHeli_32 ESC (2 builds) Drone-fpv-racer.com	$125.94
Motors	6 x X2216-III_SUNNYSKY-The most stable power system En.rcsunnysky.com	See Site
Propellers	Gemfan Glass Nylon 1045 2- Bladed Propeller Blue (CW/CCW) (1 Pair) Hobbyking.com	$2.27
Receiver	FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH Receiver Getfpv.com	$13.10
Power Distribution	Matek PDB FCHUB-6S W/ CURRENT SENSOR 184A, BEC 5V & 10V (2 builds) Phaserfpv.com.au	$10.26

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Discussion

i-man Sep 22, 2019

I didn't know if you are using the current sensor, but with your wiring, you didn't get the right value.

cjdavies Sep 22, 2019

I never use current sensors, they're not even wired up on this build.

quadcrazed Sep 21, 2019

Can it powerloop?

cjdavies Sep 21, 2019

It actually has a higher power to weight ratio than most of my 5" freestyle builds, it's at least 6:1, so.... yes it probably can powerloop :3

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