Hi,

I have recently bought Walkera Super CP with DEVO10 transmitter. I am very beginner in 6ch helis.

I am going to buy also up02 adapter to update helis software.

What spare parts and upgrades (like any improved battery) would you advice to me to buy?
The best if I could hear some comments from Super CP owners, also other are invited to make any point outs.

I have practically more or less went through the both manuals for Super CP as well as for Devo10. However in case I am very new in this hobby I didn't understand all things in Devo10 manual. Could you advice some other manuals, topics, etc. letting me better understand all the functions and parameters?

Could you also please introduce me into some information regarding Devo10 which could be a starting base for further gathering of knowledge, for example some general info what can be done with this transmitter, like flashing custom software and so on.

Thanks a lot and appreciate any help and support.
Sebastian

EDIT:
I have just switched on for the first time my Super CP. After battery was plugged to heli I heard some continuous buzzing, I think in servos. Is it normal? The second case is that battery is very hard to be unplugged from heli plug. Once I heard this strange buzzing I decided to quickly unplug it, in case I had some troubles with it, not wisely but... I have used a screw driver as a lever and unfortunately done some shorting, spark flashed, a little smoke and smell.
I hope the created arc just impacted a plastic plug and no electric circuit neither the board of heli were affected by it? Can it be?
After that I have switched on my heli and all the servos seemed to be working correctly only rudder is not so much responsive but I didn't try it before and use it just a little during hovering in case can't fly yet. I think it is also working well, however I have still strange buzzing. What can it be, once again is it normal?

I'm still learning so take this from someone who isn't much beyond hovering... if even there.

I broke the skids very quickly. I've ordered a new set but currently I'm flying with a set patched out of a broken set of V911 skids. I used thread and superglue to bind the new and old parts together.

I also broke the little peg under the rear rotor. I replaced it with a very hacked looking bit of folded plastic from the SuperCP package tray. The new rear leg is just a small bit of the tray folded in half for a bit of stiffness. I cut holes for the motor and it's currently fixed around the rear prop. I'm sure there are a number of ways a similar leg could be created. Basically I wanted something that wasn't hard plastic like the original since I would simply break it again.

With your battery shorting you might have hurt the battery but probably not the bird. This assumes the screwdriver shorted the two leads of the battery together.

Originally Posted by meanscreen

With your battery shorting you might have hurt the battery but probably not the bird. This assumes the screwdriver shorted the two leads of the battery together.

Actually the case is that battery has been plugged to my bird and i had problem to unplug it. Two wires which have been shortened actually belonged to the plug from the bird in case battery plug is female.

The second qustion, do you also hear buzzing from your servos after battery is plugged?

And finaly what type of transmitter do you have? Do you know any good materials to read about it?

The shorted wires might have been on the heli side but the battery is what was shorted. It doesn't hurt the bird to short the battery. The battery has some type of protection circuit but I'm not sure if they provide short circuit protection or not. Over charge protection is the really important one.

When the battery is plugged in my servos do make some noise, especially if I move the bird. I assume that is the servos simply responding to commands from the gyro. Nothing to worry about. As for the TX, I have the 7E which is reportedly a stripped down version of the 10. Less power, range, switches, memory but basically the same system at the core.

This long thread is the best I've got for reading on the TX and flying in general
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1651066

Originally Posted by meanscreen

The shorted wires might have been on the heli side but the battery is what was shorted. It doesn't hurt the bird to short the battery. The battery has some type of protection circuit but I'm not sure if they provide short circuit protection or not. Over charge protection is the really important one.

When the battery is plugged in my servos do make some noise, especially if I move the bird. I assume that is the servos simply responding to commands from the gyro. Nothing to worry about. As for the TX, I have the 7E which is reportedly a stripped down version of the 10. Less power, range, switches, memory but basically the same system at the core.

This long thread is the best I've got for reading on the TX and flying in general
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1651066

Thanks a lot you really made me calm down , thanks for the linknas well, I will look at it after come back from job

How long do you fly with SuperCp? Ah I almost forgot to ask do you maybe know if it is possible to bind V911 to Devo in my case Devo10?

I fly for about 10 minutes per battery. I think that works out to 2 minutes in the air and 8 walking over and fetching the heli off the ground after all the crashes. Basically I'm no where close to being able to keep the bird up for a whole battery.

Actually, according to my radio I go about 4 minutes on a battery. In the thread I linked to someone described a way that you can set the stopwatch in the radio to automatically start when the throttle stick is over 20%. This works out nicely as most of the time you are in the air the stick should be over 20%. Thus you can look at the radio display any time and see how long you've been flying.

I've looked into binding with the V911. It's supposed to be possible with the hack firmware for the Devo radios. The hack firmware for the 10 is supposed to be stable and reversible. The firmware for the 7E is reportedly not reversible right now so I'm not messing with it. The other catch is you have to put a compatible TX modal in the radio. For my 7E that means soldering the thing in (not a task I'm worried about and I have a spare V911 TX to scavenge parts from) but I don't know about the 10. Since I'm happy with my 9116 TX with my V911 I'm not worried about it.