Tanks BB

They may be pulling 130A, but Deans are rated at 50A and one day this will lead to a failure.

I'm finding that with a lot of use, they get very loose and sometimes I have to add a backup piece of tape to prevent slippage.

Also, I would not be covered with my Public Indemnity insurance if it was found I had a failure due to poor choice of plug.

Any more views on plus for multis? particularly Heavies.

Originally Posted by badbill

Switch if you want, but I have been using Deans on my EDF's pulling 130 amps+ for several years. They work great. Never had an issue.

Bill Davenport
AMA 28141

anderson powerpole are always a go to

Originally Posted by digitalCAM

Panza, I have a F550 Hex. I have an AG550 gimbal from "Askman". and I have been using 5.12a and my gimbal gain set to 400hz. It is working fine for me. Here is some video that I shot today. It is straight out of the camera, without any sort of post stabilization. -- JOHN https://vimeo.com/46338303

It's always sweet to see Askman's gimbal at work. Can't wait for 90* pitch version!

Originally Posted by Adidas4275

anderson powerpole are always a go to

Also heard good things about Powerpole plugs.
Some friends in RC cars love them!

Originally Posted by Psionic001

Tanks BB

They may be pulling 130A, but Deans are rated at 50A and one day this will lead to a failure.

I'm finding that with a lot of use, they get very loose and sometimes I have to add a backup piece of tape to prevent slippage.

Also, I would not be covered with my Public Indemnity insurance if it was found I had a failure due to poor choice of plug.

Any more views on plus for multis? particularly Heavies.

One thing i go fed up of with Deans, sometimes even on the Charger, on odd times it would alarm with "no Battery attached", unplug and re-plug in all fine again, then odd times it would do it mid charge, so my thinking was, do i want it doing the same mid flight.

Originally Posted by Davebbb

One thing i go fed up of with Deans, sometimes even on the Charger, on odd times it would alarm with "no Battery attached", unplug and re-plug in all fine again, then odd times it would do it mid charge, so my thinking was, do i want it doing the same mid flight.

+1, have had that happen a good few times...

+1 that's happened to me often too.

Originally Posted by Davebbb

One thing i go fed up of with Deans, sometimes even on the Charger, on odd times it would alarm with "no Battery attached", unplug and re-plug in all fine again, then odd times it would do it mid charge, so my thinking was, do i want it doing the same mid flight.

Originally Posted by topgearuk

I changed all my deans about a year ago to XT60, bit of a PITA as some were originally XT60 then deans then back. But think the XT60 is a far better plug.

All my big high amp pulling stuff, I still use 4mm bullets.

+1
on the XT60

It's been a long time for me in this forum. Actually I've been happy with my F550 DJI WK-M so found no reasons to come back here. Now, I'm still running old versions of the software :

• current software : 1.13
• current firmware : 4.26

I'd like to upgrade now in order to get the intelligent orientation control. However, I had an xaircraft before and got so much issues with unstable software versions that I'm coming back here to get your recommendation. I'm not too found on going straight to the very latest firmware version. I think the 5.06 firmware looks stable enough for most people. Would you agree or recommend another version ?

If 5.06, then next "problem" is : I can't figure out how to download it from DJI's web site (http://www.dji-innovations.com/produ...-m/downloads/#). I get can the 5.08 from there, but where are the links for 5.06 ??

Download and install the Wookong-M Assistant Software of your choice.

The Assistant then connects to DJI and downloads the firmware.

Originally Posted by moombe

It's been a long time for me in this forum. Actually I've been happy with my F550 DJI WK-M so found no reasons to come back here. Now, I'm still running old versions of the software :

• current software : 1.13
• current firmware : 4.26

I'd like to upgrade now in order to get the intelligent orientation control. However, I had an xaircraft before and got so much issues with unstable software versions that I'm coming back here to get your recommendation. I'm not too found on going straight to the very latest firmware version. I think the 5.06 firmware looks stable enough for most people. Would you agree or recommend another version ?

If 5.06, then next "problem" is : I can't figure out how to download it from DJI's web site (http://www.dji-innovations.com/produ...-m/downloads/#). I get can the 5.08 from there, but where are the links for 5.06 ??

Originally Posted by Psionic001

Download and install the Wookong-M Assistant Software of your choice.
The Assistant then connects to DJI and downloads the firmware.

Isn't it that to get the firmware 5.06 I would need to get the assistant software version 1.24. I can't find any download link on DJI's website for 1.24, the oldest you can download from there is 1.26.

Originally Posted by moombe

Isn't it that to get the firmware 5.06 I would need to get the assistant software version 1.24. I can't find any download link on DJI's website for 1.24, the oldest you can download from there is 1.26.

I am running assistant 1.30 and firmware 5.12 on a Quad and Hexa, absolutely no issues at all, they could physically not be any more stable as they are at the moment.

If you definately want 1.24, i can upload it to my webspace and give you the link for it, but for myself personally running 5.12 on those two crafts mentioned, i have no issues at all.

Originally Posted by Davebbb

I am running assistant 1.30 and firmware 5.12 on a Quad and Hexa, absolutely no issues at all, they could physically not be any more stable as they are at the moment.

If you definately want 1.24, i can upload it to my webspace and give you the link for it, but for myself personally running 5.12 on those two crafts mentioned, i have no issues at all.

Thanks Dave, I found a link in some past posts in this thread and I download all versions now. I'll trust you here and will do an update tomorrow to get to 5.12. If bad I can always roll back to 5.06.

Atm Im flying 5.12a and no issues. Hexa with gimbal running 400mhz.
Using traditionel and Aurora 9 ch with optima 9ch.

Follow this link its there

http://www.traderc.com/djiwkm/

Originally Posted by moombe

Isn't it that to get the firmware 5.06 I would need to get the assistant software version 1.24. I can't find any download link on DJI's website for 1.24, the oldest you can download from there is 1.26.

Originally Posted by Psionic001

Tanks BB

They may be pulling 130A, but Deans are rated at 50A and one day this will lead to a failure.

I'm finding that with a lot of use, they get very loose and sometimes I have to add a backup piece of tape to prevent slippage.

Also, I would not be covered with my Public Indemnity insurance if it was found I had a failure due to poor choice of plug.

Any more views on plus for multis? particularly Heavies.

They are rated at 50 solely for liability purposes. Give the engineers at WSDeans a call and see what THEY have tested them to, they are willing to tell you over the phone. Once again, several large jets pulling 130 amps plus and many, many flights have proven them out. BVM uses them exclusively and has thousands of flights with 100% success. What a heavy lifter pulls is nothing compared to the amps of these large jets. YES, you need to know how to solder, if you don't you may get charger errors. I'll let it drop, as there is a jillion threads on this forum arguing the same thing, but I would hate to see someone mislead.

Bill Davenport
AMA 28141