Originally Posted by Paint Man

I am missing something here. First of all, I have not been able to get %50 on the monitor using the Aux and p-mix. Second, how can the throttle go above %100.
Third, I would love to just have and EPA adjustment in the launch condition as that would be the easiest way to solve the problem. So far when I try this last EPA adjustment it does not affect the monitor at all.

This is the model file with the throttle assigned to H for full throttle and G for 50%.

Mike.

Originally Posted by Luis_Claudio

Lesson learned. IŽll buy a good esc like GWS. IŽll also solder the extra cable
between the Battery and the ESC and put the socket of that cable into the SPC-socket of the receiver. The Esc connector, IŽll plug in the channel 3, ok?

Could you please tell me a number to set a warning level for this voltage according to 2 and 3 cells ?

To the Minima 6E receiver we donŽt have this SPC tool, isnŽt it?

Thank you so much for you effort helping me!

Luis Claudio

I am not sure about the new GWS esc, but the old ones were not up to my standards, and I won't put them in my planes.

Try for something better, if you can afford it.

chewy

Luis,

The Turnigy Plush 40A with linear bec is reasonably good: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...ontroller.html

A better but more expensive 40A is this one with a selectable 5.25v/6v SBEC : http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...hless_ESC.html

If you need higher amps, these seems ok as I have a few of them in my edf jets: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...w_5A_SBEC.html

chewy

I had an 'incident' with my Starmax A-1 Skyraider the other day resulting in a heavy landing.

The only visible damage was the retracts which I replaced today.

However when I powered the plane up with its Hitec 9ch rxer I noticed the following;

- The ESC/motor continued to beep slowly
- The rest of the channels (including throttle!!) appeared to be working in a delayed/slow-motion
- Voltage wasn't being displayed on the radio

After trying different ESCs etc the problem was finally solved by just re-binding the receiver.

The only think I can think of is that there may have been a spike or something caused by the retracts failing??

I was just wondering if this was a common issue with this system?

Yesterday i bought the gws esc on hobbyking , but I'll buy one of there 3 you postes to me. We need to pay a few more but be safe.

Thank you so much,
Luis

Originally Posted by chewytm

Luis,

The Turnigy Plush 40A with linear bec is reasonably good: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...ontroller.html

A better but more expensive 40A is this one with a selectable 5.25v/6v SBEC : http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...hless_ESC.html

If you need higher amps, these seems ok as I have a few of them in my edf jets: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...w_5A_SBEC.html

chewy

I would get the SBEC Luis. Linear if tested don't usually produce their rated voltage.

Originally Posted by Paint Man

I am missing something here. First of all, I have not been able to get %50 on the monitor using the Aux and p-mix. Second, how can the throttle go above %100.
Third, I would love to just have and EPA adjustment in the launch condition as that would be the easiest way to solve the problem. So far when I try this last EPA adjustment it does not affect the monitor at all.

Try using the parameter 'travel limit' instead of EPA. I believe that's the name for it - I don't have my radio in front of me currently to confirm.

So are we ever going to get an RX with PPM out and SPC? Seriously all I want is a simple little RX with two ports PPM and SPC. That can't be hard to do. I love my A9 but the fact that we still have no name brand PPM RX to use on flybarless gyros is really starting to upset me.

Yes I know that there's the compatibles out there now, but those don't have SPC battery telemetry and I'm a little hesitant to stick it on a 500 or larger size heli.

Originally Posted by Paint Man

I am missing something here. First of all, I have not been able to get %50 on the monitor using the Aux and p-mix. Second, how can the throttle go above %100.
Third, I would love to just have and EPA adjustment in the launch condition as that would be the easiest way to solve the problem. So far when I try this last EPA adjustment it does not affect the monitor at all.

You could try S.Limit instead of EPA, although ultimately you'd still have the problem that S.Limit isn't flight condition aware.

As is, you should be able to get throttle to 50% by applying some amount of pmix to from aux channel that you have set > 0% (by assigning a switch to it), although I understand that this isn't going to be enough to accomplish exactly what you want.

If you think of the throttle as just another servo, as is the case with IC engines, you can see how throttle could be > 100%.

You mean this one here?

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...hless_ESC.html

Originally Posted by quitcherbitchen

I would get the SBEC Luis. Linear if tested don't usually produce their rated voltage.

Originally Posted by grimbeaver

So are we ever going to get an RX with PPM out and SPC? Seriously all I want is a simple little RX with two ports PPM and SPC. That can't be hard to do. I love my A9 but the fact that we still have no name brand PPM RX to use on flybarless gyros is really starting to upset me.

Yes I know that there's the compatibles out there now, but those don't have SPC battery telemetry and I'm a little hesitant to stick it on a 500 or larger size heli.

It's nearly a fact that all RC helis auger in, eventually, so the problem is really one of risk management. There are alternatives to using SPC in mitigating the risk of brownout; quality BECs (standalone or on quality ESCs), buffer packs, standalone receiver packs, good build and maintenance practices, good designs, servo setups that can't bind.

Are you asking for voltage telemetry too?

Originally Posted by Luis_Claudio

You mean this one here?

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...hless_ESC.html

No. No Switch style BEC. I have had good luck with Hobbywing from Hobbypartz. Their funfly or pentium are abused weekly in some of my planes without a separate UBEC. I honestly don't own any of the Turnigy ESCs.

Originally Posted by quitcherbitchen

No. No Switch style BEC. I have had good luck with Hobbywing from Hobbypartz. Their funfly or pentium are abused weekly in some of my planes without a separate UBEC. I honestly don't own any of the Turnigy ESCs.

Turnigy Plush == Hobbywing Funfly (was Pentium).
Turnigy K-Force == Hobbywing Platinum.

IIRC.

Si.

Originally Posted by Dirt-Torpedo

It's nearly a fact that all RC helis auger in, eventually, so the problem is really one of risk management. There are alternatives to using SPC in mitigating the risk of brownout; quality BECs (standalone or on quality ESCs), buffer packs, standalone receiver packs, good build and maintenance practices, good designs, servo setups that can't bind.

Are you asking for voltage telemetry too?

Sorry I wasn't clear. All I really care about is voltage telemetry, not looking to use SPC for the other reasons you listed.

I'd like to be able to setup a plane so that I can fly it with my main tx, but then also be able to let friends fly it with my back tx while I fly something else with my main tx. It would be great if I could bind two transmitters to one receiver but (not surprisingly) that does not seem to be possible. (just tried it tonight with no success)

So, to plan #2 - setup the plane to be able to push the bind button and just rebind each time I want to switch. The problem is the getting to the bind button might not be so convenient.

Any one have any tricks for externalizing the bind button?