{"authorId":"","cover":"/content/images/2016/08/IMG_7487.jpg","heroes":{},"kind":"tag","logo":"/content/images/2016/08/projectable-me-4.png","nav":[{"id":"62e854d471683dea63488bcbca5c6188","label":"Home","url":"/","sortOrder":0},{"id":"1bc84fb15620acd635df7735a0b8ddd8","label":"Raspberry Pi","url":"/tag/raspberry-pi/","sortOrder":1},{"id":"3207e2fec51d66d2a5b3d8d04feb9dd8","label":"Sim Racing","url":"/tag/sim-racing/","sortOrder":2},{"id":"59115afd52e59a74faa4b386e00ae3fa","label":"About","url":"/about-me/","sortOrder":3}],"page":1,"perPage":10,"posts":[{"id":"068698c87214816b221c88c65c16ae22","siteId":"projectable","slug":"i-finally-got-around-to-re-assembling-my-qav500","title":"I finally got around to re-assembling my QAV500","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003eI finally got around to re-assembling my QAV500 quadcopter with my Graupner receiver.   Custom compiled ArduCopter 2.9 with hott-for-ardupilot modules and ran through the new calibration procedure.  \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt took about 5 minutes to do the auto trim setup once I had it outside, but after that it flew amazingly. 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However, this meant I had to add extra height between the 2 sections.  This had some unintended side effects, the weight sat too high in relation to the props, and when moving forward or backwards it would be very \u0026ldquo;floppy\u0026rdquo; (for lack of a better word), it would tend to over pitch.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have put the ESCs on the underside now, and cleaned up the wiring significantly.  Will be testing it tomorrow.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6qhnLBZb1rgpsuzo1_1280.jpg\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6qhnLBZb1rgpsuzo2_1280.jpg\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://65.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6qhnLBZb1rgpsuzo3_1280.jpg\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003eCleaned up my QAV500 quadcopter during lunch today.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the size of the ESCs I am using (40a 6s capable), they do not fit in the intended space, and Initially I had them between the dirty (where the motors are) and clean (noise isolated for camera/controllers) platforms. 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