Recent content by jim burrows

Where are you at in WNC? I live outside of Asheville in Candler.

I have read a lot of posts about the proper procedure for storing batteries under a partial charge and not storing them fully charged. What I haven't heard discussed is how long a time period are we talking about. Is it a couple of days or weeks? If you plan on flying in a couple of days is it...

Thanks again for your help Steve. I think I may have discovered the difference in the front and rear ESC boards. The front ESC's have different color wires running to the LED boards. I may be wrong, but the new ones that I got from Vertigo Drones have different color wires on the front as...

Just wanted to give an updated on my project drone. Put in New ESC board, hooked up to GUI and got all green lights. Took it out for maiden flight today and it performed outstanding. It is very stable and is working great. Thanks to Steve Carr and others on the forum for all the help getting it...

Thanks for your help Steve. Got it all put back together and took it out for maiden flight today. She flys great, very stable and is a pleasure to fly. I hope I never have to rebuild it again but I bet I could do it in record time now.

I checked the numbers on the ESC boards and they are all the same number. I understand that there are ones for the front and different ones for the rear motors but how do you tell them apart? Will the LED lights tell you by the color that they are?

So Steve, do I just move the motors only since the ESC 's were reassigned or do I move both the motors and ESC boards and go through the reassignment process?

That's what had me confused because when I went through the ESC assignment, I got green lights on all the motors but the motors themselves were turning the opposite direction than listed on the motors. i.e. The B's were spinning like A's.

Thanks Steve, that's what I was afraid of. Did I say how much I hate soldering? I thought I was home free but back to the drawing board I guess.

If you reversed the positions of the motors during a rebuild, will it still operate properly if you reassign them in the GUI? I know I screwed up but was looking at diagram upside down and didn't realize it until I had finished soldering them in.

Good idea, thanks for the help. I'm really looking forward to getting this bird back in the air again.

Steve, The motor I installed was brand new from Vertigo Drones. It is always possible the it is a bad solder connection since I am terrible at soldering. I am inclined to believe that maybe the ESC board was damaged as well. In the GUI, all the motors showed green but when I tested the rotation...

Steve, The new motor doesn't completely spin but just jerks irratically. The crash was caused by a propeller coming off at about 20 ft in altitude. I hooked it up to GUI but no luck. It didn't appear that anything else was damaged but the one motor and the arm (frame) that was shattered. Like I...

Hello everyone. I have acquired a Typhoon Q500 4K That was brand new but crashed after only a 5 min. flight. The frame was damaged along with 1 motor. I have replaced the airframe and the motor but the motor will not spin like the other 3. Any suggestions on what else may be damaged and how to...

i just recently acquired a Typhoon Q500 4K that had been crashed and the owner didn't want to repair it, so here I am. I also have a Chroma Blade and am looking forward to flying them both. I want to say thanks in advance for the help I know that I am going to receive from you guys as I attempt...