Tips & Tricks

Using the GentLed IR cable to trigger the Sony NEX 5n.

Casey demonstrates charging a Quadrocopter 6200 Lipo battery with the Hyperion Duo charger.

Casey demonstrates binding the Spektrum DX8 with the AR8000 Rx, satellite, and TM1000 telemetry module.

QC3328 on Power Distribution Board with ESC

The QC3328 motors currently are delivered with black 16 AWG motor wire. It can be confusing to tell which motor wire goes to which pad on the ESC. In this picture you can see…

Clockwise spinning motors (#1,#3, #5, #7)
-left wire(black) goes to “C”
-middle wire(blue) goes to “A”
-right wire(red) goes to “B”

Counter clockwise spinning motors (#2,#4,#6,#8)
-left wire(black) goes to “C”
-middle wire(blue) goes to “B”
-right wire(red) goes to “A”

The direction of spin can also be adjusted in the MKTool software by holding the “Cntl” key on your keyboard and clicking the “Settings” button.

Casey demonstrates the new compass calibration technique for the Mikrokopter software. Flight control SW v0.84: NaviCTRL SW v0.24e.