Recent content by DiluxEdition

yea, I guess that's another way of doing it, but would likely require some programming skills instead of just electronics...

I never meant for the transistor to move the servo, but for the transistor to enable a servo driver to go from open to closed. I doubt that the retract kit gets a pwm signal from the p3 itself. It likely does something similar to what I mentioned...

Anyone figure out how to add a servo without the retract kit? I'm guessing that flipping the P A F switch does something on the P3 and they took advantage of it. I just learned about transistor switches (mosfets) and how they work and perhaps when using the switch like they do it changes voltage...

It wasn't advice it was just the truth. Those guys only do aerial photography/videography for a living. I'm guessing they make a pretty good living since they live in NYC and it ain't cheap to live here...

Removed my gimbal. Don't see any other grub screws. Cant really push the motor down. But I did tighten the 2 screws for that plate that the yaw arm rubbed against and also loosened the grub screw and moved the yaw arm up and down the shaft a few times while pulling the back of the arm down, now...

Hah, worked like a charm. Dunno why I never squeezed them together before (guess I just didn't think the washer part will go onto the shaft part)...

Does the FAA have undercover agents in covert ops? LoL I don't do commercial work but I know 2 people who do this stuff for a living and they don't have exemptions or anything, they even do jobs for big movies and big companies even well known news agencies. They advertise their services in the...

Last time I removed some of these clear plastic pins I had to pry with a screwdriver and increase the gap (which did not close back to what it was before) and I had to use 2 screwdrivers while pulling to get it out, which was not easy with only 2 hands. Anyone have a trick for getting these off...

The yaw motor also is .5mm to 1mm higher on the crashed P3P, so that needs to come back down... Dunno if there is another grub screw somewhere (cant see it), will likely need to remove the gimbal and either push the yaw motor down or find another grub screw...

Actually I just compared my gimbals on 2 P3Ps. The one that had the rubbing problem (also from a crash) has a bigger gap between the yaw arm and the bearing/bushing that it sits on. We may need to figure out how to press it back in better. The gap is around .5mm to 1mm. On my non-crashed P3P the...

You may have to try harder. It takes quite a bit of force to get that yaw arm to stop rubbing, and it may come back later on... You also need to do a gimbal calibration on a flat and level surface after its not rubbing anymore. Worst case you may also need to do an IMU Calibration... And don't...

the gimbal is likely rubbing the bottom of the Lightbridge aluminum housing. You need to loosen the grub screw and then tighten it while pulling the gimbal down so it doesn't rub.

Interesting. This could explain why the P3 can fly backwards faster than forwards. I was fighting 30mph winds and decided to try going backwards one day when I noticed this..

For some reason I cant get it to work on the radio. only pulling .4w (likely most of that from voltage regulator) and signal got worse... tried twice by switching to another amp...

That wasn't my experience. I gave all the details right away at the start of the chat, 1 minute later they said they would email me the RMA # with instructions and shipping label. Perhaps its the way you communicate with them that gets you better service. If you crashed and act dumb, saying I...