Hey Guys so this is my build it took near about a month to build this, did a lots of research before actually doing it. Here are the parts that i used:


4 x Turnigy 2209 28turn 1050kv 15A Outrunner
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=5687

9x5 props providing 800g of thrust

HK board v2.1

18-20A HK ESC
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6457

Frame:
1 in wide x 1/2 in deep and 10 inches long aluminum arms
120 mm x 120 mm: 2 nos 5 mm plywood boards for the base

Zippy 4000 mah 3s battery

and  HK normal Tx Rx

I was trying maiden flight today but got smoke out of one of the ESC dont know how cos i programmed that esc and it was working fine.. then when i connected it with quad and rest of the motors got smoked 

Here are build pics

Everything together 

smokingggggggg... i saw smoke for sure but after removing the ESC doesnt looks like its smoked.. shall i test it again? what say guys??

Will soon post flight pics...

Did you insulate the motor >> ESC wires with a heat shrink? And if you have a wattmeter, check how muany amps are being drawn, that might explain why they are smoking.

Yes i have insulated the motor and ESC wires with heat shrink but i guess it was stucked correctly. I have 20amps ESC and motors draws max 15 amps.. i guess that shud not be a problem right??

hay satya gupta does you connect  rx battery section to the battery or connect the bind plug??? give me some suggestion that rx required battery or not.

rahulsahul: when you connect your ESC to your receiver, it takes power from ESC. Bind plug is used to bind a receiver with a Transmitter.. Rx do not require direct connection from batt.

Quote from: satyagupta on April 16, 2012, 11:28:45 AM
rahulsahul: when you connect your ESC to your receiver, it takes power from ESC. Bind plug is used to bind a receiver with a Transmitter.. Rx do not require direct connection from batt.

Yes, most ESCs come with an in-built BEC (battery eliminator circuit) that powers your Rx and servos (if you have any).

Quote from: idea fly on April 16, 2012, 01:09:56 PM
i can't open the link ,SORRY,one question,why I can't insert a pic in reply? thanks

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Quote from: satyagupta on April 16, 2012, 08:41:37 AM
Yes i have insulated the motor and ESC wires with heat shrink but i guess it was stucked correctly. I have 20amps ESC and motors draws max 15 amps.. i guess that shud not be a problem right??

Yes, that should be okay.

Quote from: satyagupta on April 16, 2012, 11:28:45 AM
rahulsahul: when you connect your ESC to your receiver, it takes power from ESC. Bind plug is used to bind a receiver with a Transmitter.. Rx do not require direct connection from batt.

hey thanks to give me knowledge abt that

You are welcome rahul, we are here to help each other

hey satya gupta i have a one problem...which kind of cable are used for connect the receiver to the control board (male to male or other servo cable)

Male to male..

Satya bro don't use fried esc, it might damage motor too. Hows your quad? Is it flying now?

Dharmik bro i have to buy a new ESC, but before smoking i tested my quad once and it did lift off before tilting one side. I was not having a good stand to test a good flight then. But later when i added stands ESC betrayed me

Will test soon and post pics/videos one question bro, these pots how do i use them?? an how usefull are they??

Gyro pots? Which firmware you have loaded?

None.. using the one which comes along with it... I am yet to recv my AVR will get it in couple of days..

Ok means default + config that you have on hk board. If you have default firmware put all pots between 35-50% and trim them by single axis tuning. It will sure help you.

Thanks bro, but the thing is i don understand rotating which side will give  0 and which side will be 100 please help

For me 0% was extreme CCW position and 100% was extreme CW positon. But you can check that(no props) by moving yaw pot to zero either cw or ccw and throttle stick at full. The side where your esc enters into programming mode is your zero position.

Thanks bro.. will try that out

tested for the maiden today. well testing and tuning the pots took most of my batteries and the time i was about to fly it outdoor battery went off posting video in sometime.

Wanted to know my quad was tilting a lot in the beginning to its left, after lots of pot settings now it tilts less but once in a while it does. How do i correct it??

Vdo sorry for bad quality.. thanks to my sis for the commentary

http://www.youtube.com/embed/MMyAiavI4LE

the moment it took off battery gave up... will try again tomorrow