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by PonoBill
Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:11 am
Forum: Shields, boards and sensors
Topic: FPV Blues
Replies: 3
Views: 1747

Re: FPV Blues

I've experimented some more, connected a GoPro camera in place of the little sony one that comes with the reconn. With that connected I get some kind of signal--a rolling, unsynced picture I guess, with lots of flashes and random stuff. moving the camera changes the video though it's not really reco...
by PonoBill
Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:03 am
Forum: ESCs, propellers , servos and radios
Topic: One hot ESC
Replies: 11
Views: 5274

Re: One hot ESC

I should have mentioned that the esc gets hot even when the throttle is set to zero and there's no activity.
by PonoBill
Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: Shields, boards and sensors
Topic: FPV Blues
Replies: 3
Views: 1747

FPV Blues

I've been flying my Quadcopter (Scarab QUAD X Stealth-FPV Reconn) visually for a while, but it's time to get the FPV working. I bought Carbonbird goggles and powered up the transmitter on the copter. I get indication of a carrier but no video (some channels have a non-static screen). I tried playing...
by PonoBill
Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:47 pm
Forum: ESCs, propellers , servos and radios
Topic: One hot ESC
Replies: 11
Views: 5274

One hot ESC

My quadcopter works well and flies fine (still a lot to learn) but one of the ESC's gets hot. Everything else runs cool. I've gone through the process os syncing the ESCs, and they seem fine. Is it possible that one ESC is acting as the BEC and thereby getting a higher load? I have a BEC, but haven'...