Another alternative is to flash them with SimonK. The bootloader for BLHeli is compatible with the bootloader for SimonK.
True, I could have saved $45 grrrr. Hmmm hold on, just thinking that in a few months when I decide to build a Y6, I'll only have to buy 3 more Blue Series and I'm set (i can avoid using the 18A turnigy plush I have plenty of), since they are 30A ESC's I'll have to naturally buy some decent motors for them right? I'm starting to wonder if the issues I had were purely bearing issues, as the motor I thought might have failed used most of a 2200mah 3s battery with no loss of thrust while I was watching / listening. I'm wondering if it's the mysterious ESC simonK sync issues some are having?
If they don't arrive for the weekend I think I will just flash them with simonk to get some flying time with the tri this long weekend. Been fun with the mini quad but I want my tri back in the air!
I'm waiting for pay day so I can order my new Tricopter frame. I've given up cutting my own CF sheets, its better to offload it to someone with a CNC machine, much more accurate - looks so much better (and less health risks later on). I've been using qcad to design my new frame (nice to dry fit components to see how far they will stick out). I'm going to give
http://www.cutfromcad.com/ a try, they are based in WA I think.
Main goals:
I need to have enough room to fit all my electronics, I'll have a stackable frame on top of the pixhawk to mount the ODROID - this way I can remove it easily when I'm not using that part.
It's nice to know if you put a hole in the plans it will be there to the mm on the actual board (hard bit is to remember if you need a hole for a 3mm bolt, you have to make the hole 3.1mm).
Make the arms changeable, so that I can try round arms as well as the square arms I've already got.
Tidy up the cabling - I've also used a distribution board this time to reduce the amount of cabling going places and I also ordered last night the HK APM distribution board so I'll switch to it.
Because of this I've decided to not do a super tidy install of the gear on the current frame, I know in a week or two I'll have the new frame and I'll be doing all again. I figure the new frame I will largely built first (should only take me a night) and then a quick motor and electronics swap (that should only be a couple of hours with some testing) will see me flying very rapidly.
I've got two HK orders on the way, one with round arms and mounts, the other with my temporary ESC's and the APM distribution board.
Anyone else noticed that post Xmas HK's deliveries using Auspost have slowed a lot.... I was getting almost next day deliveries, 2 days at the latest for the 2nd half of last year (order in the morning, next afternoon it was in my parcel post locker), this year I am finding it's getting close to 4 days? International is also gone from 6/7 days to 10+ days - I'm on day 11 for my recent order.
Chris
