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It's going to serve as my flight controller. Anyway, it's been months of ordering and research. I've hit a new problem, how do I "equalize" the strength of the motors? I'm using Afro ESC 30A btw on I2C set at 0x25, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b. I tried pulsing the motors, it comes up with some props...

I made have made a mistake, a couple times I tried to flash but it was timing out on me. I closed and opened the flashing program a couple of times, so I might have chosen the wrong firmware by accident. But it seems like the burned out part of the FET of the ESC was where i saw a small notch on...

After successfully flashing 3 of my AFRO ESC 30A to have I2C addresses 0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, I tried detecting the I2C addresses, it came up with 0x29 0x2A 0x77 and something else which is very strange. While being dumbfounded by the new address assignments, suddenly the motor popped and smoke...

The 50% throttle thing for me would be very difficult to achieve, though I wont be using this for acrobatics, should it be fine at about 70%?

Whoops. I don't think the picture got posted. Anyway, it has about the same amount of performance. That's really strange. I'm really stuck on how to improve this. Will about 1.7kg~2kg survive on a 500 frame?

Just tried it on e-calc, doesn't seem that good.

Stretched my setup to try to follow everyone's suggestion but I still had to go with this because of availability and cost. Does this seem about right? I switched it from SK45o to a S500, lowered the KV and increased the size of the props. Only problem now is the availability of the LiPo battery.

Planning to use an ultrasonic sensor, is there a cheap one available? It has to be a module with either a digital or analog output.

Phillipines

Okay, I'm planning to expand the scope of my search. Besides HobbyKing, and ebay (which does not ship to my country), what other "one-stop" shop for quad stuff should I try?

The MN3508 set you say seems very promising. But the price of the motors itself is burning a hole through my pocket already as it is. Ha ha. We'll try to stay under 1500g. Is it still not possible to use a 450 frame? I got a set up with ecalc. 3x5000mAh 10C batteries with about 850kV motor with...

Yeah I was just curious about that. LiPos seemed like special batteries so I'm afraid it doesn't act like regular batteries. Are there cables for power distribution that split into 5? I heard soldering big wires were a pain. It also makes it cleaner. Bad soldering joints might burn up at...

I'll do the calculator later, am on mobile. Anyway, I'll try to propose a new set up later. I found a 5200 mAh LiPo 10C cell which is also lighter, about 330g. 104A seems decent. I'll try coupling two then use a larger frame with a whole new set of accessories as well as use lower rpm motors...

But it makes it just a bit less than half longer right? Or does having two batteries at that weight actually make it worse because I'd need to have a different set up altogether which draws more power?

Also, besides the speakers. I've only added a second battery. Why is my quad so heavy? The electronics are pretty light, right? I don't think I've read this anywhere. But having two batteries in parallel is simply all I have to do to use 2 of the same kind of batteries, right?