Moved Phantom electronics in 666mm quadcopter

echma · Sep 9, 2014

So i just finished moving all the phantom electronics except motors and speedcontroller in a 666mm frame. Now it has 390kv motors with 16inch props.
Yesterday i played with the gains for 3 hours and its getting better and better!
If u have questions dont hesitate to ask!

RIDETOEAT · Sep 10, 2014

echma said:
So i just finished moving all the phantom electronics except motors and speedcontroller in a 666mm frame. Now it has 390kv motors with 16inch props.
Yesterday i played with the gains for 3 hours and its getting better and better!
If u have questions dont hesitate to ask!

Yes !! please give some details as to what exact motors and ESC's you used as well as the frame set you chose. I love my phantom but I am getting older and don't see the small ship as well as I would like. This mod is very appealing to me. Just how close is it getting to being right ??

echma · Sep 12, 2014

Well everything comes from Hobbyking, ill simply copy paate the links but i think the Q-brain isnt ideal for such a big quad... Seems like it doesnt give the power the motors need fast enough so ill replace it with the phantom esc's tomorrow, just to see if it gets any better. Here are the links:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... ouse_.html

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... ouse_.html

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... ouse_.html

echma · Oct 3, 2014

Now everything is working with 6s lipo and 5000mha.. I get exactly 30 min flighttime, not hover time!!!

OI Photography · Oct 3, 2014

Nice job! Where is your NAZA getting power from? And where did you mount the compass?

echma · Oct 4, 2014

It is unbelievably fast too! Well i moved the naza and the board under the naza into the new frame, so it gets the power from this board. I havent mounted the compass and gps yet but i will mount it on one of the arms on the back.

darwin-t · Oct 21, 2014

Why did you change the motors? Weren't the original ones up to the task?

echma · Oct 24, 2014

well i am running 16 inch props which would totaly burn the original motors...

nestergaard · Oct 26, 2014

Cool project. Exactly what I was looking for to do with my Phantom. I really love it, but I am fed up with having to land and change battery so often.
30 min is perfect!

So did you get rid of the Q-brain and use the phantom ESC instead?

Danny-B- · Oct 26, 2014

Need pics and a more detailed build plan i think

Interested in what can be developed from this...

echma · Oct 27, 2014

no I moved to turnigy multistar 45 amp... i know they are way too big but they can support 6s and i flashed them with simon k firmware

Unfortunately one of the motors doesnt work anymore (my fault) so I can take pics and stuff in about one week when the next one arrives from hobbyking. I got my 2x10w leds from china they are AMAZING!! but i have to run them with a fan because they will burn themselves without it