FT VersaCopter - Naze32 Setup (w/ OneShot)

by FliteTest | September 24, 2015 | (6) Posted in How To

If you want to purchace a Naze32 we have them available in our store!

This information can be applied to any kind of race quad setup.

If you are building a VersaCopter, you can continue straight through the rest of the build with this video. 

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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 24, 2015
Fantastic tutorial! Thanks Flite Test!
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 24, 2015
Will you guys ever carry larger batteries for multirotors on your store?
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 25, 2015
43:10--6x4.5 props on 4-cell and 2300kV?!!? That will instantly fry your 12a ESC!
For comparison, David Windestal uses 6x4.5 props on 4-cell with an 1800kV motor, and that draws almost 20a!
I recommend using 5x4.5 props on the Power Pack E 4-cell setup. Maybe Josh misspoke...
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johnnyjiujitsu on September 25, 2015
I understand your point, however, isn't the 4s's power divided between four motors? Maybe that's why the ESC can be lower than what you would typically want with a single motor craft. Just a thought. I am not an electrical engineer.
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 25, 2015
No. Each of the four ESCs take all four cells. Theoretically, one could use only one 48a ESC instead of four 12a ones, but then you wouldn't be able to alter the power of each motor individually.
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johnnyjiujitsu on September 26, 2015
I'm sorry but I don't think you are correct when you say, "No. Each of the four ESCs take all four cells," It's a little more complicated than that.
The battery is plugged into a power distribution board. The switch mode regulators on the power distribution board chop up the DC into little pulses and then varies the width of the pulses to reduce the voltage. Then it goes through a capacitor to smooth out the current which can then be distributed to each ESC and whatever other connections are asking for power. This I just learned from one of Bruce's Videos at RC Model Reviews. He is an Electrical engineer.
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 26, 2015
Hmmm... Could you send me the link, please?
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johnnyjiujitsu on September 27, 2015
https://youtu.be/KIckpjnA35M?t=9m21s
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 28, 2015
Ah. What you're saying is correct, but it's true only for certain power distribution boards. That particular board does have regulators, but they do not connect to the ESC ports; they connect to the auxiliary ports that power things like FPV transmitters, cameras, lights, and anything else that needs a lower voltage. These regulators have nothing to do with the motors or ESC's. All they do is bring a high voltage (4s 14.8v, for example) down to a safe voltage (so you don't smoke your equipment). Another argument against what you said is that some power distribution boards don't have any capacitors at all. And if you look at some older/cheaper multirotors, they use(d) a breakout cable to split the current.
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johnnyjiujitsu on October 2, 2015
I'm glad we can agree that Bruce is a smart dude. From what I saw in the video, it DOES connect to the ESC ports.
You solder the ESC's to the ports on the board...
The VOLO PDB is being used on the frame in the video as Josh Bixler mentioned.
This is the one we are talking about!
We're not referring to older/ cheaper multirotors : )
Maybe you can elaborate on your alternative methods on how the 4 ESC's get power from a 12V+ LiPo.
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SwissFreek on September 26, 2015
The sure look like 6x4.5s. I fly that power pack with 5x4.5s on a QAV250 and at full throttle I'm drawing close to 15A per motor. But like Josh said in the video I'm hovering at barely 40% and only drawing 4A. The only time I come near full throttle is on a crazy punch out. I'm willing to bet you could fly it for quite a while with the setup Josh had unless your name was Charpu or Mr. Steele.
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The-One-Who-Never-Crashes on September 26, 2015
True, but I would call that ir-responsible--two words.
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johnnyjiujitsu on September 25, 2015
Great info! IMO, Flite test is the best quality RC show production to date. I look forward to new episodes and love catching up on old ones.
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Om Patel on October 5, 2015
Hi friends, I have a question?
I have versacopter and power pack E,
But 3 cell battery so the above PID setting work for the setup.
Or it does not work good.
???
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BlendedWingNut on October 9, 2015
Hey Josh & Josh, I love your mission, website, execution and evangelism, but when it comes to lighting your videos, I sincerely hope you consider revising your methods so that there is more light on the work you are capturing for posterity. Even your outdoor videos are too dim; on cloudy/overcast days that is expected, but with the nice camera gear I see you using, the light levels are easily set to be lighter without any loss of contrast or detail. I don't want to start preaching about White Balance, F-Stops or how to adjust them, but I will remind you that it is really simple to bump up the visibility a notch. Otherwise, if you can't capture the video with brighter settings, you can alternatively brighten up the picture in editing/post processing.

If you do accomplish this small feat, then I could start asking RC-specific questions. What do you think? Is this going to be Mission Impossible, or did you guys think that we are all vampires who shy away from bright lights?
Hint: We are not, as far as I can tell.
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Old Guard on October 20, 2015
What changes need to be made to the PID settings (if any) when running a 3s rather than a 4s?
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icpierce on November 18, 2015
Two questions:

1. Can you post a PID configuration file for the Flite Test power pack option?
2. Do your power pack ESC's have OneShot yet? (I know they're available on the Emax site)
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Digital Wolf on November 29, 2015
Please review and do a setup video on the Naze32 Acro rev6 Flightcontroller!!!!!
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groggster on November 30, 2015
For those of you needing the Rev6 version, you can go load the betaflight firmware until cleanflight catches up.

some links to help.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXGn9b7WiU
https://github.com/borisbstyle/betaflight/releases/tag/2.1.0
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jolppy13@gmail.com on July 25, 2016
on the motors is 1- 4 counter colck and 2-3 colck wise?
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