07-Jun-2017, 09:26 PM
Heeeeya fellaaass,
your unlucky Mr.Magoo of FPV has stumbled once more into one of the numerous pitfalls this hobby has to offer
I'd like to post a little noob-warning about the iflight ipeaka 32bit-ESCs:
I didn't know about this whole 32bit-story,
just thought *whoah! - DSHOT1200!,
and since I spontaneously didn't find any alternative and those ESCs looked neat, I ordered a couple despite the price..
..indeed, they cost pretty much the same as "the real deal", and the vendors don't indicate in any way that they're just unlicensed clones of the Airbot Wraith32, which, in turn, are just shipping the pre-orders at the moment.
Iflight (upon request) sends a pre-release version of the BLHeliSuite32, which is *sort of able to deal with the ESCs (only over USB interface). Betaflight 3.2 seems to have adapted the interface (towards non-communication with unregistered products, which is good..), though, and does not want to talk to them despite the enabled DSHOT1200 protocol. *my bad..
I've been writing back and forth for a while and trying all sorts of settings over an Arduino programmer, but no way to get the ImpulseRC F3 FC to talk to the ipeaka 32bit 35A ESCs.
Same for the 50A 32bit ESCs which I intended using on my 7inch Helix build (..which has crashed onto concrete on its maiden due to signal interference with some buggy guys who turned up all of a sudden..) - waiting for a new set of arms, *ouch..
In the meantime I had started another 6inch build, which is stalling because of the ESCs. *frustrating..
My actual favorite is the 6inch Kraken from BoltRC with F80/2200 KV motors, run with 6 x 4.5 BN biprops from HQ. Will be posting footage as soon as I find the time.. The Kraken is run by a 4-in1 35A Cicada ESC and - due to space - only a 1000 microF capacitor on the main power line (Omnibus F4 from Readytoflyquads). This setup works beautifully!
However, once again:
Listen to experienced guys like Unseen and run through their posts, their statements are golden, and I wish I had considered them earlier. Well, upon stumbling we learn..
Don't buy those ESCs, I am trying to have mine replaced right now,
unless you're dead-proficient in C programming and have a ton of time to waste..
Keep it up, everyone, and enjoy flying!
Stick to what works, for now, let's give this 32bit-story some time - at least, that's what I will do, following Unseen's word of wisdom..
your unlucky Mr.Magoo of FPV has stumbled once more into one of the numerous pitfalls this hobby has to offer
I'd like to post a little noob-warning about the iflight ipeaka 32bit-ESCs:
I didn't know about this whole 32bit-story,
just thought *whoah! - DSHOT1200!,
and since I spontaneously didn't find any alternative and those ESCs looked neat, I ordered a couple despite the price..
..indeed, they cost pretty much the same as "the real deal", and the vendors don't indicate in any way that they're just unlicensed clones of the Airbot Wraith32, which, in turn, are just shipping the pre-orders at the moment.
Iflight (upon request) sends a pre-release version of the BLHeliSuite32, which is *sort of able to deal with the ESCs (only over USB interface). Betaflight 3.2 seems to have adapted the interface (towards non-communication with unregistered products, which is good..), though, and does not want to talk to them despite the enabled DSHOT1200 protocol. *my bad..
I've been writing back and forth for a while and trying all sorts of settings over an Arduino programmer, but no way to get the ImpulseRC F3 FC to talk to the ipeaka 32bit 35A ESCs.
Same for the 50A 32bit ESCs which I intended using on my 7inch Helix build (..which has crashed onto concrete on its maiden due to signal interference with some buggy guys who turned up all of a sudden..) - waiting for a new set of arms, *ouch..
In the meantime I had started another 6inch build, which is stalling because of the ESCs. *frustrating..
My actual favorite is the 6inch Kraken from BoltRC with F80/2200 KV motors, run with 6 x 4.5 BN biprops from HQ. Will be posting footage as soon as I find the time.. The Kraken is run by a 4-in1 35A Cicada ESC and - due to space - only a 1000 microF capacitor on the main power line (Omnibus F4 from Readytoflyquads). This setup works beautifully!
However, once again:
Listen to experienced guys like Unseen and run through their posts, their statements are golden, and I wish I had considered them earlier. Well, upon stumbling we learn..
Don't buy those ESCs, I am trying to have mine replaced right now,
unless you're dead-proficient in C programming and have a ton of time to waste..
Keep it up, everyone, and enjoy flying!
Stick to what works, for now, let's give this 32bit-story some time - at least, that's what I will do, following Unseen's word of wisdom..
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