Hi all, it's me again
I'm pleased to say my AQ-equipped X8 left the ground under its own power today, and nothing caught fire, or smoked, or did anything untoward!
That is apart from the enormous vibration levels my platform seems to suffer from - see attached.
I've heard that normal levels of vibrations are in the region of +/- 1G ... not 10!
I'll post a picture of the frame in the next day or so, but it basically looks like this:
http://shop.carboncore.co.uk//cortex
with the AQ on the top, like this:
I ran up each prop in turn and added tape where necessary to make them run buttery smooth, so I'm not quite sure where +/- 10G of vibration is coming from!
Unfortunately the level of vibration present was passing very noisy demands through to the motors, so it was virtually unflyable in this condition
Any pointers as to where I could start looking to isolate / remove this vibration would be much appreciated. Is it worth seeing how much G is created by just one prop spinning up on its own?
Believe me, I can't wait until I can start creating new threads with stories of successful flights rather than problems!
Many thanks for your help David