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Old 04-10-2007 | 03:45 PM
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Default RE: axe cp thread

ORIGINAL: chaseman81

Man all I can say is that SUCKS! You didn't fry the gyro too did you? The 3 and 1 boards arn't cheap either. As you say Live and Learn ans pay to play...
I don't know if the GY240 got fried too, I know that the C-12 ESC is still operational, it's blue light happily blinking away. The 3in1 I tested on my lunch break with my DMM, and I was picking up some voltage off the feeds to what would be the Rx, but, if I'm not mistaken, they seemed high. I need to investigate further to see what it's putting out on all wires.

Question One:
If anyone out there would be so kind as to throw a meter on the outputs of the 3in1 ESC/Gyro board and let me know what kind of output voltages they see per wire while 'at rest' (i.e. motors disconnected, Tx off, disconnected from Rx, etc), it would be most appreciated. I REALLY don't want to plug in the 3in1 back into a new Rx module just to fry it as soon as I flip the switch. [sm=47_47.gif]
---Answer: Black = Gnd, Red & White = 5v+/-.

I'm about this *pinches fingers together* close to just ditching the whole electrical hooey and buying a new Tx/Rx kit, maybe a DX6 or something. I don't know. I just don't know where to go next; it's not worth it to me to keep futzing with this shrinkwrapped stuff, might be easier to jsut go and buy the whole assembly (I'm assuming then I'd only need an standard ESC to replace the existing, currently damaged 3in1 board anyway).

Question Two:
Curious thought though: What would it really take (part specific, rx, ESC, gyro, etc) to replace everything that makes the AXE tick? How much would I really be looking at? I know it'll all move to a better copter in the end, but hey, for now it'll make the AXE zoom around.