Working on my new Tarot 810 frame and I am struggling with the FC placement.
If I use the plates for mounting the FC, it is off center by a bit.
Would this be ok? Or should I build a CF bridge to keep the Flight Controller directly in the middle.
I have a Tarot Octo on which I setup the FC in the same place and on the other side use a Solo IMX6 board for control/telemetry/video and RFD900 radio for long range telemetry.
It flies really well, in fact, rock solid.
I know the purists chant “centre mount” but I have honestly not detected any change from a centre mounted FC.
Trying to upload a pic but this page won’t let me upload a 1.2Mb jpeg as too big.
Low res:
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You can mount the flight controller at the end of one of the arms so long as you set the sensor offset parameters appropriately.
https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-sensor-offset-compensation.html
I have the same frame and actually ended up going with the bridge on standoffs option just to get everything to fit and hide some of the wiring mess.
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Thanks Mike, That’s what I was hoping for
That bridge is exactly what I was planning on doing. How did you handle the ESC mounting. I am not a fan of the aluminum motor mounts that came with the 810. I ended up ordering the following so I would be better able to mount my ESCs https://www.rc-wing.com/tl96038.html
This is how I am trying to get mine mounted (like on my X8)
Check out and set _POS parameters for offsets… For perfection
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That looks very nice!!
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Serpac 172I case from Digikey. Hobbywing XRotor Pro ESCs in the arms. @iampete’s plate is simpler and easier to implement, and what I started with on the Tarot “T” style frames.
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That’s pretty different. Hadn’t thought of that