Phicoh Copter 1

Projects
Participants	Phicoh
Skills	Electronics, Fine mechanics, helicopters
Status	Active
Niche	Mechanics
Purpose	Fun

This documents the Align T-rex 500 FBL I bought 2nd hand

Parts

• Align t-rex 500ESP with 500 3G FBL modification
  • Motor: Align RCM-BL500MX
  • Servos (collective): 3x Align DS-510
  • Servo (tail): Align DS-650
  • ESC: Castle Link Phoenix ICE 75
  • Batteries: 2x Turnigy 6s 3.0 Ah
  • Still needed:
    • Receiver
    • FBL controller
      • Receiver and FBL controller can be combined as Spektrum AR7200BX (AR7100 + BeastX)
    • Satellite receiver: helicopter of size 500 and bigger need an extra receiver because the helicopter may shield or interfere with the reception of the main receiver.
    • Plugs for batteries and esc
• Spektrum DX8
  
  • Came with Ar8000. I traded that one for some nice parts
  • Came with Spektrum TM1000
    • The only sensor included is the tempature sensor (which I don't really need)
    • To be fully useful I need a cable from the TM1000 to the receiver (for power and receiver telemetry), a battery voltage sensor and an RPM sensor.
• XT60 connectors (5 pairs)
• Turnigy MAX200W Battery charger. Buyer beware: tends to blow up!
  
• HobbyKing 350W 13.8V Power supply
• SPMA9570 Aircraft Telemetry Flight Pack Voltage Sensor
• SPMA9558 Aircraft Telemetry Brushless RPM Sensor
• SPMA9550 2.5" Aircraft Telemetry Data Lead
• 6ch Orange DSM2 Receiver (for testing and adjustments)

Work

• Battery charger blew up when I connect a battery for the first time
  • Erwin-C64 helped my with replacing the fuse (with a poper fuse holder and now an 8A fuse, should actually be 10A or more) and the MOSFET that had a short circuit.
• Soldering XT60 connectors to batteries and ESC
• Soldering battery voltage telemetry to ESC
• Soldering motor RPM telemetry to ESC
  

  Electronics with Orange Receiver
• Main head block seems bent