Custom Firmware on F-30 ESCs

I just got my new Hobbyking F-30 ESCs for the new quad I’m building.  Now, I specifically picked these ESCs because they are a great candidate for using the SimonK ESC firmware on.  This firmware is custom-written to be suitable for multicopters, and has far superior response characteristics to standard firmware.  The F-30 has a few features which make it a good pick (I think) for this firmware;

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Transmitter Jitter, New Quad Parts

As I believe I mentioned earlier, my Hobbyking HK-7x transmitter got fried pretty badly when I foolishly blew it up trying to recharge the batteries.  Anyway, I’ve swapped over to a Hobbyking HK-T6A transmitter, and frankly it’s pretty terrible.  There’s an incredible amount of jitter on the receiver outputs, bad enough that it affects my ability to fly the quad.  It also seems to drift out of calibration very quickly.  Quite disappointing, but I guess I can’t complain too much, it’s a very cheap Tx.

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