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Male
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Location
Bundaberg, QLD
About Me:
I am a software developer working mainly in C#.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
We (myself and a friend) have several multicopters that we want to use for aerial videography and photography.
Hometown:
Bundaberg QLD Australia
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Hi folks, I've got a larger hexacopter that I'd like to get flying with an APM2.5, but the default settings are dangerously unflyable (massive low freq oscillations and virtually uncontrollable). After spending a couple of hours trying to…
"I had a similar issue on the weekend, where I could not get the APM to arm with the transmitter, but it would happily accept an ARM command from the MP software. Unfortunately, after arming in the MP software, 3 of my motors were already spinning,…"
"Set it to Acro (or aircraft) mode. The helicopter modes will all have some form of throttle/pitch mixing, which you definitely don't want for a multicopter!"
Did my first flights on the Flamewheel 450 quad tonight and got the following raw accel numbers:
"Depends how good your battery is. Is it a new pack? What sort of condition is it in? Packs that have a lower C rating will have their voltage pulled down further than higher C rating packs. Packs that have been consistently over discharged or have…"
"Another method of motor/prop balancing is to use a smartphone with an app such as iSeismometer. I balance my motors with this, then I mount the prop and do it again (after having balanced the prop on my Dubro balancer). It's surprising how much more…"
"I look at systems like this and can't help wondering what happens when one of your o-rings fails etc. I went down this road myself a long time ago, trying to isolate another type of board that was sensitive to vibes. In the end, the best solution…"
