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Male


Location

Northern Cape


About Me:

Logistics and Quality control manager of a PV Plant. Thermal imaging inspector, mad scientist and hobbyist.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Multicopter enthusiast interested in using UAV's for survey work and aerial photography.


Hometown:

Kimberley


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Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"Sooooo... any chance of a stable final release for APM users? One without pitch/roll issues on takeoff and altitude hold issues?"
Jul 22, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"May I also just add for what it's worth that I too am disappointed and feel that the developers could at least leave the APM users with a stable and problem free final firmware version at least as stable as 3.1.5 but with the improvements of 3.2.. I…"
Apr 13, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"Ok well then I am totally confused. I am not using any strange mapping, the correct channels are going into the default inputs and yet I am getting a gyro drift of some sort anyway while sitting on the ground yet in the air it is all fine... This is…"
Mar 27, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"How do I do a remap? Or a map for that matter? I have always just done a radio calibration..."
Mar 27, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"No it is a DX8 TX with a Spectrum AR8000 RX going straight to APM 2.6 inputs: Input 1 - Aileron, 2 - Elevator, 3 - Throttle(Ok so my throttle is 3?), 4 - Rudder, 5 - gear (flight mode sw), 6 - 8 blank (inputs go to gimbal and other micro switches…"
Mar 27, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"Hi Andy. So if I understand correctly the problem has to do with the spektrum using ch1 for throttle instead of ch3?. So could the solution be as simple as swapping the leads for ch1 and ch3 between the rx and the autopilot? And then telling the…"
Mar 27, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"Has anyone found a workaround for the pitch drift problem? It really is a huge problem in this release.

I have a spectrum d8 radio. Y6B large drone with 810 frame and 16" props. Very powerful machine. I can take off after I connect the batteries as…"
Mar 27, 2015
Johann Bruwer replied to Arshish Maneckji's discussion Need to keep repeating Accelerometer Calibration
"Very interesting I think I have the same issue but on APM 2.6 with 3.2 firmware flying a big 810 frame in Y6B.

I added a new camera today and had a test flight that went ok but had some glitchy video so I landed to look for bad connections. Then…"
Mar 23, 2015