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Minneapolis, MN
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm looking to learn how to build and maintain my own multi rotors for personal and business use. I'm fairly new, but learn quickly.
Hometown:
Minneapolis, MN
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"Sorry, I've been away for a little while. Still lots of items available (see above)! Everything is priced to sell. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!"
Time for me to take a step back from multirotors for a little while. My loss is your gain! I'm selling my whole kit basically and I'm happy to sell it as a group or separately. Here's what we have: TBS Discovery Pro kit: basically the gimbal frame…
"Thanks again for all the help. I had a few more flights yesterday, back with the 3DR gps and no further issues (apart from the props not spinning when armed). Any thoughts again on how the compass offsets got so far off to cause the massive…"
"Thanks Artem. You know, it's funny you mention that. I originally was using that to mount the pixhawk on my Discovery in-between the upper and lower plates (it just barely fit, but not quite centered. It was much cleaner though of course.
I was…"
I was…"
"So it looks like I'm back up and running now. Took it for a flight, and it seems good. Only issue, rather odd one at that, is that the props don't spin when armed. This is a new behavior.... they always spun slowly before.
So I checked the…"
So I checked the…"
"There's a guy here in DIYDrones using 9 for stab yaw p and 0.8 for the rate yaw p and he notices a difference, could it just be him?
Yep, that's me actually. :) To be fair, I'm not completely sure there's a difference. But it definitely didn't…"
Yep, that's me actually. :) To be fair, I'm not completely sure there's a difference. But it definitely didn't…"
"The GPS/Compass I was using at the time of the first big toilet-bowling crash as the M8 gps from Virtual Robotix. It does have the compass built in and was basically plug-and-play (except for needing a compass recalibration of course). I'm back to…"
"No worries. It's a design by Guy McCaldin. Check it out here:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/3d-printed-anti-vibration-mount
If you have a 3d printer you can print the pieces yourself and the blue dampeners are from HK. I don't have a 3d…"
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/3d-printed-anti-vibration-mount
If you have a 3d printer you can print the pieces yourself and the blue dampeners are from HK. I don't have a 3d…"
"Genius!! :) That did the trick. Thank you for that!
I disconnected everything and powered it up over USB alone to my computer and that finally awoke it from its slumber. Can connect to MP just fine as well. I reconnected everything and it still…"
I disconnected everything and powered it up over USB alone to my computer and that finally awoke it from its slumber. Can connect to MP just fine as well. I reconnected everything and it still…"
"Thanks for looking into this further. Yes, I definitely did the compass recalibration each time I replaced the external gps. That I know for sure. I had several good flights with this setup, which is why it seemed rather out-of-the-blue. Any…"
"By all means. Here's the previous flight (literally minutes before on another battery pack) which didn't seem to have any issues, that I could tell at least.
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"Thanks Randy for the advice. No sounds from the Pixhawk other than the 3 short little do-re-mi beeps, but I suppose that could be coming from something else, it's hard to tell. But I don't get the startup failed sound or the usual startup ok sound.…"
"Thanks for the advice, but no luck. Still a solid red LED."
"What does a solid red LED on the Pixhawk mean? This is what I get now when I power it up. I can't connect it to MP via telemetry, but I can upload new firmware. Uploading fresh firmware doesn't seem to help, even after uploading ArduPlane, then back…"
"Had three flights flights today: first one seemed totally fine. Last two ended in nasty crashes.
So at the start of my second flight, I rose up a bit and switched into Loiter and it started to slowly toilet bowl, and then it got worse and worse and…"
So at the start of my second flight, I rose up a bit and switched into Loiter and it started to slowly toilet bowl, and then it got worse and worse and…"
"Ok, so those PIDs are crazy low IMO. Mine are over double that (albeit I'm flying a Pro, not the regular disco, but still).
Long Pham, can you re-state exactly what trouble you are having right now? I know you've tried lots of things, but I want to…"
Long Pham, can you re-state exactly what trouble you are having right now? I know you've tried lots of things, but I want to…"
