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Nico D replied to Randy's discussion PixRacer with Ardupilot
"So I also got stuck with a clone board. Been trying to order one from AUAV but they're out, thought i'd check out the clone and see how it worked.

So i found out that with 3.3.4 it works, but loading 3.4-rc4 from "beta firmwares" on MP it boots but…"
Sep 13, 2016
Nico D replied to Rich B's discussion Pixhawk vs Pixhawk 2?
"Hey Chris! Big fan, you met my counterpart (Biren G) the other day. Just for context ;P 

Haven't played with ROS2 much either, looked at it but most of my work has been on DroneKit/Mavlink based companions. So i'll get around to it when i'm not…"
May 3, 2016
Nico D replied to Rich B's discussion Pixhawk vs Pixhawk 2?
"The 4gmetry is nothing more than an overpriced odroid like Bill mentioned. I have one and it's nice, but i don't want a fan on on a companion board. If i were to buy a FC for a Pi3, then it'd be a Navio2. Or you can go with a PXFmini for the Pi…"
May 3, 2016
Nico D replied to Rich B's discussion Pixhawk vs Pixhawk 2?
"I really doubt they'll be releasing the Pixhawk2 as a standalone FC. Right now it's in the Solo, and there's an onboard "processor" that is tied to the processor in the transmitter. The only way i see it happening is if you purchase the transmitter…"
Apr 30, 2016
Nico D replied to Rich B's discussion Pixhawk vs Pixhawk 2?
"I've got one of the new AUAV-X2q without the onboard converter. I flew it on a very cramped tricopter. Flew great. Love the board, ordered a second. Just got a pixhawk lite as well so i'll compare, but so far my tri is super stable and less glitchy…"
Oct 20, 2015
Nico D posted a discussion
So i've been trying to build a quad for a friend of mine. I currently have a DJI 500 style quad, Sunnysky 2212 980kV, 10x4.5 props, APM 2.6. That's about it.Anyway, flies great. I have a pair of graupner 9x5's i used and they were solid in stab…
May 22, 2015
Nico D replied to ThatJoshGuy's discussion Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data
"Got it from thanks-buyer on ebay Jun 2014, it was a model 2.4.5 board, i'm seeing 2.4.6 boards out there now. Is it possible that fixes the issue? They have a website now
http://www.thanksbuyer.com/pixhawk-px4-autopilot-pix-2-4-5-flight-c...

So is…"
Jan 31, 2015
Nico D replied to ThatJoshGuy's discussion Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data
"Ok, so got some logs. I'm running 3.2.1 beta, had issues with drone not arming (yellow flashing, "DA-DUM" sad sound during attempting to arm). The logs say ACCEL pre-check, checking the logs it looks like my IMU1 is fine but the IMU2 isn't reporting…"
Jan 30, 2015
Nico D replied to ThatJoshGuy's discussion Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data
"I've seen that today. Can't calibrate it, tried outdoors 3 times. A little chilly.

Also same issue, some flights are perfect, and some I can't get off the ground. I need to manually disable all pre-arm to get it in the air. During flight, it's fine."
Dec 16, 2014
Nico D replied to Fatih's discussion Long flight time with Sunnysky v3508 380kv or D5010 360 kv
"I'm getting some pretty good times on my 4s 5000mah battery and 5010-360's from RC-timer. Running 1555 props from RCtimer as well. Getting a solid 15minutes, possibly 20 minutes with FPV (gopro3, gimbal, transmitter).


Check out my video and specs.…"
Oct 20, 2014
Nico D commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post Long Endurance multirotors
"Yeah my only beef is with the landing skids/gear. The original kit i got off ebay was all glass fiber and came in over 200g, with all the "mounts" for fpv and stuff it was like 500g, think heavy rubber grommets. Although i love the rail design, i…"
Oct 3, 2014
Nico D commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post Long Endurance multirotors
"I'm getting some great flight times on my 4S setup.
You can check out my video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdo5brnvK1I
Basically running weight without battery and gimbal/camera is 1200g, gimbal and camera is another 250g. Probably close to…"
Oct 2, 2014
Nico D posted a discussion
I was flying today around my neighborhood. Around 6minutes 18 seconds into the flight, the pixhawk twitches hard and pitches up and to the right. I immediately started it back home and seemed to behave fine after that. Looking at the logs i don't…
Sep 23, 2014
Nico D replied to Richard Evans's discussion Battery failsafe issue
"Have you calibrated the 3DR power module? You should go through and get the voltage and current tweaked, fixed my original 3dr PM issues.

Check this out
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-measuring-battery-voltage-a..."
Aug 30, 2014
Nico D replied to Nikiforos Pavlidis's discussion flysky th9x failsafe
"Sweet! Wish I had seen this before, would've saved a couple of my drones."
Jul 15, 2014
Nico D replied to Rok's discussion Arducopter
"did you calibrate the emax 4in1?"
Jul 14, 2014
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