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Very strange behaviour for Quad

Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Boyhan Dec 24, 2012. 12 Replies

I took my quad out this morning to try various flight modes.  Alt hold was perfect (more or less without sonar), but when i swapped back to stablise I lost all throttle control and it went off on its…Continue

GPS and ARM LEDs and the APM 2.5 case

Started this discussion. Last reply by David Anders Dec 18, 2012. 2 Replies

Hey all,I received my APM case last week, dismantled my quad, put the case in and rebuilt it and it works a treat.  Makes everything just seem cleaner and safer - and considering what i'm trying to…Continue

Test flight in moderately gusty winds

Started this discussion. Last reply by David Anders Dec 11, 2012. 2 Replies

Hey all,My quad's been running pretty well so I took my quad out this evening for a spin to see how it would handle a moderately gusty day (20-30km/h winds).  I have to say that it was almost…Continue

Antenna Tracking System

Started this discussion. Last reply by Josh Potter May 12. 4 Replies

Hi all,I'm familiar with RC and I'm familiar with the various types of antenna but i've never built/played with antenna tracking sytems before, so i'm practically starting from scratch [aside from…Continue

 

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Nick Young left a comment for David Anders
"Hi David, Thanks for getting in touch. Me being a newbe on the subject, can you get the ball rolling? I have a load of questions and am somewhat shooting in the dark right now."
Tuesday

ModeratorDavid Anders commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests
"That's very good Josh.  Especially like the motor failure setup.  Question, is there a new Hex coming out that will be able to continue to fly with only 5 motors?"
May 18

ModeratorDavid Anders commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#12): Freeing Fozzie
"Makes the air break on the Bugatti look primitive."
May 17

ModeratorDavid Anders replied to kevin mckay's discussion 3dr quad FlySky vs Spektrum
"I also have the DX8. It's a great device and has been flawless. Also, I would encourage you to at least get the ublox GPS with the quad as you'll use it sooner than you think."
May 16
Josh Potter replied to David Anders's discussion Antenna Tracking System
"David, if you use telemetry to a laptop, mission planner has a built in antenna tracker. You just need a simple 2 channel servo controller.  if you have a laptop, it's really simple has worked great for…"
May 12

ModeratorDavid Anders replied to Hugues's discussion NEVER connect a Capacitor backup or voltage protector on APM board
"+1"
May 10

ModeratorDavid Anders commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days of awesomeness (#4): Jordi Munoz meets Obama, talks drones
"Nice work! (:Something to be proud of.  But curious as to why it looks like the picture is of the front seat of a car, in a carpark and the seat is all the way reclined?! o.O"
May 7
Randy O replied to David Anders's discussion Antenna Tracking System
"No idea about the ArduStation, your link is old...but I was under impression an older ArduPilot could be used..  is there an established build link on this that I am not finding?"
May 7
Marooned commented on David Anders's blog post External ARM and GPS LED kit for safety
"Stefan: It used to work as a sub-control: but now looks like it's just CH7 controlling COPTER_LED_1 on/off (if AUX flag is set)."
May 6
Stefan Gofferje commented on David Anders's blog post External ARM and GPS LED kit for safety
"What does the AUX LED do? I haven't really found anything about that on Google..."
May 5

ModeratorDavid Anders commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days behind the scenes at 3DR. May 1
"I like Gary Mortimer's suggestion about the toast rack.  You would have NO idea how many times I get hungry whilst out flying.  Great idea! In all seriousness, I'd hazard a guess and say it had something to do with uber cool…"
May 3

ModeratorDavid Anders replied to Bill Salopek's discussion Setting up H-frame multicopter...need pinouts for APM2.5+
"Is this what you mean bill?"
May 3

ModeratorDavid Anders commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"Hi Dennis, I suggest that you create a discussion in this group with your problem.  You can also PM me and I will be happy to help.   Cheers, David."
May 2
Phil P commented on David Anders's blog post Arducopter success & safety message
"Nice vid. Great music too."
Apr 30
Geoffrey A Whatley left a comment for David Anders
"Hi David I have found the OSD problem,It doesn't show if you are connected to PC, looking at OSD I find It doesn't matter where the 3position switch is the OSD shows Stabilised Mode maybe someone has an answer  Regards Geoff"
Apr 22
Geoffrey A Whatley left a comment for David Anders
"Hi David, Thanks for the reply,Firstly I gather you mean tick the check box in fail safe nothing changes if it's ticked or not, don't understand what you mean by TX responses are correct under Radio Calibtation and I only have switch set…"
Apr 22

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I am Australian but have travelled and lived overseas (Europe, South America and Asia)

In addition to English, je parle francais et mowic troche po polsku.

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Comment Wall (8 comments)

At 8:16am on December 15, 2012, Richard Collmann said…

Hi David

I've asked my students to also participate in this very useful group. It is close to xmas now, but I hope they will become involved with your group before semester 1 in 2013. I hope you have seen the YouTube N7project footage. I have been very pleased with what they have done with what was only a bare concept in late-2011.

 

Thanks, Richard

At 11:56pm on February 14, 2013, Mr. Jay Moulton said…
hello David, how are you mate?
At 4:51am on April 3, 2013, Jarrod Smith said…

HI David,

I am based in Melbourne and am new to this whole drones world, but am keen to learn more, where do you think is a good place to start for a first build?

Regards

Jarrod

At 12:41pm on April 3, 2013, Jake Wells said…

Thanks David.

At 10:12pm on April 20, 2013, Geoffrey A Whatley said…

Hi Dave,

Don't know whether you got my message yesterday re APM problem setting up, have spent hours on the "B" system, don't know where I going wrong the problem is in the setup with the 3 position control switch set on manual the motor will run, on Stab mode motor slows  on RTL motor stops, in fail safe settings I note that manual setting "radio in "channel 3 there is a full set of green bars, "servo/motor out" the same for manual, less on stab. mode and none on RTL. Channel 8 " radio in" a full set of bars on all switch settings, nothing on "servo/motor out" regardless of switch setting, hope you can point me in the right direction  Regards Geoff.

At 1:12am on April 22, 2013, Geoffrey A Whatley said…

Hi David, Thanks for the reply,Firstly I gather you mean tick the check box
in fail safe nothing changes if it's ticked or not, don't understand what
you mean by TX responses are correct under Radio Calibtation and I only have
switch set fo RTL, Stabalise and Manual, have been having another problem
today, Picture but no GPS, push reset button, it trys to reboot, then comes
up with a message Waiting for MAULINK HEARTBEAT. sorry to be such a pain
Regards Geoff.

At 1:34am on April 22, 2013, Geoffrey A Whatley said…

Hi David

I have found the OSD problem,It doesn't show if you are connected to PC, looking at OSD I find It doesn't matter where the 3position switch is the OSD shows Stabilised Mode maybe someone has an answer  Regards Geoff

At 3:38am on May 21, 2013, Nick Young said…

Hi David,

Thanks for getting in touch. Me being a newbe on the subject, can you get the ball rolling? I have a load of questions and am somewhat shooting in the dark right now.

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Arducopter success & safety message

Posted on April 21, 2013 at 5:00am 5 Comments

Hey all,

With the recent comments on the latest arducopter build and some hesitation to upgrade, I decided to head out and put it through its' paces.  Or in layman's speak, thrash the quad and see what happens.  The day was beautiful and sunny, with a moderate breeze of 30km/h.

I flipped through stabilise, altitude hold and loiter with no problems.  Handling was a…

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Third DIYDrones.com Melbourne group meet!

Posted on April 2, 2013 at 5:51am 6 Comments

Hi all,

Just thought I would share with all that we had our third DIYDrones.com Melbourne group meet on Sunday 24 March 2013. 

Try full screen. No music?  Click here https://vimeo.com/63156767 - it's much better! (:

After having a really successful second meet where all…

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Quad copter altitude test (up to 100m [300ft])

Posted on March 3, 2013 at 3:08am 14 Comments

Hey all,

The weather conditions were very favourable this morning, so I took advantage and did a couple of technical flights.  The one featured here was to see how stable I could fly at altitude.  As you'll see in the video, it was quite stable on the way up, peaking and holding at 100 metres with some amazing views of Melbourne,…

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First city in the US to pass an anti-drone resolution

Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:39pm 4 Comments

Hi folks,

I just saw this on /. and couldn't believe it.  Has it received much press elsewhere?

"According to an Al-Jazeera report, 'Charlottesville, Virginia…

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