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3DR Frame Power Distribution Board wiring

Started this discussion. Last reply by Lloyd Breckenridge May 28, 2012. 3 Replies

I have a 3DR frame and I am having trouble following the instructions at …Continue

Magnometer off by 180 degrees

Started this discussion. Last reply by Troy Jun 30, 2011. 14 Replies

I have followed the instructions on http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Magnetos for adding the Magnometer…Continue

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Right Motor ESC warm when motors not running

Started this discussion. Last reply by Troy Jun 19, 2011. 7 Replies

I just finished assembling my ArduCopter kit and noticed that when the battery is plugged in but the copter is not flying that the right ESC gets hot while the other ESCs are cool to the touch. The…Continue

 

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Troy replied to Jake McCaig's discussion Noob in the group ArduCopter User Group
"I am using a Mac Book Pro with Parallels with Windows 7 and I am able to run the Mission Planner in a VM without any problems. With boot camp you can boot directly into same the partition and run it natively as well. Also, looks like Colorado is…"
Aug 22, 2012
Troy replied to matterenergy's discussion Issues with Quad running APM 2.5 - Flip & Crash
"I've actually had something similar on APM2. I was flying the other day in stabilize (after attempting a mission in auto mode) and the copter flipped over and landed upside down with the motors still running (I had to unplug the battery to get…"
Aug 20, 2012
Troy commented on Andreas M. Antonopoulos's blog post Developing code for the APM - Webinar (TODAY)
"I just wanted to say thanks to all of the developers for hosting this webinar. I am posting in this thread, since I suspect there are probably other developers trying to get an environment configured after the Webinar. On slide 9, a minor change is…"
Jul 17, 2012
Troy replied to E Gross's discussion Very new, not entirely sure how to start
"I have the following, and things pretty much work "out of the box" as far as software: https://store.diydrones.com/ArduCopter_3DR_B_Frame_Motors_Kit_p/kt-ac3dr-02.htm https://store.diydrones.com/APM_2_0_Kit_p/br-ardupilotmega-03.htm They…"
Jul 11, 2012
Troy replied to Carl Stephens's discussion My First Quad
"I am really just getting into this now too. I come from a very similar background... Software engineer with no RC aircraft experience. I would definitely recommend the 3DR + APM2. With the Arducopter 2.6 it flies really well. I have actually…"
Jun 21, 2012
Troy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Reminder: DIY Drones Multicopter Rodeo is today!
"I just wanted to give a quick thanks for the DIYDrones crew for arranging this event. I had a great time meeting and learning from all of the more experienced folks that were there."
Jun 19, 2012
Lloyd Breckenridge replied to Troy's discussion 3DR Frame Power Distribution Board wiring
"Excellent Now you are ready for some fun. "
May 28, 2012
Troy replied to Troy's discussion 3DR Frame Power Distribution Board wiring
"Thanks for the quick reply. I followed the info on the APM2 page and everything tests ok!"
May 27, 2012
Lloyd Breckenridge replied to Troy's discussion 3DR Frame Power Distribution Board wiring
"The color of the wires does not really matter. As long as you plug the connector in with the wire going to Motor 1 on the right hand side of your APM 1 board. The motor outputs start on the right and go from 1 to 8 if using an APM 1 Refer to this…"
May 27, 2012
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3DR Frame Power Distribution Board wiring

I have a 3DR frame and I am having trouble following the instructions at http://stuff.storediydrones.com/ArduCopter3DRAssemblyInstructions for assembling the power distribution board. I received a 4 wire connector but the colors on it are green, orange, white, and yellow and I am having trouble figuring out which wire goes to which place on the PDB, since the instructions reference a wire with orange, white, red and…See More
May 27, 2012
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Troy replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"Randy,   Thanks for your replies. I thought about it some more and decided to go ahead and move the RC receiver from the top shelf to the same shelf as the PDB. That resolved the problem I was having with the magnometer! Everything seems to be…"
Jun 30, 2011
Troy replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"I don't see anything other than the RC receiver on the tray above it and all of the Oilpan, etc parts that it is mounted over. I did some additional readings outside. The "Actual" column is provided by my Iphone in "True…"
Jun 29, 2011

DeveloperRandy replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"Troy,      Also have a look around your compass for any metal screws that could be throwing it off.  I once had a little 4mm screw that I had used to attach the compass to my heli and it completely messed up the…"
Jun 29, 2011
Troy replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"Thanks for the info. I did this but the compass still has North off by 90 degrees, so I will try going to a park this afternoon and trying it again there in case this is being cause by something close to my house. I will also take a better log of…"
Jun 29, 2011
Troy replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"I used the NOAA page that the APM Planner pops up and once converted to decimal, my declination was 8.683333. I am in Colorado Springs, CO. I went ahead and took the ArduCopter outside to my driveway and it was still doing the same thing there. I…"
Jun 29, 2011
Pieter van Woerkom replied to Troy's discussion Magnometer off by 180 degrees
"Did you run an offsetts calibration? it helped us. 1; switch to CLI 2. Setup 3: offests 4 now turn your copter over every axis up side down until the numbers do not change anymore. make sure you have your copter a few times in any attitude possible…"
Jun 28, 2011

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Software Engineer mainly working in Java/J2EE. New to Arduino and Microcontrollers and UAVs. Always had an interested in UAVs, RC aircraft and programming.
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Interested in Quadcopters as well as arial photography. Participated in the Sparkfun 2011 AVC with a land vehicle and interested in ArduCopter and autonomous navigation with Quadcopters.

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