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Deleted Posts, Censorship, and Content Manipulation

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Patterson Sep 11, 2012. 73 Replies

I was done with this site but as per the commitment I made in my last post I'm back to question it's deletion.  I believe I specifically pondered in that post how long it would stay active, I guess…Continue

Tags: truth, removal, thread, coverup, manipulation

Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?

Started this discussion. Last reply by estebanflyer Feb 8. 50 Replies

Ok, I'm just going to cut to the chase here...  I bought into this gear because of what I thought it would/could do and as everyone should know by now…Continue

Tags: diydronesafety

My 4-Day Experience w/ Ardu 3DR Kit - A Newbs Review

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jake Simon Jul 23, 2012. 49 Replies

I finally bit the bullet and ordered the 3DR kit. #excited  I should preface all of this with the fact that I'm not a hardware guy, software guy, r/c guy, hax0r extraordinaire, FAA commander, or…Continue

Tags: diydronesafety, unreliable

 

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Zen commented on ilana rothman's blog post Chris Anderson speaks at Serendipity about the future of personal drones
"Hey LanMark, none of the things you're talking about (distance or altitude limits) would have any affect should the hardware itself lock-up. As was the case with my 3DR gear. A bug which we reproduced on video, a bug which subsequently…"
Mar 19
estebanflyer replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"I needed to know what each did better. I wasnt sure what the FrSky did. now I know."
Feb 8
estebanflyer replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"I see!! Frsky is for flying and telemetry, while 3dr is only telemetry. great. thank you!"
Feb 8

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Mark Harrison replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Hi estebanflyer, The two radios are used for two different things: FrSky for flying, from the transmitter ("remote control") to the aircraft.  The transmitter needs a FrSky module to transmit to the receiver on the aircraft. 3DR for…"
Feb 8
Drone Savant replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Are you are talking about *flying* with the 3dr 433 or 900mhz radio alone as a replacement for the Turnigy JR Style Radio module? That sounds like you are cutting into unknown territory if so.  I believe Mark was referring to using the 3dr…"
Feb 7
estebanflyer replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Hello Mark, I have been trying to understand the differences between 3DR and FrSky and which one is more reliable or works better with the APM 2.5. I am considering buying the ready to fly hexa kit that comes with the FrSky and the 9ch TX/RX, but I…"
Feb 7
Drone Savant replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Charlie Fox,  My main Hexacopter is a DJIF550 with DJI Naza + GPS with a secondary OpenPilot CC3D controller running an AeroXcraft GoPro gimbal and providing GCS tracking via GPS. The CC3D also provides camera operator control and OpenPilot…"
Jan 29
Charlie Fox replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Drone Savant, if not APM, what platform are you working with at the moment?"
Jan 29
Drone Savant replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Honestly there were some attempts to reach out to me specifically and I did at one point receive a bare APM2 from 3dr staff. I honestly donated it to another forum member that experienced a fly-away. I've also began donating my other 3drboards…"
Jan 27
Neil Flournoy replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Thanks  Drone Savant I will check all the links out. I hope your efforts are rewarded with a better APM. Actually, we all thank you Neil"
Jan 27
Drone Savant replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"My understanding is that there has been quite a bit of work on the PPM encoder which was pushed out for the 2.9 release.  You may note on the cheerleading link for 2.9 - http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arducopter-2-9-released that there…"
Jan 27
Harley Engholm replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"I have to concur with Neil-I have posted some questions ( I am new to quad flying etc) and often do not get a response. When I originally started to look at the quad aspect ( I fly RC airplanes), my neighbor had just obtained a Naza quad and I was…"
Jan 27
Neil Flournoy replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Good Morning Brad J Ya know Mr Brad, maybe I should have put a smiley face after the question to show the humor in the statement and I should have addressed it to Harley because HE is probably still asking the same question. Have these known issues…"
Jan 27
Brad Hughey replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"I think Sgt. Ric said it best: "@Neil, whats with the attitude? This is an open-source community with volunteers contributing some incredible features and breakthrough apps for the good of the community. What have you contributed…"
Jan 27
Neil Flournoy replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Don't you just love it when a thread dies when someone asks a good question? The "Developer" must be watching and hoping nobody would ask........."
Jan 26
Harley Engholm replied to Zen's discussion Is safe flight possible with diydrones gear?
"Have these known issues been resolved in new firmware?"
Dec 18, 2012

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