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switching from 3 cells to 4

Started Feb 10, 2012 0 Replies

This may sounds like a strange but I just switched from 3 to 4 cells and my little baby tried to flip over.Do I need to recalibrate the speed controllers or perhaps something else?Continue

Problem with DIRDrones 2 axis camera mount

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brian Boyle Jan 16, 2012. 10 Replies

HI folks.I need some assistance with the a axis camera mount I purchased. The gears for the tilt axis do not mesh well at all. You can see here what I mean. Also one of my HS-55 servos has decided…Continue

has anyone flown this frame?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Adam Yaccarino Jan 15, 2012. 3 Replies

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Has anyone used the Xbee24

Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Feely Jan 18, 2012. 23 Replies

If so, can you tell me what I am doing wrong with the interface to the mission planner? it tries to connect but fails.I have followed all online documentation about set up. I have verified baud rate,…Continue

 

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Alexandre Heitor Schmidt replied to Brian Boyle's discussion PIDs explained?
"Thanks a lot! Exactly what I was looking for."
Mar 24
Alexandre Heitor Schmidt replied to Brian Boyle's discussion PIDs explained?
"This one is really complete!"
Mar 24
Alexandre Heitor Schmidt replied to Brian Boyle's discussion PIDs explained?
"Is it inside some kind of help file you get when installed? Couldn't find anything about PIDs on project's homepage at http://code.google.com/p/happykillmore-gcs/."
Mar 24
Brian Boyle commented on jasonshort's blog post ArduBalance sneak preview
"That is so cool! Could we turn it into a low cost Segway? I always wanted to build one of them."
Aug 8, 2012
Brian Boyle replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Devs, Thank you so much for all your work! You are truly a great team! I have a  question and please forgive me if this has been addressed somewhere else. Is the camera pitch and roll on the APM2 working on this release? or should i wait for a…"
Mar 18, 2012
Brian Boyle replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.4 released
"Vincent. I can not speak about the compass your having but I can confirm the reset issue your having. I have the exact same problem. I can not reset my board either. I tried several times and had to settle for erasing the eeprom. Brian."
Feb 20, 2012
Brian Boyle posted a discussion

switching from 3 cells to 4

This may sounds like a strange but I just switched from 3 to 4 cells and my little baby tried to flip over.Do I need to recalibrate the speed controllers or perhaps something else?See More
Feb 10, 2012
Paul Feely replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Has anyone used the Xbee24
"Han S Can you post a picture or describe how you have connected xbee to APM. Also your xbee configuration (screenshot of x-cut would be perfect) Paul"
Jan 18, 2012
Han S replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Has anyone used the Xbee24
"I just tried it with a newly arrived xbee explorer regulated and it did exactly the same thing as the xtreambee board unfortunately. let me know if you have and better luck"
Jan 18, 2012
Brian Boyle replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Has anyone used the Xbee24
"I am still waiting on the Sparkfun version of the Xtreambee. My understanding is, the series 2 xbee modules do not work with the Xtreambee card from DIYdrones. When I get the Sparkfun version I will confirm connectivity. For reference, I am having…"
Jan 18, 2012
Han S replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Has anyone used the Xbee24
"Also do i have to enable CTS / RTS in the xbee setup?"
Jan 18, 2012
Han S replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Has anyone used the Xbee24
"Did you end up getting your xbee24 working?I have 2 x series 2 xbee 2.4ghz and after configuring them i get the rssi light on both ends and when i click connect in mission planner it comes up with "getting params" but then states it can…"
Jan 18, 2012
Brian Boyle replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Problem with DIRDrones 2 axis camera mount
"Right on!"
Jan 16, 2012
Jeff Taylor replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Problem with DIRDrones 2 axis camera mount
"Yep, we'll pull up the shipping info from your last order. Jeff"
Jan 16, 2012
Brian Boyle replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Problem with DIRDrones 2 axis camera mount
"Jeff. I kinda figured that you were going to say something like that.  if you are going to send me the gears, do you have my shipping information? Cheers."
Jan 16, 2012
Jeff Taylor replied to Brian Boyle's discussion Problem with DIRDrones 2 axis camera mount
"Brian, Unfortunately they dont' have teeth - what I do to get the best grip is tighten the screw into the servo lightly then apply some superglue to the area between the screw and the servo to get it way more grip.. if you're brave you…"
Jan 16, 2012

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Arducopter of course.. this thing is awesome
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Acrylic Frame maiden flight

Posted on September 3, 2011 at 5:00pm 3 Comments

So this is the first flight on my second DIY frame. this one is entirely made from acrylic. It worked fine right off the bat. I did notice at about 28 seconds in it did a little seesaw and then stabilized fine. It worked really well until the second forth flight i was about 2 feet off the ground, just in a hover and it decided to flip upside down…

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