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About Me:
Build quadcopters for University of San Diego, do research, and general drone insanity...
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
1 year experience with Pixhawk and Mission Planner. Home brewed 450mm H-quad. Also fly smaller 300 and 250 quads.
Hometown:
San Diego
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"Gary McCray said:
Hi fabio and Kyle,
Kyle I wrote the wiki article you linked - a long time ago.
While it is essentially still true, as to the specific recommendations for particular products, a lot has changed.
Before anything else, you still need…"
Hi fabio and Kyle,
Kyle I wrote the wiki article you linked - a long time ago.
While it is essentially still true, as to the specific recommendations for particular products, a lot has changed.
Before anything else, you still need…"
"I don't know about HobbyKing ones. ThunderPower has a few HV lipos as well that over voltage safely, haven't heard bad reviews on those. I'm running on their ProLites, which were the precursor to the official HighVoltage ones they release about a…"
"^ what he said. I was just to say flip the servo switches in the bottom and then I realized this was Taranis not Turnigy. lol"
"This is the stuff they use in larger helicopters. Great Advice Mr. Frantz! And it's a beautiful lil guy up there!"
"Dear Osman,
Usually when we're talking about FPV, the camera stays in a fixed position, and you wear goggles or have a display. If you want a gimbal, which is a stabilized platform with a camera you can point, there are several methods:
1. Control…"
Usually when we're talking about FPV, the camera stays in a fixed position, and you wear goggles or have a display. If you want a gimbal, which is a stabilized platform with a camera you can point, there are several methods:
1. Control…"
"This should help. "
"Yes! Go ahead and go into your setup menu and select the "Motor Test" option. "
"What brand batteries by the way? And how long have you had them?
eCalc is pretty handy but if you're just doing simple calculations this is another one: http://personal.osi.hu/fuzesisz/strc_eng/"
eCalc is pretty handy but if you're just doing simple calculations this is another one: http://personal.osi.hu/fuzesisz/strc_eng/"
"^ I suggest the same. I'm not familiar with the X8 myself, but if you can upgrade to 4S motors and batteries, even with a lower capacity, you should be off to a good start. @Jose Eduardo, is correct, a bigger battery will weigh more, and your flight…"
"This is super cool!
Instead of telling it turn yaw at an angle, would it be easier to program "Turn" until it reaches the desired angle, and then "Stop"?"
Instead of telling it turn yaw at an angle, would it be easier to program "Turn" until it reaches the desired angle, and then "Stop"?"
"Are you hooking this to the Pixhawk controller or are you using a separate controller? "
"This is pretty cool! I'm personally a fan of ThunderPower ProLite+http://www.thunderpowerrc.com/Products/ProLite-Power-Series
I'm trying their Lightning series right now, I may post data soon"
I'm trying their Lightning series right now, I may post data soon"
"In all seriousness, have you calibrated the accelerometers and gyros? Also, dig into the config menu, see if it's different from default values for copter"
"^ Sound advice"
"Ladies and Gentlemen. The time has come. Invisible drones..."
"This would be pretty cool if you're flying with someone else. You can tell it to send the data to them and have them send their data to you. "
