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Rob Avery replied to Damo's discussion 915mhz patch in ArduCopter User Group
"Have a look at the 900u also if you are looking to save weight on The craft. We sell them on our online store in Australia, not sure if I'm allowed to put a link, but if you are local in Brisbane would be happy to assist. We use the 900 as a base…"
Sep 19, 2014
Rob Avery replied to Damo's discussion 915mhz patch in ArduCopter User Group
"+1 for RFD900"
Sep 19, 2014
Rob Avery commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post An open letter to Paul from witespy
"well written Andrew and thank-you for your contribution to making an excellent platform for everyone to enjoy. APM is awesome. Perhaps i'm missing the point but if someone decides to clone a piece of hardware should it just be sold on it merits and…"
May 17, 2014
Rob Avery replied to Thomas's discussion Why NAZA work without PIDS tuning and APM not? in ArduCopter User Group
"This sounds basic but have you checked motor direction and props are correct? I recently went through my 3rd APM build and couldn't work out why it was oscillating so badly. Turned out I had the motors spinning the wrong way and props on to match.…"
Apr 21, 2014
Rob Avery replied to MBerry's discussion APM 3.1 and all flight modes unknown? in ArduCopter User Group
"aside from droidplanner not displaying modes with 3.1 neither does my minimosd. Can see status ok in Mission Planner though. "
Jan 7, 2014
Rob Avery replied to MBerry's discussion APM 3.1 and all flight modes unknown? in ArduCopter User Group
"I am having a similar problem using 3.1 but only with droid planner. I have 2 apm 2.5 boards, one with 2.9 and one with 3.1 and the 2.9 has no issues. something with 3.1 is causing the mode not to display in droid planner. Mission Planner works fine."
Dec 23, 2013
Rob Avery left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Using my APM 2.5 on a TBS Discovery w/ frsky 2.4 control, Immersion RC 600mw 5.8 and Fatshark Dominators, its taken a few months to get the bugs ironed out and flying (many crashes and about 3 vtx's), but it now flies nicely (though I'm a crappy…"
Dec 11, 2013
Rob Avery replied to Rob Avery's discussion Some advice on extending video range on my quad in ArduCopter User Group
"Hi All and thanks for the responses and input. I have decided to go all out and order a few things to play with to see what i can do with range. I have ordered Imrc Duo5800v3 diversity receiver, truerc 10db crosshair, and couple of ibcrazy bluebeam…"
Nov 25, 2013
Rob Avery posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Hi All, I am currently using the imrc 5.8 600mw tx and fatshark dominator rx module with spironet antennas. Getting a respectable 500 metres in los, but looking to extend the range. Any ideas? id like to stay with 5.8ghz if possible and super…
Nov 21, 2013
Rob Avery left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KH1BG5lmw

APM 2.5 on TBS discovery,,, using gopro silver hero 3, sorry bout the jello but its hard mounted to the frame"
Nov 20, 2013
Rob Avery replied to mark's discussion Biggest culprit of ~~interference~~ in ArduCopter User Group
"Hi Mark, +1 for RX/TX problems. I went through a few crashes recently with loiter issues and also failsafe activating for unknown reason and did the following
1. I upgraded my NEO 6M with the latest settings for 3DR.…"
Nov 19, 2013
Rob Avery replied to Rob Avery's discussion Having RTL problem in ArduCopter User Group
"Update, I think the problem was the turnigy 9x rx/tx . Setup the frsky two way telemetry system today and no more rtl issues even at 600m. Will keep posted on the next week or so of flying."
Nov 10, 2013
Rob Avery posted a discussion
Does anyone want to share there pids for their tbs discovery? I am having fun tuning mine and just interested to see what everyone has. I realise that every setup will be slightly different. My tbs is very backend heavy with a 4s 4000 so tends to…
Nov 6, 2013
Rob Avery replied to Rob Avery's discussion Having RTL problem in ArduCopter User Group
"I just found my tlog on my android device - I thought sharing it may help.2013-11-02_07-29-02[1].tlog"
Nov 4, 2013
Rob Avery posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Hi All, I hope I am posting in the right area.I have a TBS discovery Quad with APM 2.5 and latest MP and firmware wanting to do 1-2 range km FPV. Using RCtimer SK30A esc's and rctimer 750KV motors, imrc 5.8ghz 500mw vtx.The issue I have is using the…
Nov 2, 2013