I am new to the GoPro ecosystem and wonder about finding an easier way to make settings, start recording, etc, whilst the camera is attached to the Iris+ gimbal. Getting down to do that is a bit of a PITA so I was wondering if any of you guys use th
Read more…Is anyone interested in analyzing my recent log? I have sent it to 3DR and hope to hear from them soon. I flew Sunday and had a major issue. I flew with my GoPro mounted to the nose. Right from the start it seemed to really strain to get it the a
Read more…I have 100 acres of land to survey at 100m of height to make orthoscopic map. 50/65 overlap.
How many flights would it take to cover that area?
Read more…Made some prototype legs to help reduce weight and make it much easier to store.
Let me know if you have any thoughts:
Folded up:
Folded down:
Design:
I would also use some Oring or rubber dental braces elastic to make sure they stay locked in the ev
I was thinking about how much I hate roaching blades and what would happen had the machine his someone or something living. Could we make the blades conductive and put in a device that measured for conductivity in the event something touched it ( li
Read more…I just pruchased the smart remote, and found out it requires the wifi to be on for the GoPro to work with it. Problem is the wifi has to be shut off on the GoPro so it does mess up with the Iris+ flight.
So how do I take pictures from the sky? I hav
Will not connect to controller or computer.
Read more…I just got a sweet deal on an Iris on ebay for $499. It showed up and seems to work fine, almost new. BUT: it has a 433MHz telemetry radio.
What am I in for with this? Am I breaking the law? Will it work well? Thoughts?
Read more…Landing RTL drone flips over ( stupid mole hill, or grass) and will not turn off. This happened to me on a landing a few times. The device will flip over and continues running, I cannot shut it off. I use down to the left, no dice in any mode. It fi
Read more…I figured out how to look at my logs. When I look at one from last night and click on map I see squiggly blues lines at somewhere I have no idea of where it is. I have ( as far as I know ) never uploaded a mission to iris+. Maybe someone who understa
Read more…I programmed channel 8 on the TX to the THR switch. Changes were also made in MP to invoke "Simple Mode" on channel 8. Testing channel 8 on the TX works, as I see the PWM jump in MP and on the TX. However, while in flight and switching the THR switch
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Today at the park Iris took off happy, flew to my limit and came back like it should. I start flying again and Iris becomes unresponsive and heads for the ground, lands hard and takes off again, I was on loiter mode. I switched to standard mode to t
Read more…Like some folks have said in one of the crash threads I much prefer to take off and land in stabilize mode. Gives me more positive control and takes away some of the issues that seem to occur with the automatic systems engaged near ground.
To do this
Read more…Connecting the battery last night (in the dark) with the leads reversed and made a connection. Didn't think it was possible to do that but now I know. Stupid mistake but I didn't think it was possible for the wires to touch unless the orientation was
Read more…I have an old field box for my nitro planes but need something similar for the Iris+ (and perhaps some other future electric aircraft). Needs to carry batteries, props, misc cables, battery charger? What do you guys use? What works and what doesn'
Read more…I created a SOLO group to discuss the new 3DR SOLO being released on April 13, 2015.
http://diydrones.com/group/solo
Read more…My IRIS+ came with a "Flight Checklist" also available on the 3dr web site (link Below) but lets be real. Don't we all have "other things" on our mental checklist to do before we get airborne. As a newbie to drones trying to figure out the comple
Read more…i have the iris+ and i connected a battery (5000mAh-14.8V) but the Iris+ no replied the rc and it flight very strange, no flight mode did good (althold, Loiter, Auto, RTL and Land), my question is, why happen that? is the battery or some else ?
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Read more…I have upgraded my Iris to an Iris+ and just plugged in the Tarot gimbal for the first time using the instructions on the 3DR site. However, on power up the gimbal with the GoPro H3+ is moving randomly in all directions and the "Tilt" know on the FS
Read more…So yeterday I went out and performed a mission using droid planner. went well, a few minor adjustments and everything will work great. However I also tried to flip my RTL switch on my IRIS+ tx, iris never responded at all. The reason I beleive it did
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