Ground Station Telemetry
I have the short cord for radio to phone. Do a need a special cable or will any micro usb cable work ?
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That ilusive GPS lock
It seems that I am unable to get my IRIS+ to obtain GPS lock and consequently the device will not arm.
I am getting 1.99 HDOP consistently but the indicator LED continues to remain in the bilking yellow state,
Naturally enough, I get the old two tone
Read more…Iris+ External Arm LED Replacement
I crashed my Iris+ over the weekend and am having trouble finding replacements for the external LEDs that go underneath the arms. Two of cables snapped in the crash. Does anyone know where I can get an exact or near-exact replacement?-Craig
Read more…Some issues with Mission Planner and Drivers
Hello, I have been getting acquainted with the installation process for the mission planner and the procedure for upgrading the firmware on the FCB (Pixhawk). I have an IRIS+
First, I notice that the Mission Planner loads "digitally unsigned" driver
Read more…Follow Me or Not ?
I went to the park today and tried the follow me. Set it to hover straight above me. Just stayed off to side and jumped around a lot. As I moved around it would move some but not very close to me, just bouncing around.
Landed -disconnected and reboote
Read more…Canon S100 KAP_UAV Script settings?
I just set the Iris to fly a survey mission at 30m high and around speed of 11mps.
Any setting suggestions? Results below.
Iris+ Random Crash In Flight - Lost In Water
Hey DIY Drones,
This is my first post here, but I felt I would share my story and log with the community. Today I was out for a rather routine flight of my Iris+ from 3DRobotics that included an Auto Flight followed by some manual flight in Loiter mod
Read more…Please Help Iris+ & Mission Planner !
Last night I connected my iris+ to Mission Planner on my computer. I did the initial setup wizard and installed latest firmware(I think) and set some parameters as I wanted. Geo fence-RTL-battery warning.
This morning I go to connect to make sure it's
Read more…Troubles taking off in grass
Anyone else have issues of the iris flipping over when attempting to take off in grass? Mine wants to drift as soon as it gets to hovering rpm, and the legs get stuck in grass, and cause it to flip. As such, I have been putting ping pong balls on t
Read more…Iris + gibal gopro mount screw size?
Does anyone know the exact size of these screws that mount the camera to the gimbal? I am using a T6, but its a little to small. The T7 is too big. What exact size is this?
Read more…How to store Lipo batteries?
How should I store my batteries when I am not charging them. I use a Lipo bag when charging already, Should I store each battery when not changed in a Lipo bag by itself?
txs
M.
Read more…Propeller Washer for Pre IRIS +
Hi gents and ladies,
I'm in a quandry. I have a pre-Iris + that threw a prop on a flight and I lost the little star washer for the propellers. I don't have a replacement in the case it came in so what would be the best remedy? Do I need that toothed/
Read more…iPhone / IPad iOS App for Iris - ever gonna be one?
Has anybody heard anything about an iPhone/iPad version of Tower (aka *Droid*planner 3)?Between my Nexus9 and two Android phones it's not as if I need an iOS version personally, but I sure do hear the question alot. And to be honest, I wouldn't mind
Read more…Position mode in Arducopter 3.2.1 = Drift mode ?
I am testing the flight modes to find the most stable mode for video shooting.
I found I can change the flight modes in the Mission Planner and there are 13 flight modes.
Arducopter homepage explains that Position mode is not available in AC3.2 and hig
Read more…Iris+ takes flight then lands itself thrice
I am looking for some help. i had a couple pretty horrific crashes within the week. one broken arm multiple props bent. anyways I connected to Mission planner, BTW installed a new arm and flew it later that night just to make sure I had repaired it
Read more…How to chagre gopro while in gimbal
Any suggestions. As removing the gopro is not ideal.
I see this
Tarot GoPro Video Cable. Is this what I need?
I don't want to power the camera from the main battery, but use the gopro built in in. Just looking for a more flexible mini usb cable.
txs
M.
Read more…Iris + transmitetr battery level
What's a good battery level reading on the transmitter? At what level should I swap batteries out?
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M
Read more…Traveling with Iris +
Looking at the 3dr case for the Iris to travel to Texas. Any thoughts on that case plus how to travel with batteries?
I have researching on the FAA site about lipo batteries, but still no clear if I pack them in my case or bring them on carry on in t
Read more…GPS Shield Weirdness??
Hi Everyone,
I have owned an original IRIS since March of 2014. I just recently got around to installing the IRIS+ upgrade kit. The upgrade kit came with a GPS shield which I installed as part of the upgrade. You should know that I had also updated
Read more…Iris+ with GoPro in Case
Hi all,
I've worked with a couple drones over the past year, both DJI based, one a Naza M-Lite build and the other a stock S800 Evo.
I'm looking at purchasing an Iris+, but a lot of the filming I hope to do will be over or around water, and was wonde
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