Nexus 7 Tablet Holder
Here a custom designed holder for the standard Iris+ controller to hold a Nexus 7 tablet. 3D Print.
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New Longer legs for printing (testing Passed)
These will breakaway in the event of a hard land. That is a good thing, they are much longer with the graphite 7mm x 150mm rods and are much much lighter. I just had a hard land due to a battery and lost 1 leg, recovered, put it back down and broke 2
Read more…Follow Me mode while Mountain Biking - Where to place antenna?
Hi Folks. I'm going to be using my Iris+ in Follow Me mode with the Tower app, and I was curious if any of you have experience with this.
My first question is, where do you put the phone and antenna? Can the phone screen be in sleep mode or does i
Read more…HELP: IRIS+ won't pass Prearm check- "compass not calibrated"
Hello all,
I've had an IRIS+ for about 2-3 months, but bad winter weather where I am (western NY) has limited me to only about 3 days of flying. -- So I'm very new to all of this, but I love it!
Problem that just surfaced:
Tried to fly IRIS+ a few days
Read more…Iris + Landing
Hello all,
I have had the Iris for about 7 flights, 5 were crashes, that is fixed now, but I can be paranoid so I have a question.
I had a hard time getting the Iris to shut down when I landed it today, I assume that with the sort legs the iris was not
Read more…Flying the Iris+ in strong winds
This video shows the sort of chaotic winds the #3Drobotics Iris+ can handle. I was able to collect data in 18+ mph without any issue over several days. Wind gusts where much higher and the Iris+ did fine.
Read more…Lessons learned today: Take heed and enjoy
I was on a survey job for the Sacramento Kings new arena and I discovered a few good tips.
• Set your RTL at %30 of battery drain.
• Carry good electrical tape
• Buy a backup Iris+
• Get a lens guard for your GoPro.
I decided to allow my unit drain to 20
Read more…Prototyping gone wrong.... Crash time
I have been doing some drone testing of some things and stuff I have been making. This is a moment from the Drone FPV and from the Glass unit.
The drone lost a prototype leg in flight. Landing with 3 legs vs 4 is never a good choice, especially with
Read more…500 members in Iris group
This group just reached 500 members. Just thought I would point that out. Cheers.
Read more…Iris+ "attacks" wife and consistently crashes whenever she is present
Every time my wife comes out while I am filming with the Iris+ it just starts behaving really weird, often ending up in a crash. On 3 separate occasions its as if the damn thing switched itself into follow me mode, locked onto her, and "attacked."
Read more…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 ?
Read more…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…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.
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…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…What if we make drones that use the same modules as Project Ara
What if we make drones that use the same modules as Project Ara?
Here are some quick links to Ara
Or maybe I am just crazy.
Read more…IRIS+ going on a diet, time to lose some weight.
Kind of started to make these things, about 60% weight reduction in the arms. There are some legs too. Graphite tubing protects the motor wires, makes them strong and modular. I need to add quick disconnects to make them full modular.
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