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• LouB March 4, 2014 at 6:18am

  I was able to get Iris up right out of the box for small hovers and then took it to a park over the weekend. I crashed I think because I ran out of battery but the failsafe didn't kick in.

   

  I posted logs and stuff in the forum as I hoped 3DR would be monitoring them especially after the weekend. Also sent an email asking for someone to review the log as it is black magic to me.

   

  Customer service is going to be important for Iris especially with us noobs !
• mike March 4, 2014 at 5:46am

  I got mine and its working like a champ!  It did come with a bad battery but I contacted support and they sent me a new one after about a day. Terpinol you could make a video of you trying to start it showing all your setting and post it here you might get a faster response.
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  Terpinol March 4, 2014 at 1:17am

  Boy, I'm having doubts about my IRIS... It seemed like decent quality hardware, but I've had it a week and still can't even start the rotors, let alone fly it. Admittedly, I'm a noob, but I've gone through the system numerous times and debugged it twice over the phone with 3DR and they've been unable to fix it. They were supposedly going to check with engineers and get back to me, but I'm still waiting. Pretty disappointing experience so far.
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  David Anders February 22, 2014 at 8:06pm

  Lol - yes, it's an experience.  (; 

  But as I said, try to get it at 5 metres (at most) and try to keep it there.  Pick a still day and be light on the throttle - no jerky movements and you'll pick it up quickly.  (:

  Also - have you a flight sim?
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  Ken Fayal February 22, 2014 at 7:50pm

  David,

  I am now laughing.  I didn't know what you meant by "bouncing" until my first outdoor flight. :) 

  I have been playing around with all these little quadcopters for months now and to be honest, even though the IRIS is much more stable, I have a heck of a time with trying anything new because of the cost of this thing.  I'm just going to be working on building up flight hours in Stabilize mode for some time.
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  David Anders February 21, 2014 at 12:00am

  Ken! o.O

  Outside outside outside!  We've seen too many people needing a trip to the doctor and stitches on here - so let's not add to it. 

  Try to learn in stabilise mode first - get it hovering in the air 5 metres without bouncing and then try the other modes.
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  Ken Fayal February 20, 2014 at 10:07pm

  Just got my IRIS today after the first production run.  I got so excited to get this vehicle put together.  The manual says, "Don't operate indoors or in an enclosed area."  Well, I turned on AltHold mode and ever so slowly lifted the throttle.  BAM!  It flew straight up to the ceiling, hit and even though I pushed the throttle down, it came down about 3 seconds later.  No harm no foul, except for the tips of two of the props.  Eh.. I guess I could have put it on stability mode and done that.. but I learned my lesson.  :)
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  Michael Pursifull January 13, 2014 at 9:45am

  For IRIS (hardware) it's http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=48&sid=80d11e78918b1...
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  JB3 January 13, 2014 at 4:52am

  Found it.  Look for the "operations manual" link.

  http://3drobotics.com/iris/info/
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  JB3 January 13, 2014 at 4:48am

  This page has more detailed info.  I found a PDF manual once, but I can't seem to locate it now.

  http://www.arducopter.co.uk/iris-quadcopter-uav.html

  -J

  

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