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About
Location
Cheyenne, WY
About Me:
Ex-ultralight and hangglider pilot, illustrator, graphic designer, CAD & Animation Designer, RC pilot. websites: www.skywardrc.com, www.pilgrim13.com
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Started out in RC helis and morphed into FPV multirotors. I am most recently building autonomous multirotors and long range FPV systems. Mission Planner is clearly the best amateur system on the market for the serious UAV builder. My current FPV Penguin is capable of 2+ miles.
Hometown:
Cheyenne, WY
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I have a new APM2.5 which was damaged by exceeding the .5A current limit. I added a .6 A Pan servo to the board and the result was a hardware failure. I can get the Terminal and Mavlink connections, but terminal always starts with dataflash and…
"Here is a revised schematic with the mod you mentioned and the rails corrected. The Pan servo is a Henge MD260 with 600mA draw. I did not exceed the max by much, but that may have been the culprit.
I am not sure what to try next on the board. There…"
I am not sure what to try next on the board. There…"
"Well, I didn't have a second power supply to the Output Rail. My mistake. I guess I was confused by the new supplied APM Power Module (rated 2.25A) and the absence of the JP1 jumper.
I tested and found continuity across the fuse near JP1, which I…"
I tested and found continuity across the fuse near JP1, which I…"
"Wow, I can't believe you didn't get any responses to this! Thanks for sharing your research. I am using DORA to integrate RSSI to my MinimOSD, and definately appreciate your work. Thanks, Al"
"FYI, I sent off an email to help@3drobotics.com describing the symptoms. I just got the following email back from 3DR. I know you can get this technology cheaper from China once they have time to copy it, but tell me you would ever get a response…"
Well, my APM2 quad just flipped upsidedown in flight about 3 feet off the ground. Very minor damage to aircraft. Now, the APM2 won't transfer data through the Mavlink. All indicator lights come on except the orange data rx/tx are dead. The Mission…
"Have you had any problems resulting from the bipass thus far? Are you powering the APM from the Output rail only with the jumper in place? Thanks, Al"
I recieved my new APM 2.0 a few days ago. I tested the board, then installed it in my existing Gaui 330x quad. All was good to the point that firmware and config. was done, ESCs successively armed. I even did a spin up of the motors and all was…
