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Victoria


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Have been building rc multirotor craft for some time and would like to learn more about arducopter.


Hometown:

Melbourne


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Alfie replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Thanks team,

My skills and knowledge in all things RC have improved out of sight over the past 2 years since discovering APM and this community.

Have donated some cash but wish I could contribute more!

Thank you."
May 21, 2014
Alfie replied to Alfie's discussion New mission planner compass calibration
"I'm told there is provision to select "advanced menu" or similar and an expanded list of options will display."
Apr 22, 2014
Alfie replied to Alfie's discussion New mission planner compass calibration
"Ok. Re-bridged the compass trace and the compass calibration worked perfectly. (Really like the new format) it seems I have an issue with my remote compass. More tinkering required!
Thanks all."
Apr 21, 2014
Alfie replied to Alfie's discussion New mission planner compass calibration
"Hi Steven,
Yes, this is my first quad using an external baro/compass. Gps appears to be fine, hdop around 1.8 using 8 or 9 satellites.
Today, I'm going to enable the internal compass again and retest.

Oh also, my compassmot figure was 24%.

Thanks…"
Apr 21, 2014
Alfie replied to Alfie's discussion New mission planner compass calibration
"Ok. I seem to think the problem may be at my end now. When I turn my compass through North, the heading indication seems to lag and pause around North. I really like the new presentation in Mission Planner."
Apr 21, 2014
Alfie posted a discussion
I have been unable to successfully perform a compass calibration since the latest update of mission planner. Each time I try, I get a message stating words to the effect "data not collected for all directions"When I attempt the calibration, I end up…
Apr 21, 2014
Alfie replied to Steffen Kupka's discussion Can I use expo and/or dual rate on my radio with a quadcopter ?
"Anyone?"
Mar 26, 2014
Alfie replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.1 released!
"Thank you Randy."
Feb 19, 2014
Alfie replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.1 released!
"Hi there,
I hope this question is in the appropriate forum. Some weeks ago, a "hybrid" type loiter was mentioned by Marco and a few others. I read that the feature may possibly be included in a future software release.
Does anyone know if this…"
Feb 19, 2014
Alfie replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi,
Just thought I would share some positive news.
Some time ago, I uploaded V3.0 software to both my hexrotor and quadrotor. After hours and hours of youtubing, backyard hovering and tweaking, I managed to have both machines flying quite well. I…"
Nov 16, 2013
Alfie posted a discussion
Hi all,After much reading I see that there are numerous ways of powering the APM 2.5 control board.At present my board is powered by one of the BEC on one of my speed controls on my hex.I have just received a power module which I am intending to…
Jun 24, 2013