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Cannock


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Have F450 Quad with APM 2.5 Ublox gps, external compass, Liquid image Ego HD camera. Radio Futaba T9CP


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Cannock


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Andy Newman replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.1 released!
"Says to me that the motors are more efficient spinning in one direction than the other.  Mine also have always showed the same imbalance and I have flown the quad almost daily for a year now with no problems. 

I also use RcTimer 30A esc. My motors…"
Mar 12, 2014
Andy Newman posted a discussion
Hi.I tried posting this on the support forum but as of yet had no response.I have built a new quad and run 3.1 using V configuration and having a problem with the quad climbing rapidly in drift mode. The quad is very stable in stabilize, loiter &…
Feb 7, 2014
Andy Newman replied to Andy Newman's discussion Bixler apm 2.5 Flying upside down
"Managed to get out today and try it.  Thanks chaps, had a good 20 min flight with it in manual, acro, fbwb, loiter and also rtl  all seemed to go well.  Next step is to get my fatshark camera on it and try a bit of fpv.  Only done fpv with my quads…"
Jan 11, 2014
Andy Newman commented on Scott Berfield's blog post Adding External LED Indicators and a Piezo Beeper for Arm and GPS Status
"Thats one of my auctions.  There is a fully built one as well."
Jan 9, 2014
Andy Newman replied to Andy Newman's discussion Bixler apm 2.5 Flying upside down
"Thanks chaps, as soon as the weather improves, ill give it another try.

Andy."
Dec 30, 2013
Andy Newman posted a discussion
Hi all.I fitted an apm 2.5 to my Bixler and took it for a test flight today.  Took off in manual mode and got some height and then tried loiter.  The Bixler promptly turned upside down and flew that way with some roll oscillations.  I went back to…
Dec 28, 2013
Andy Newman replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi all.

I had a crash yesterday after flying in loiter simple mode.  I was doing pirouettes whilst flying in a large circle.  I noticed that the copter started banking quite a lot so I stopped the pirouettes and the copter became unresponsive and…"
Nov 10, 2013
Andy Newman posted a discussion
Hi all.After having a good flight today at a local castle ruin(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtqkxcQ5gk). I as always checked my quad over for any problems. All the usual things like loose screws, connections etc.  When I got to my propellers I…
Jul 10, 2013
Andy Newman replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Hi.
Can anyone tell me what the compass offsets are measured in ? is it degrees, radians, or magfield, or even something else? The reason I ask is that since I have had my apm 2.5 I have always had the Z offset up around the -300s whilst the X & Y…"
Jul 4, 2013
Andy Newman replied to Seth's discussion another Android GCS
"Hi.
Great app, although I have not been able to find where it stores tlog files.  I can see the kml files but no tlog files.

Can you point me to the save location please.

Regards. Andy."
May 10, 2013