About

Gender

Male


Location

Outside US & Canada


About Me:

I am in the process of starting a drone company for aerial suerveys


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Want to learn as much as I can about the Pixhawk system as i intend to use that as my primary controller


Hometown:

Johannesburg


Activity Feed

Barry D Bolton replied to Jacob Sears's discussion Does anyone know how to do a twin-motor airplane setup?
"I guess you can hook up tw signal wires to Pin number 3 ?"
Jan 22, 2017
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Hello Everyone.I recently had an issue with my GPS/Ser3 port on my drone that seemed to stop working. GPS would received GPS lock on the GPS but no information was displayed on either Mission Planner or on my MinimOSD Setup.Made Ser 3 a mavlink port…
Jul 22, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Morning everyone.I need help as I a at mu wits end.I have the Hobbyking Pixhawk and RCT 30A ESC'sI initially had problems with calibrating my ESC's with my joystick and got a FLY SKY radio as I thought that the problem with my ESC'S was my…
Mar 6, 2016
Barry D Bolton replied to Barry D Bolton's discussion ESC calibration ground station
"Hello Mark,
You are right. After destroying 4 pairs of props and a GPS module I have to say that it doesn't :-)"
Mar 4, 2016
Barry D Bolton replied to Barry D Bolton's discussion Mission planner changes Logitech g310 axis
"Hey Michael. "
Mar 4, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Morning folks.I am using the latest Mission planner with a Logitech G310 game pad. I noticed that the throttle would regulalry " run away" causing a flip over of my drone.The throttle is set up on the left joystick as Axiz Z using Auto detect. Last…
Mar 4, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Morning everyone.I am still waiting for my radio and wanted to test my drone via Mission planner and a Joystick and managed to calibrate the drone via Mission plannedAfter several crashes I noticed that the calibration is not "saved" and that every…
Mar 2, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Good day everyone.I am building my first drone using Pixhawk and want to test it this weekend. I have the SIK radios for the telemetry link and will be using my CH PRO fighter joystick to control the drone. The joystick however does not have any yaw…
Feb 24, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion in Tower (Droidplanner)
Hello everyone.I see that it is possible to add a game controller to Mission planner.Is it possible to add a wireless contoller like this,http://store.orange.com/za/accessories/gaming/moga-pro-controller-f...
Jan 30, 2016
Barry D Bolton replied to Wessie's discussion Skywalker 1900 and X8 Wings now Available in South Africa!
"Server error 500 when trying to go to dronezone"
Jan 10, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Good day everyone and thank you for reading.I have a question about the alternate placing setting of the pixhawk. I am building, as an experiment, a Y shaped frame where the tail rotor will face forward in flight.If I want to do this do I need to…
Jan 6, 2016
Barry D Bolton replied to Barry D Bolton's discussion Y- frame pixhawk reversal
"Good day again Chris. If you don't mind I would like to clarify one thing please. Do I have it right that if want the front end of the pixhawk to face the tial end of the y copter I have to change the pitch to 180?"
Jan 3, 2016
Barry D Bolton replied to Barry D Bolton's discussion Y- frame pixhawk reversal
"Thank you kindly sir"
Jan 2, 2016
Barry D Bolton posted a discussion
Evening every one. Is it possible to mount and or program the pixhawk on a Y Frame where the tail of the pixhawk becomes the nose
Jan 2, 2016