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About Me:
Civil engineer specializing in water resources
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I want to learn how to use drones to be a more effective engineer.
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OAKLAND
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"By the way, I take full responsibility for the crash, and I'm grateful that the only damage that was done was to my UAV, and not to anyone else's person or property. It's a strong lesson to me, and hopefully to everyone else reading, that not…"
"In retrospect, I'm not entirely sure that the land failsafe had been triggered. Just a day before, I had checked the battery failsafe settings in APM Planner. The available range for critical voltage ranged from 0 to 66,000 something. I figured this…"
Well, one of the shittiest and most destructive things that could happen to a UAV happened to me today. Accidental low-battery LAND failsafe set my 3DR Y6 down... into a pool. I retrieved it immediately and disconnected the battery. Now I'll wait…
"You've probably tried this but check your radio settings and MP display to make sure you're in Stabilize mode. Don't forget to push the red safety button!"
"Thank you for the replies, all! "
The Planner software I'm using on my Mac doesn't seem to have the same functionality as Mission Planner, which I was running for a week on my Mac with a trial version of parallels virtual desktop and Windows 7. For example, I don't see the same DO…
"THR_MAX was set at 80!! I changed it to 1000, sent params to the board, powered down, powered back up and the motors sound much more powered! Time to fly! THANK YOU. "
"Interestingly, there is no THR_MAX parameter to set on my PX4. I see THR_MIN and THR_MID, but no THR_MAX. "
"Cheers, Randy. Thank you for your reply. All the motors are spinning the correct direction and the propellers are installed properly. I haven't checked the motor sequence, yet (i would test it right now, but my 5-day old son is asleep in the next…"
"I'm using the DX7S that came with it, Y6B firmware, airplane mode. "
"Yes, exactly the same.
The ESC calibration (done after calibrating the RC) shows that the motors are capable of much, much more. So it's not a battery issue. It's like there's a limiter on the PX4, not letting full power to the motors. "
The ESC calibration (done after calibrating the RC) shows that the motors are capable of much, much more. So it's not a battery issue. It's like there's a limiter on the PX4, not letting full power to the motors. "
"Hi Chris, thank you very much for the suggestions!
I went through those four steps again, with the following results:
1) Recalibrated the radio, all good.
2) The battery is the Tiger 6000 mAh 35C that came with it, pretty sure it's a 3S.
3)…"
I went through those four steps again, with the following results:
1) Recalibrated the radio, all good.
2) The battery is the Tiger 6000 mAh 35C that came with it, pretty sure it's a 3S.
3)…"
I'm trying to get my RTF Y6 off the ground for the first time. I calibrated the ESCs, checked motor spin, ran the calibration wizard in MP (Turns out I had to run a virtual machine on my Mac to use MP, because APM Planner wouldn't work on it for…
"Turns out all I had to do to get my copter calibrated was install a virtual machine on my MacBook so I could run mission planner on windows 7. I didn't realize the Mac version was still in early beta, but it was basically non functional for me as of…"
"Thank you for posting this!"
"Good to know, thanks! I've been trying to figure out what calibration or setup I need to do, since it's not responding to the remote control (except for during the ESC calibration). I got everything from 3DR, yep.
I don't see a radio calibration…"
I don't see a radio calibration…"
