About

Gender

Male


Location

Orange City, FL


About Me:

60 years and just discovered this hobby. Boy oh boy, am I behind the power curve or what?


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Just getting started and love it. Have a quad and a hex to play with


Hometown:

Orange City, FL


Activity Feed

Bill Barnes replied to Adam's discussion Pixhawk Quadcopter Flipping to Right on Throttle Up?!
"Hi Adam,

Did you resolve this?  Mine is flipping over to the left and cannot figure it out.

Thanks!
Bill"
Nov 7, 2015
Bill Barnes replied to Bill Barnes's discussion RTL returns home but doesn't always land
"Tested RTL several times this afternoon and all went well.
Bill"
Nov 8, 2014
Bill Barnes posted a discussion
This happened to me this morning, twice.  (APM 2.5 w/ external gps/mag).The first time, I flew to the end of the soccer field in Alt Hold mode.  I then flipped the RTL to ON.  It ascended to altitude and returned home. When got back home, it…
Nov 8, 2014
Bill Barnes replied to Casey Nelan's discussion Hiding "BAD Compass Health"
"Success!  I mounted the external gps/compass and now my magfield reading is down to 263 and change.

I noticed that after I cut the trace (I have a 2.5 board) that the onboard compass still has a little influence in Mission Planner.  With the PCB on…"
Nov 8, 2014
Bill Barnes replied to Casey Nelan's discussion Hiding "BAD Compass Health"
"Thanks Randy, that eases my mind a lot. :-)
Bill"
Nov 6, 2014
Bill Barnes replied to Casey Nelan's discussion Hiding "BAD Compass Health"
"Hello everyone,
I have APM 2.5 on an FW550 Hex and also have a Bad Compass Health message in Mission Planner. My magfield is always fluctuating between 499 and 502 no matter what I do.
mag_ofs_x is -92
mag_ofs_y is 64
mag_ofs_z is -47

 I have done…"
Nov 6, 2014