Gender
Male
About
Location
Fort Collins, CO
About Me:
Hi there! I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and now live in Fort Collins, Colorado. I run a startup company that buys used cellphones and tablets. After work I like to build and fly drones!
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've been obsessed since I was 10 years old, but just got back into the hobby in summer 2013. Just started flying with the APM 2.6 autopilot in January 2014 and not looking back!
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska
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Hi folks!During the work day I run a cellphone trade-in company. We recently bought a batch of 16 Kyocera Hydro XTRM Android phones for T-Mobile. The Hydro XTRM is pretty slow, BUT it is rated for full waterproof for 30 minutes at up to 1 meter…
"James, have there been any updates to your codebase here? Are other commenters still using this for MAVLink over 4G/LTE?
I'm extremely interested in telemetry/control via LTE to DroidPlanner on my Nexus 7. I have one quadcopter with a Pixhawk and…"
I'm extremely interested in telemetry/control via LTE to DroidPlanner on my Nexus 7. I have one quadcopter with a Pixhawk and…"
"Okay! After completely rebuilding the quad and testing with CC3D and many different configurations, I believe the issue was either a solder joint OR my ESCs not being calibrated after the upgrade.
The quad is flying great now. Ready for an auto…"
The quad is flying great now. Ready for an auto…"
"Thanks guys. I considered doing this, but wasn't sure if it would work. I appreciate the validation!"
"How do I completely reset an APM 2.6 running ArduCopter 3.2-rc10? My APM is doing crazy things with my quad, and I just want to reset everything to factory."
Hi folks. My APM 2.6-controlled QAV400 is having major issues. I need your help.The BackstoryI have a QAV400G that has been flying for several months on an APM 2.6 with beautiful results. Most of these flights have been on beta versions of…
"Screamy looks awesome, Kelly. Nice work. You've got my Early Bird pledge!
I lost a QAV250 in some bushes several months ago and never found it. It had $600 worth of gear on it. A Screamy would have saved me $600 and lots of time -- well worth…"
I lost a QAV250 in some bushes several months ago and never found it. It had $600 worth of gear on it. A Screamy would have saved me $600 and lots of time -- well worth…"
"This is spectacular progress! Nice work."
"Hi folks, any ideas here? This is still happening."
My gear:I have an APM 2.6 running ArduCopter 3.2 RC6. For telemetry I'm using the 915MHz 3DR Telem module to talk to a Samsung Galaxy S3 running DroidPlanner. For my OSD I have a genuine DIYDrones MinimOSD V1.1 with the MinimOSD-extra 2.2…
"Hey Gary, flying blenders have feelings too. ;-)"
"Hey all, I haven't been able to find any documentation on Follow-Me parameters. Are there any params I can edit that would adjust leash length?
Thanks!
Brennan"
Thanks!
Brennan"
"@nickthecook
Looks like I'm on ArduCopter 3.2 RC3. Going to upgrade and try this again soon."
Looks like I'm on ArduCopter 3.2 RC3. Going to upgrade and try this again soon."
"Hey All, thanks for the insight!
@Nick - I'll have to check once I'm at the office. Will let you know shortly.
@Christiaan - I did do an autotune when I originally got the QAV400, but I haven't tuned it with the gimbal onboard. Time to tune…"
@Nick - I'll have to check once I'm at the office. Will let you know shortly.
@Christiaan - I did do an autotune when I originally got the QAV400, but I haven't tuned it with the gimbal onboard. Time to tune…"
Hey guys, I just did my first test with Follow-Me mode on my quad. It worked really well. Huge thanks to the 3DR team and DroidPlanner developers. Rock and roll. Frame: Lumenier QAV400GMotors: Tiger 1100kvESCs: Lumenier SimonK 30AProps: APC…
