Gender
Male
About
Location
Redondo Beach, CA
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Tricopters and Quadcopters.
Hometown:
Armonk, NY
Activity Feed
"Excellent - thanks for the advice!"
"Agreed - I've read that switching back to stabalize (I actually took off in stabalize mode both times) would have allowed me to regain control. Do you think the vibration caused the flyaway?"
"Thanks Tearig - I'll double-check the range test of the Rx, but the short-range mentioned above was because I actually turned off the Tx hoping to put the copter in fail-safe land mode. I'm not running telemetry, just have the log files at the…"
"Thanks Stephen! You're absolutely correct, I actually turned off the Tx on purpose (hence the short range) and the copter did not go into failsafe - I'll take your suggestion and look into getting that working on the ground with it disarmed.
Do you…"
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Just built up a custom spider/deadcat-style quadcopter and had two flyaways on the first day trying it out. Talk about two exciting maiden flights! Miraculously, I recovered the quad after both flyaways with no damage on the first and only minor…
