I'm flying an Arduplane with telemetry. I've noticed while in "AUTO", passing through a "way point" the throttle and current goes up. Is there a parameter that I can change to lower the throttle? Or any help will be appreciated.
Thx, Brian
Read more…I like to share.When the radios stop connecting, a person wonders where to start trouble shooting!!! Long story shorten.... I had the system working in my flying wing (only 2 micro servos). Moved the complete system to a Glider which has 6 SERVOS!!!
Read more…I flew my FX-61 with the X8 the params. The flight went ok. My question: I need to Auto-Tune the FX 61, will it tune with the X8 params loaded or do I need to load some say ... default params and then do a Auto Tune??
Thanks, Brian
Read more…I have been flying the Skywalker X8, put all my gear into the FX79. My question: Can I us the X8 params and then goto Auto Tuning mode to Tune or do I need to install a Default settings and then Auto Tune?
Thx, any input will be appreciated.
Brian
Read more…After loading a waypoint file, Is there anywhere the file name is displayed in the "Flight Plan" screen?
Thx,
Brian
This is process I go through using Telemetry ONLY....
While in flight .... flying a mission:
1) GOTO: MP/ Flight Data/ Do Action (Loiter)
2) GOTO: MP/ Flight Plan/ Load WP File/ Write WPs/ Read WPs ( double checking that it got written)
sometimes I'll a
Read more…I found out by chance that I had been running the Power Module with the 3DR radio telemetry on my 6s setup! The APM PM is rated for 18volts. The 6s Lipos at 25.2v are over the specs. Is there any power module rated for say ...... 30V? Or any othe
The is rated for 18volts. I use 6s Lipos which will be over the specs. Is there any power module rated for say ...... 30V?
Thanks,
Brian
Read more…8-10-2014
Skywalker X8
Tiger Motor MT2826 KV380
Propeller 16 x 10
Zippy 6s 3000mah x 2 (I had 3 x 3000mah batteries but flies better with 2)
APM 2.5
Power Module
Telemetry 3DR
Flying weight = 2812 gram/ 6.2 pounds
Keychain Camera
Using:
Mission Planner 1.3.7
Ard
Read more…Grounded :-(
Just came back from flying! When it landed I noticed it was missing the left winglet. Anyone have one or know where I can get the winglet part. Or is there any other plane that might have the similar part?
Thx, Brian
ArduPlane
Trying to understand the some of the process. I have done some comparisons of params in a spreadsheet and come across some findings.
Am I correct in saying of the PARAMETERS in the firmwares only:
1) I assume there are Default params in the f
Read more…My Skywalker X8
I'm running ArduPlane V2.76
To start with, here are my tlogs 2014-05-15%2019-40-50.tlog
and video (from a keychain cam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eqQnTWkuwg
The problem is, there is a fierce up and down shake.... in the video abou
I'm running ArduPlane V2.76
To start with, here are my tlogs 2014-05-15%2019-40-50.tlog
and video (from a keychain cam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eqQnTWkuwg
The problem is, there is a fierce up and down shake.... in the video about at 2:15 into
Read more…Has anyone tried to merge (join) 2 missions? Not sure what I did will work, but this is what I did. Opened Mission 1 in notebook. Opened Mission 2, deleted lines 1 and 2, copied remaining text and pasted below the last line of Mission 1. Lastly, renu
Read more…Is there a graph for telemetry signal strength in the logs file or a "Graph This" when you click on "Tuning"??
Thanks, Brian
Read more…Sometimes there is so much info a person can get lost, confused or just forgot where to look. It maybe "early alzheimer's". Anyway, I trying to retrieve the total distance of a flight. I tried extracting from the t-logs and looking at graphs, etc...b
Read more…My X8.
I'm at my wits end!! Any help will be VERY MUCH appreciated.
Things I have changed and tested after each change with no results:
1) Level the APM to the center line of X8, re did all "Initial Setup" in MP
2) remove the end point on travel, wa
Not too sure this is the correct forum. If not please direct me.
My plane is a Skywalker X8. I'm still in early flight stage. I'm thinking I don't have enough deflection to keep the plane in level flight in say.. FBWA Mode.
My question: Is there a Para
I had my first maiden X8 flight the other day. It flew great off the bungee launcher and in Manual Mode, straight and level. But when I witched to FBWA, it headed down at a downward angle, Had to put it in Manual MODE to recover. I had it a Bixler 2
