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Male


Location

Charlottesville, VA


About Me:

Newbee. 450 mm quad. Talon tri. Trex 500.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Like to engineer. Like to build. Like to code. Suck at flying. Ergo,UAV.


Hometown:

Charlottesville, VA


Activity Feed

Bud Zirkle replied to Aeropixel's discussion ESC problem? What does this means? in ArduCopter User Group
"You should verify connections between the ESC and the motor.  Almost looks like one of the three may be bad."
Mar 14, 2013
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
This appears to have changed since 1.2.29.  Now when clicked the button changes to "Click when done".  Is there a new process that needs to conducted here?  Nothing appears to be happening and the HUD does not indicate a level quad.
Feb 26, 2013
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
All,I'm doing some testing on a new quad and noticed something I don't quite understand.  The log graph below shows throttle input and corresponding ESC outputs.  Quad is on a level surface, no props.  With steady throttle input, motors 1 and 2 (RF…
Jan 14, 2013
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Does anyone know if raw sonar readings are available in the Tlog file for graphing?
Dec 3, 2012
Bud Zirkle replied to Maqbool's discussion Data Extraction from Mission Planner in Excel in ArduCopter User Group
"Not sure about version 1.2.13, but in 1.2.23 click on Tlog>KML or Graph under the Telemetry Logs tab, then choose Convert to CSV.  Select the tlog file you want and you'll end up with a CSV by the same name."
Dec 3, 2012
Bud Zirkle replied to Bud Zirkle's discussion Quad motors jump to near full throttle in ArduCopter User Group
"Log graphThrottle Test.jpg"
Nov 28, 2012
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Gents,All ESCs have been calibrated and motors run up smoothly with the throttle through the entire range when connected directly to the receiver.  When connected to APM 2.5, motors jump to near full speed with little throttle input.  THR_MIN is set…
Nov 28, 2012
Bud Zirkle replied to Lukas Bures's discussion THR_MIN param
"Was there ever any feedback on this?  THR_MIN seems to have no effect."
Nov 26, 2012
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
What happened to the reverse check boxes?
Nov 26, 2012
Bud Zirkle posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
I'm a newbie here and not quite sure how to go about loading a param file into Mission Planner.  Don't see any options under the Configuration tab to do that.  I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.  Any guidance appreciated!
Nov 25, 2012