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Male


About Me:

Electronics hacker at heart. Interested in the internet of things. RC is my hobby


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Long time RC enthusiast, excited to get into autonomous vehicles.


Hometown:

Boston


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Calum Barnes posted a discussion
My Arducopter kit came with APC 10x4.7 propellers. I'm wondering if these are the only propellers I should use or if there is range of sizes and pitches that will work? Specifically, would it be okay to use my arducopter with 9x6 propellers? 
Aug 16, 2012
Calum Barnes replied to Calum Barnes's discussion Arducopter 3DR-B 880kv motor setup - one motor will not spin
"Thank you! That would make sense, is there good way to figure out which one it is? Thanks for your help, I will look at the connectors now."
Aug 11, 2012
Calum Barnes posted a discussion
Hi there, my Arducopter/APM2 build has been coming along nicely and I think I am almost at the finish line. I am working on configuring my ESCs and am having a problem with one of my motors. I was able to configure my ESCs using automatic (I think)…
Aug 11, 2012
Calum Barnes replied to Gunnar Forsgren mobimation.com's discussion ESC to Motor - "ABC" and motor leads
"THANK YOU! I've been worried I was gonna blow up my ESCs or motors and the ABC is so cryptic"
Aug 11, 2012
Calum Barnes replied to Calum Barnes's discussion Arducopter 3DR-B 880kv Motor Assembly Problem
"Thanks guys! Widened the holes with the drill press today, need to look at one size bit I used, I tried 5/16 first and that was two small then I used the next size up from that and it worked perfectly. "
Jul 27, 2012
Calum Barnes posted a discussion
Hello,Just received my ArduCopter kit and APM2 a few days ago. I have been working on the assembly, and now that I have completed 2 arms I think there may be a problem with the way I am mounting the motors. After completely screwing in the motor to…
Jul 26, 2012