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Adelaide, South Australia


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Pixhawk, naza, love the autopilot stuff


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Chad replied to Chad's discussion Traditional Heli - Pixhawk Motor Interlock enabled
"Hey Rob,

thanks for the response!, Im keen to know more about this "kill switch" as Im confused on how to set this up? or infact what it is?, am I right to assume here that its just a switch to kill all power to the heli? (my throttle is on channel…"
Mar 13, 2017
Chad posted a discussion
Hey guys, I think this maybe a common issue here but I have everthing setup with my radio (taranis) and modes all set with the 6 pos switch all good, just cannot get the this "motor interlock enable" message to disapear or even arm the unit. I have…
Feb 11, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Tridge, your bang on the money!! did what you said and it worked. Now I guess the questions is, is this release of the firmware due out this year? or no plans for release yet?

Cheers! Andrew Tridgell said:
Hi Chad,
ok, sounds like you are using…"
Jan 3, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Many thanks Tridge,

this makes sense now, I will give it a go an let you know how things go!.

Cheers bud Andrew Tridgell said:
Hi Chad,
ok, sounds like you are using the latest stable release, not "master". I should have explained better.
The…"
Jan 2, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Hey Tridge,

appologies if I have been a little confusing here, but I was meaning I am still getting the same error. This is my first attempt at arducopter type boards (came from naza) so the learning curve is steep for me.

As mentioned I have…"
Jan 2, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Hi Andrew,
I am trying to use the latest firmware release (heli) from the firmware flashing page. I connect and it does it thing, uploads the new firmware and finishes. I then re-connect and thats where it stops with the error.

Now, I have gone…"
Jan 2, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Yeah Im curious when mission planner will be able to achieve this? f8 said:
Yesterday I had the same problem and the same errors but with 3DR Pixhawk Mini. I tried to set BRD_TYPE manualy but then it shows other error msg, something about other…"
Jan 1, 2017
Chad replied to Chad's discussion Pixhack error: Check BRD_TYPE: no lsm303d found
"Yes you are correct! I opened QGroundControl an flashed px4 firmware stack not apm and no errors????? Strange?? Seems to be working but really not use to using this software..i really would like to use mission planner but it looks like it's not…"
Dec 30, 2016
Chad posted a discussion
Hey all, well its been a frustrating time here with the newly purchased pixhack. I purchase a genuine CUAV unit and was told I could run APM/PX4 stack with out any issues, but I simply cannot do it.I have done pritty much everything I could think…
Dec 28, 2016