Gender
Male
About
Location
Longview, WA
About Me:
2 years flying Gaui 550 and now flying a APM quad for several months.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in FPV with a quadcopter and of course all the other fun stuff like auto missions with mission planner and RTL etc.
Hometown:
Longview, Washington
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"disregard. Honestly, I am surprised after about 2 weeks no one offered any help. I got help really fast on RCG. I don't mean to offend anyone, just stating the results
The answer is "no". You have to have a controller to operate a gimbal…"
The answer is "no". You have to have a controller to operate a gimbal…"
I want to simply tilt my camera platform with one of the "pots" on the 9xr. and I bought a gimbal motor (Ipower 2208) to do this and I want to avoid having to mess with a gimbal set up. I could have just mounted it on a servo but I really like the…
"Graham,
Weather permitting I am going to try to run until it triggers again, but this time with the current enable in the logs and see if I can determine what is really triggering it.
It may be a week or two as I am leaving for vacation soon. …"
Weather permitting I am going to try to run until it triggers again, but this time with the current enable in the logs and see if I can determine what is really triggering it.
It may be a week or two as I am leaving for vacation soon. …"
"Graham,
I will try to add two screen shots. The first will be of the 1/2 amp battery reserve entry. The second will be of the explanation of this in the Full Parameters.
SORRY this one is a bit hard to read, hopefully it will expand enough…"
I will try to add two screen shots. The first will be of the 1/2 amp battery reserve entry. The second will be of the explanation of this in the Full Parameters.
SORRY this one is a bit hard to read, hopefully it will expand enough…"
"Graham,
Thank you for that graph. I had not seen it before. I had always read that 3.3 was the limit that you need to "shut down" to avoid damage to the Lipo. This shows differently.
BUT, the hard part for me is determining why my quad dropped…"
Thank you for that graph. I had not seen it before. I had always read that 3.3 was the limit that you need to "shut down" to avoid damage to the Lipo. This shows differently.
BUT, the hard part for me is determining why my quad dropped…"
"Graham,
I think I just realized that there are other battery warning settings on the power module site that probably need to be reviewed. I hope to get to that this weekend.
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-measuring-battery-voltage-a..."
I think I just realized that there are other battery warning settings on the power module site that probably need to be reviewed. I hope to get to that this weekend.
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-measuring-battery-voltage-a..."
"Graham,
Thanks. A few clarifying questions. It has a place to enter a low voltage. I entered 9.8 for my 3 cell lip. It also has a place for the reserve amount of amperage you want to keep before FS triggers, which I set for half an amp. on a…"
Thanks. A few clarifying questions. It has a place to enter a low voltage. I entered 9.8 for my 3 cell lip. It also has a place for the reserve amount of amperage you want to keep before FS triggers, which I set for half an amp. on a…"
"Graham, Dave,
Thanks guys for the feedback.
I too wondered if it was tied to the current and not voltage. I have mine current set to trigger at 1/2 an amp which is the lowest value you can use and I know it was not down to that value when the FS…"
Thanks guys for the feedback.
I too wondered if it was tied to the current and not voltage. I have mine current set to trigger at 1/2 an amp which is the lowest value you can use and I know it was not down to that value when the FS…"
I have my battery failsafe set to trigger at 9.8v. BUT it actually triggers at a much higher voltage, today it triggered at 10.64vHere is a graph showing it.
"Tom,
Good question. I am thinking of getting in to AP and if you don't mind, I was curious to know when you use this camera with chdk does this also require an IR light to trigger the photo?
I hope that is not too off topic, if so, I apologize."
Good question. I am thinking of getting in to AP and if you don't mind, I was curious to know when you use this camera with chdk does this also require an IR light to trigger the photo?
I hope that is not too off topic, if so, I apologize."
"Super, thanks for sharing. I just want to confirm it is 8bit processor, right?"
"Thanks! Good info."
"Ravi,
Are you using a servo to manually push the camera trigger button on the camera to take a shot and entering this command in the MP waypoint list? Or?
I am still debating on using the chkdsk method of camera trigger with cannon cameras or the…"
Are you using a servo to manually push the camera trigger button on the camera to take a shot and entering this command in the MP waypoint list? Or?
I am still debating on using the chkdsk method of camera trigger with cannon cameras or the…"
"Colin,
I did look at the logs. The only thing I see a bit weird, is the current drops quite hard just before you switched to loiter. see it in this screen shot? See it also happens just before the roll begins. Not sure what to make of…"
I did look at the logs. The only thing I see a bit weird, is the current drops quite hard just before you switched to loiter. see it in this screen shot? See it also happens just before the roll begins. Not sure what to make of…"
"WOW, sorry to hear that. The good news is that it seems to be tied to Mission Planner if it truly only happens in Auto mode. Was it the same mission or a new one?
I have not looked at the logs yet, but I would strongly suggest you do an…"
I have not looked at the logs yet, but I would strongly suggest you do an…"
"Good to know. If you could add the motors to the logs that may help see if there was some anomaly with one of them that caused it in the future. Like a loose connection or a sporatic value from the esc etc. Last time this happened to me I…"
