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Qld
About Me:
Ex aircraft engineer, ex f3a r/c aerobatics competitor, ex manufacturer of r/c products, ex, ex, ex.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Finally going ahead with a project I began 15 years ago!
Hometown:
Nth Burnett
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I have recently completed a 3d printed quad, and installed an old HK2.5 flight controller. I flashed it with copter 3.2.1 and connected a wifi telemetry module so I could use Droidplanner/Tower app on my non USBOTG phone.Specifically, I wanted to be…
"Having studied this RF-70 @ 20,000USD, and your Skywalker X-8 @ $12,500USD, excluding services, I just cannot rationalize your pricing structure."
"I cured it by improving the power supply to the APM. I originally used a 5v regulated power supply when I got all these GPS/compass health messages. The Vcc was fluctuating a fair bit and getting close to the limits so I changed the power supply to…"
"I spoke too soon. Bad compass health is back. I have swapped compasses to no avail. Has anyone solved this issue yet?"
"I have apm 2.5 with an external compass which I have been using in a quad with great success. I just transfered it into an X8 Skywalker and loaded 3.1 and immediately had all kinds of trouble with the compass not calibrating, very slow response in…"
"As a newcomer to APM, I have wondered why GPS altitude is not used or at least referenced as an altitude data redundancy. Maybe it is and I am unaware of it but it just makes sense to me considering the apparent proliferation of problems with…"
Hi guys, a newby to multi's and apm here. Having lots of success along with a few mistakes but no crashes yet :-)I need to fly by absolute alt because many of my waypoints are below home. I tried entering negative relative alts but that doesn't…
