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Gold Coast
About Me:
Full time geek/nerd www.mitchell-tech.com
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
i just like things that fly PLUS i'm lazy so if they can do that by themselves...even better :)
Hometown:
Gold Coast
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"Hi Mate,
Yeah long time since i was building my own drones, i muck about with DJI drones these days, been to DJI china for repair training too.
But to answer the question, Yes they can be mounted underneath.
Octocopters have motors above and below,…"
Yeah long time since i was building my own drones, i muck about with DJI drones these days, been to DJI china for repair training too.
But to answer the question, Yes they can be mounted underneath.
Octocopters have motors above and below,…"
"Doh!
i fried the servo outputs on my original atmega2560, the replacement board i bought has an atmega1280..i never noticed :(
APM 2 sounds like the right choice :)
Thanks Chris."
i fried the servo outputs on my original atmega2560, the replacement board i bought has an atmega1280..i never noticed :(
APM 2 sounds like the right choice :)
Thanks Chris."
"AC 2.0.40 BetaMission Planner 1.2 Mav 0.9
My bad, i should have checked the versions. I see that ArduCopter is up to 2.7.1When i tried to upgrade the firmware it says "Firmware is to big for a 1280, Please upgrade your hardware!!"
What is the newest…"
My bad, i should have checked the versions. I see that ArduCopter is up to 2.7.1When i tried to upgrade the firmware it says "Firmware is to big for a 1280, Please upgrade your hardware!!"
What is the newest…"
"This will be a monumental achievement!
tho it's a shame nasa won't have a chase cam for this. I was hoping someone would re-enact the landing sequence with a quadcopter and rover, that would make for an excellent project. i would crash but i'm sure…"
tho it's a shame nasa won't have a chase cam for this. I was hoping someone would re-enact the landing sequence with a quadcopter and rover, that would make for an excellent project. i would crash but i'm sure…"
Suggestions on improving flight are welcome :)Testing the quadcopter in autonomous modes. I normally fly in Stabilize mode but today we tried switching to loiter and then tried to use the mission planner to "fly to here".I have some work to do on…
I've noticed on my motors and a lot of other motors that having the motors above the quadcopter means that the max lift capacity relies on the little C-Clip under the motor shaft which leads me to my question, would it not be better to mount the…
I accidentally shorted motor outputs 3&4 to +5v leaving my Quadcopter with only 2 working motor outputs(1&2). Outputs 5&6 are still operational and was wondering how to go about re-routing outputs 3 to 5 and 4 to 6 so i can still use this board to…
"Heres the parts list, you can get them from this ebay store http://stores.ebay.com.au/meleeshop-c-o-m
The parts arrived by DHL nice and fast, nothing was damaged and at all works as expected. I did have to flash the controller though so the craft…"
The parts arrived by DHL nice and fast, nothing was damaged and at all works as expected. I did have to flash the controller though so the craft…"
So far this Quad Copter has cost about $350(AUD) to build including the radio gear. I will post a build list soon.I had thought this was going to be an expensive hobby to get in to but have been pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to assemble,…
