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Rockville, VA


About Me:

Work to much.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Owner of RVA-UAV in Richmond, VA. We build aerial UAV's for public and government folks. Love everything about this business.


Hometown:

ROCKVILLE, V.A


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Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion X8 Parachute- Out the top or bottom in X8
"Yeah we have a couple of bigger fruity chutes we our going try, this was servo released for hatch ?"
Oct 6, 2014
Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion X8 Parachute- Out the top or bottom in X8
"Any pictures  ?"
Oct 4, 2014
Chris Roberts posted a discussion in X8
I'm about done with my X8. The only left is the parachute deployment and I can't decide what well work better out the top or bottom.Any suggestions ?
Oct 4, 2014
Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion Pixhawk Newbie
"That was it, got movement. Question should I power the Pixhawk off a 5V BEC from the battery, Thinking if the ESC craps out, then I would lose all control surfaces. At least the BEC is powered off the Battery."
Oct 3, 2014
Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion Pixhawk Newbie
"You may have solved my problem... The only power going into the Pixhawk is coming from the 3DR power module, and I pulled the Red wire out of the throttle channel ( ESC ). So It seems I have not powered the servo rail ! Thanks !!    I'm sure I'll…"
Oct 3, 2014
Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion Pixhawk Newbie
"Yes the Bars are moving in the mission planner, just no movement. The motor fires up."
Oct 3, 2014
Chris Roberts replied to Chris Roberts's discussion Pixhawk Newbie
"Last night I tried the PPM encoder, just motor activated still no elevator/ailerons.
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Oct 3, 2014
Chris Roberts posted photos
Oct 2, 2014
Chris Roberts posted a discussion
Hello - I been using Uthere Ruby for a Penguin for sometime now and have had great success, Now I have built a X8 with Pixhawk, Dragonlink, etc. I been reading online 3DR instructions,forums, etc. My complete setup is :-X8-Pixhawk- Dragonlink UHF…
Oct 2, 2014