Gender
Male
About
About Me:
flying fixed wing and helicopter, interested in quad copters
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
mainly quad copter oriented currently
Hometown:
Lake of Constance
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"I like the frame, is it home made or did you buy it?"
"Oh, did not see the prop saver post from troublemaker before, sorry, that was exactly what I was talking about. Fortunately it works for me so far without them (had to mount my motors the other way round and could not fix the prop savers…"
"Hey, I had the same issues with the props. Thought they are really fixed good, but once throttle was up, two of thme went away. But saved me at least one time a new prop, as the removed instead of being broken.
Did you consider to use prop savers…"
Did you consider to use prop savers…"
"Yes, power supply is one of the four ESCs, that converts the ~11V-12V (3cell) to about 5V.
Control commands come from a remote control to a receiver, from there to the APM as indicated
in the picture with the Futaba receiver (I run by the way…"
Control commands come from a remote control to a receiver, from there to the APM as indicated
in the picture with the Futaba receiver (I run by the way…"
"Ah - sorry I meant BEC not BESC."
"Hey dacian,
I'm not sure what you mean with stabilaser, so very likely I'm not using it ;)
Oh - and if your are talking about a way to make the quad stable, that's the
APM and OilPan (the two PCBs) that you can see in the middle. Those
electronic…"
I'm not sure what you mean with stabilaser, so very likely I'm not using it ;)
Oh - and if your are talking about a way to make the quad stable, that's the
APM and OilPan (the two PCBs) that you can see in the middle. Those
electronic…"
"Hey Lenz, glad you like it. I found it really easy, and it is light also, and quick to disassemble again if anything goes wrong. I would be proud if som of my fellow quad-riders use this method ;)"
"Sure, up to now I kept the default values, i.e. I did only setup the RC, no PID changes up to now.
Flying is possible for medium pilots ;) , but I'm sure it's possible to get the quad more stable."
Flying is possible for medium pilots ;) , but I'm sure it's possible to get the quad more stable."
"Yep, agree, plan to have some kind of "hat" for it, may be even cover it with something, but could not wait to get it in the air :D"
"Hey Dean, thanks for the link. These are the terminal blocks I used."
Here are a few pictures of YAQ (Yet Another Quad).First on the floor, nearly ready for maiden:And here are pictures from the maiden flight:It flys with the current alpha version of the software, so far no mods.It is a combination of parts from…
"May be this is meant for remote areas with no or unreliable GPRS? There you could use a drone to collect the data as indicated in the text.
Or, even more likely it is just a matter of battery life. 20 years is quite a lot considering how often I…"
Or, even more likely it is just a matter of battery life. 20 years is quite a lot considering how often I…"
