Gender
Male
About
Location
Indianapolis, IN
About Me:
I built my first quadcopter following a build posted online. Since then I have made a 1 hour hover quad and a Tarot 680 hexacopter. I recently built a ZMR250 mini-h quad, so I hope to learn how to race soon!
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I want to fly my quadcopter using FPV with the added security of ardupilot failsafe features. I'm also attempting to create 3D models of structures from photos gathered from my multirotors.
Hometown:
Indianapolis
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"Thanks a lot for identifying the issue for me! That will be a big help."
"Turns out the cause was my sonar. Once I disabled it in firmware the hex could hold steady height.
Sonar was probably detecting the landing gear foot, confusing the altitude readings between baro and sonar."
Sonar was probably detecting the landing gear foot, confusing the altitude readings between baro and sonar."
"are you saying that my sonar is always reading between 20 and 30 centimeters? that could be caused by my landing gear. I have tried to mount the sonar out of the way but perhaps I need to angle it outward."
"Logs added."
"One of the weirdest problems that I discovered was that when I only connected the 5V pin of ESC #1 to the pixhawk and powered the gopro from there, the ESC temp measured 300F max at 0.5 emissivity. ESC #2 also became very hot when powering the gopro…"
Hello everyone,I'm a pretty experienced builder and I'm working on my flight practice. I've built several multirotors without serious issue, but my second-hand Tarot 680 Hex is giving me a problem with the BECs.Build: Pixhawk, Tarot680 Hex, 6x…
"Your testing method is a good one and I have some 4S lipos that I could test with. I'll reexamine the max power characteristics with ecalc as well.
It would be nice to get some data as to what PWM range gives me a 2:1 thrust to weight, then tell…"
It would be nice to get some data as to what PWM range gives me a 2:1 thrust to weight, then tell…"
HelloMy long-flight-time quad (APM 2.6, or Pixhawk) is a specialized aerial survey platform using 4S4P unprotected NCR18650B Li-Ion batteries. I have been using Afro Slim 20A ESCs successfully, but I want to be certain that they will not pull more…
Hello everyone,I'm trying to map a large area with a very nice camera, but i require more than the 724 waypoints currently available to write on the FRAM of the pixhawk. Is there a way to increase the number of waypoints available to store on the…
"SOLVED: My quad was overweight for the props I was using. After switching to 10x4.7 from 9x4.7 props I no longer experience VRS."
I built my own Quadcopter following this online buildTurnigy H.A.L. frameTurnigy D2830-11 1000kV motorsSlow-Fly 9x4.7 propsZippy compact 4000mah 3S 25C batteryQBrain 4x25A ESCAPM2.6 with power module. ESCs calibrated, apm autotuned, running…
