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Male
About
Location
Richmond, VA
About Me:
Retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer I fly, therefore I am
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Hobby. Photography, building, tinkering, and some FPV.
Hometown:
North Chesterfield VA
Activity Feed
"@John Longland:
I have never used the wizard. I prefer using Initial Setup > Mandatory Hardware and Initial Setup > Optional Hardware. Every thing is right there in front of you, including an all at once ESC calibration that works."
I have never used the wizard. I prefer using Initial Setup > Mandatory Hardware and Initial Setup > Optional Hardware. Every thing is right there in front of you, including an all at once ESC calibration that works."
"@Brian Buckmaster:
Power cycling is does cause you to loose settings. Bad Compass Health means Pixhawk cannot communicate to one or more of the compasses.
If you did not uncheck Compass #3 before you run the calibration you will get Bad Compass…"
Power cycling is does cause you to loose settings. Bad Compass Health means Pixhawk cannot communicate to one or more of the compasses.
If you did not uncheck Compass #3 before you run the calibration you will get Bad Compass…"
"Connect your Pixhawk to Mission Planner. Navigate to Initial Setup > Mandatory Hardware > ESC Calibration.
Next to ESC Type you will see a drop down menu that says "Normal." This is the default setting for using "normal" ESCs. Clicking on the…"
Next to ESC Type you will see a drop down menu that says "Normal." This is the default setting for using "normal" ESCs. Clicking on the…"
"NAZA does not like BLHeli or SimonK. NAZA prefers DJI ESCs. DUH... David Garrett said:
I am sure i read somewhere there was an issue with Blheli ESCs.....I could be wrong as it may have been with DJI Naza FC. I use these ones with my Pixhawk and…"
I am sure i read somewhere there was an issue with Blheli ESCs.....I could be wrong as it may have been with DJI Naza FC. I use these ones with my Pixhawk and…"
"Don't even think about using SimonK. With the exception of Little Bees (which are horribly noisy in RFI), jut about any ESC that uses BlHeli will work. ArduCopter 3.5.5 and higher support BlHeli. "
"I looked at the pictures you posted and I realized I have seen this before.
What caused this was I had flashed a Pixhawk new firmware and Mission Planner wanted to know if I wanted to download ChibiOS which is the Real Time Operating System (RTOS)…"
What caused this was I had flashed a Pixhawk new firmware and Mission Planner wanted to know if I wanted to download ChibiOS which is the Real Time Operating System (RTOS)…"
"This can happen for a number of reasons. One problem that is often over looked is the Throttle channel IN THE RADIO may need to be reversed."
"If you are having trouble with Pixhawk booting, try flashing a different firmware like Rover, Airplane, or Helicopter, and then flash with Copter 3.5.7 for a Quad frame. Flashing first with a non-copter firmware will completely over write Pixhawk…"
"Your param file does nothing for me.
What I really need is a detailed step by step description of what you are doing, why you are doing it, what your expectations are, and what are the results.
Another important piece of information is a detailed…"
What I really need is a detailed step by step description of what you are doing, why you are doing it, what your expectations are, and what are the results.
Another important piece of information is a detailed…"
"@Nicholas:
Because no two aircraft are ever exactly alike, the sharing parameters and settings is ill advised.
What is the nature of your problem?"
Because no two aircraft are ever exactly alike, the sharing parameters and settings is ill advised.
What is the nature of your problem?"
"If you invoke during Loiter, the aircraft will stay roughly in place. If you invoke during PosHold, the aircraft will twitch roll in place for a bit, then it will yaw left 90 degrees and it may move forward a few meters. It will twitch roll, then…"
"The side arms are too long. This non-standard configuration confuses the firmware and I'd wager this could be the source of the high vibration levels."
"You have some nasty vibrations which are causing an IMU Mismatch:
Log File C:\Users\Cliff\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp91DA.tmp.logSize (kb) 7007.5458984375No of lines 86863Duration 0:07:34Vehicletype ArduCopterFirmware Version V3.5.5Firmware Hash…"
Log File C:\Users\Cliff\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp91DA.tmp.logSize (kb) 7007.5458984375No of lines 86863Duration 0:07:34Vehicletype ArduCopterFirmware Version V3.5.5Firmware Hash…"
"You have the cable miss-wired. The Yellow wire should be one slot over so that going from right to left you have Black, Red, Blank, Yellow, Blank..
The spot where you have the Yellow wire is the INPUT for S.Port TELEMETRY from Pixhawk."
The spot where you have the Yellow wire is the INPUT for S.Port TELEMETRY from Pixhawk."
"Sure the Pixhawk could be bad, but I have doubts about that which is why I'm focused on the receiver, how the receiver is setup, which firmware you are using on the radio and receiver, and especially how you have the receiver connected to the…"
"Pixhawk should be fine with either S.Bus or CPPM, so either you have the input cable 180 out, there is an open between the Signal wire and the Signal pin on the RCIN port, or the RX is just bad..."
