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Colby M posted a discussion
Please forgive me if this is obvious,  but I havnt seen any explanation around. I've been having a really bad time getting altitude hold to work.  Sonar is set up properly and very well shielded.  No matter what I do,  the altitude seems to sink to…
Oct 8, 2011
Colby M posted a discussion
Hello, Yesterday, I was running 2.0.45 (I think),  loaded previously through mission planner 1.0.76.  My stabalize PIDs were turned well and my jDrones hexa flew nicely (impressively well,  actually,  thanks for the good code!) The only problem was,…
Oct 6, 2011
Colby M posted a discussion
Hello,I wanted to report a potential problem and maybe see what can be done to fix it,  or if it solely my fault,  what I can do to avoid it in the future. I just installed a new receiver (Hitec Optima 9) and calibrated my radio.  Next up was…
Oct 3, 2011
Colby M posted a discussion
Hello Everyone, I'm finally got my jDrones Hexa assembled to my specification  (painted,  custom wiring, etc).  I began tuning it today,  so far so good. I noticed that when starting up the motors, some of them,  on occasion, generate a sharp…
Oct 2, 2011
Colby M posted a discussion
Hello Everyone, I've been busy building up my Arducopter Hexa.  I purchased an Autopilot current sensor (180 Amp,  vs the standard 90 amp) and am soon to wire it up. Forgive me if this has been answered else where or is completely obvious,  but I…
Sep 21, 2011
Colby M posted a discussion
Hello Everyone, I'll start by introducing myself.  This is my first post to the community but have been following for quite some time now and have been following the progression of multicopters over the last many years.  I recently found the time to…
Sep 7, 2011