About

Gender

Male


Location

Atlanta, GA


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have a DJI F450 and Pixhawk and just started flying in late 2014.


Hometown:

Eden Prairie, MN


Activity Feed

Colin Blake replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"The 3.3 thread mentions having to set SERIAL2_PROTOCOL to 3, though that's not been sufficient for me.  I am testing with 3.3rc3.  The light on the Teensy is just giving a slow heartbeat, not the fast flashing I am accustomed to.  I would be…"
May 2, 2015
Colin Blake replied to ThatJoshGuy's discussion Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data
"Does anyone have any ideas on this?  Why do I sometimes get two sets of calibration values, and sometimes only one?"
Apr 25, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion APM Planner OSX Menu problems
"Thanks again for the quick help with this.  I confirm that master from this morning compiled with Qt 5.4.1 resolves it for me.  Can you comment how different master is from 2.0.17?  I am looking essentially for an indication of how "safe" it is to…"
Apr 7, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion APM Planner OSX Menu problems
"APM Planner 2.0.17 built using Qt 5.4.1 seems to resolve the menu issue, but I was unable to connect over serial: "Error opening port.  No such file or directory" followed by a crash.  So it looks like 5.4.1 still has that problem."
Apr 6, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion APM Planner OSX Menu problems
"Hi Bill,
Thanks for the quick response!  I just built 2.0.17 from source (are there binaries available?) using Qt 5.2.1.  Unfortunately, I get the same behavior.  Digging around in the Qt forums, I suspect it is related to this:…"
Apr 5, 2015
Colin Blake posted a discussion
Hi,I use APM Planner 2.0.15 for OSX.  I have this annoying issue where the menus open about 6 inches above where they should be.  If I have the window positioned near the top of the screen, you do not see the options at all.  For example, see the…
Apr 4, 2015
Colin Blake replied to ThatJoshGuy's discussion Pixhawk BAD ACCEL HEALTH APM 3.2 - collecting data
"So I think I am being affected by this.  I bought a Pixhawk direct from 3DR in December 2014.  Right off the bat (using Arducopter 3.2), I was having a lot of trouble calibrating it and would frequently calibrate it at home, and then get to the…"
Apr 4, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion Quadcopter unexpectedly ascends extremely fast
"Hi Milo,
I got the quad rebuilt (it goes a lot faster the second time when you know what you are doing) and did a bit of testing.  Vibration seems OK.  See the graph below.  The axis for each value is set to the allowable limits (+/-3 for x/y and…"
Apr 3, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion Quadcopter unexpectedly ascends extremely fast
"Thanks again.  If you want to link to the video, I'd definitely have a look.  The behavior will long be seared in my memory ;-)"
Apr 3, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion Quadcopter unexpectedly ascends extremely fast
"Good points.  Thank you.  Once I get it rebuilt, I will rerun the vibration test, though I am a little afraid to get airborne again without knowing the cause yet.  Is it safe to assume that if I stay in stabilize mode I am reasonably safe against…"
Apr 3, 2015
Colin Blake replied to Colin Blake's discussion Quadcopter unexpectedly ascends extremely fast
"Hi _Milo_,

Thanks.  I did this measurement back when I first built the quad, and while I do not recall the exact results, everything was well within the prescribed limits.  I have not changed anything with the quad that should have affected that.…"
Apr 3, 2015
Colin Blake posted a discussion
Hi,I am fairly new to the ArduCopter and RC flying in general.  I have about 50 flights behind me and most have gone really well.  Today, I crashed twice as a result of my quad ascending very rapidly even though I was using moderate control…
Apr 3, 2015