Coty Wood's Discussions (7)

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Pixhawk reading invalid roll

I fear my Pixhawk is suffering from some sort of hardware problem :(

Initially all was well with my Tarot 650 quad after installing the Pixhawk.  Loiter was rock solid and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.  During additional testing however things h

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DCM bad heading = almost lost my craft

Greetings!

I have about half a dozen short flights on a newly built Tarot 650 and this evening I almost lost it due to a "DCM bad heading" issue.  

The flight was going fine and I made the mistake of getting too much altitude and letting the craft get

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Sabertooth 2x12 or 2x12rc

Hi all :-)

I have been trolling this group for a while and am ready to get started on a rover now that the weather/daylight is making flying more difficult.

My plan is to have a land based craft that I can test RC gear on before I put it up in the air

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Bad ESC or Motor?

After putting my hexa back together after a non-trivial crash one of the motors (#5) does not turn at low throttle.  Only at mid-throttle or so does that motor kick in.

I pulled the motor apart and it passes a visual inspection with flying colors...

An

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Strange crash

I had what I thought was a strange crash today...

I was testing some new additions (fpv camera, 5.8 transmitter, jdioboard, LEDs) to my hexacopter when I performed an action I have done several times in the past:  At a decent altitude while in stabili

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