Gender
Male
About
Location
Gainesville, GA
About Me:
Quadcopter owner
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interesting in obtaining a commercial license for using UAVs.
Hometown:
Atlanta
Activity Feed
"Greg, you are corect that I am the person registered under the new UAS program. Because of that, I am required to follow the rules they setup. I also have a drivers license and am responsible to drive safely. There have been cases that someone else…"
"i had an interesting thought this morning and I was wondering if anyone had thought about this too. I have registered for the UAS registration. Not that I am especially pleased with it, I I have done work for the FAA in the past and have friends…"
"BTW, tin foil verified the camera interference issue. A rather short piece of flashing strategically set to block the GPS module direction worked well. I'll continue to use the Midland camera for now."
"Sure. This is simply the first time for me it was an issue. I do like the tin foil suggestion. That would at least provide a cheap way to see if I want to stay with the camera. If GoPros had this issue, I would have found more like it. I was…"
"I agree with this issue. I have verified I have the same issue. I am using a Midland Helmet camera. I have used a gimbal too, but just switching on the camera leads to GPS problems (3DR). I am in the process of looking at a solution. I have noted…"
"Hugo,
I am still evaluating that issue. I do stand by my configuration settings. I have checked them quite a few times now. During my last test, I switched off both voltage and reserved power checks. I still received the same warning. It appears the…"
I am still evaluating that issue. I do stand by my configuration settings. I have checked them quite a few times now. During my last test, I switched off both voltage and reserved power checks. I still received the same warning. It appears the…"
"When I had my problem, Mission Planner clearly indicated a flight mode err in red. Since Position had been removed, I did not find it in documents. I did chase it down in the source code. That way I could verify the mode in the parameter listing of…"
"Cala,
Your setup sounds a lot like mine. The first time I flew Arducopter 3.2 rc1 I had a crash. It was clear I had selected Position instead of Poshold. I used the wrong version of Mplanner in selecting that mode. It boiled down to simply seeing…"
Your setup sounds a lot like mine. The first time I flew Arducopter 3.2 rc1 I had a crash. It was clear I had selected Position instead of Poshold. I used the wrong version of Mplanner in selecting that mode. It boiled down to simply seeing…"
"BTW, the prop was fine but the arm was replaced (broken). Thank goodness I have spares. A prop could be replaced faster (grin). That tree jumped in front as it went crazy. Not enough time to override that mode."
"I have yet to have my props fail unless I hit something. I keep plenty around should that happen. As it turned out, this was a pilot error pure and simple. I should have had it set for PosHold. I have yet to find a reason to use position."
"Sir, you are correct! It seems I started an older copy of Mission planner. It was set to Position. I had an old link but thought I got rid of the older versions. My bad, but at least I have a good explanation. I am still wondering why it went crazy.…"
"I will certainly check Missionplanner. It should be the latest. Perhaps I clicked position instead of position hold. Now that you mentioned it, that is something to think about. I know 3.2.0 was doing ok. Still, I lost control and couldn't recover…"
"I haven't seen it yet in 3.2. I had some time to test the beta 3.2.1. I'm back to 3.2 now. If it shows up there, I guess I can move back to 3.1.5."
"Did some 3.2.1 beta test. A little over 1 minute things went south and I had a crash. From what the logs seem to indicate, I had an err in flight mode-8. That seems to indicate a failsafe issue with GCS. While I normally use a GCS, I do not use it…"
"Yes, I understand that. As of Dec 10th five commercial use of UAS were approved for 5 companies for commercial work. Film, surveying, etc. All were in line of sight of the pilot. All were under 400 feet flights out of civil airspace.
I am…"
I am…"
I am considering having advertising on my multicopter. I have noted that the manufactures all print their labels on components. That does not appear to be an issue and given the fact every time I fly I seem to attract a lot of attention. I'm…
