About

Gender

Male


Location

Carlisle Cumbria


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

at the minute i am flying a quad with naza gps fitted . but have just order a APM 2.5 for a fixed wing uav (easystar). i also fly mainly electric rc scale planes


Hometown:

Carlisle UK


Activity Feed

Darren Royle commented on Trung Nguyen's blog post Phantom FX-61 Flying Wing 114 km Flight
"well done ....
I am looking forward to the day when I can post my first 100km flight .
your flight and other flyers doing long range keep me inspired."
Feb 4, 2014
Darren Royle commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 2.78 released
"thank you for all your hard work...well done"
Jan 29, 2014
Darren Royle posted a discussion
HiI am trying to set up the failsafe in adrucopter .I am using a APM2.5 running 3.1 software .My radio is a 9XR with opentx software and an Open  LRS module.I have gone through the instructions and try as I might I cant get it to work  .When I turn…
Jan 13, 2014
Darren Royle commented on Lukasz's blog post APM RSSI 3.3V input
"I just wonder if the "rssi range" will be in arduplane  ?
fingers crossed
cheers darren"
Jan 3, 2014
Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion MP HUD ground speed changes when i turn TX on
"hi again
I check out the GPS ,I got the same problem even when GPS was disconnected.
Next I load a old version of arduplane , but still same problem , so next I did a system reset .
it looks like the apm firmware was corrupted .
I have reset the APM…"
Jan 2, 2014
Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion MP HUD ground speed changes when i turn TX on
"thanks guys , I will try both ideas later today and let you know
how I get on
cheers"
Jan 1, 2014
Darren Royle posted a discussion
Hi everybody . hope someone can helpI am setting up my bixler with APM2.5 2.74  and Open LRS 1w .I notice when looking at the HUD when I turn on TX the ground speed indicator went to70 (this is when plane is sitting still on my living room table)…
Jan 1, 2014
Darren Royle commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Acoustic Source Localization of Emergency Signals from UAVs
"nice to see another positive UAV story"
Dec 12, 2013
Darren Royle posted a discussion
Hi everybody...I have decided to switch 1 of my  APM 2.5 from multicopter to plane.I am using a bixler 1.1 stock setup .But when in STABILIZE mode the plane turns  to the right quite hard ..I have the APM nice and  level , any ideas please…
Nov 19, 2013
Darren Royle commented on Wessie's blog post X-UAV Talon Unboxing Video NOW LIVE
"just watched the video ,,nicely done . look forward to build video .
could you give the surrguested motor , esc etc
cheersdarren"
Nov 12, 2013
Darren Royle posted a discussion
2013-09-27%2014-48-55.tlog2013-09-27%2014-48-55.rloghimy quad went out of control today and ended up in pieces . it as been flying well in all modes for several weeks , only recent change is added minimosd . here the log , hope someone can help me…
Sep 27, 2013
Darren Royle posted a discussion
hi everybody ..I am switching from 3cell lipo to 4 cell  lipo pack do i need to make MP changes ?Its just when I plug the 4 cell in the quad wouldn't arm?I don't have a current monitor .I power the APM from the ESC bec .cheers
Sep 19, 2013
Darren Royle commented on u4eake's blog post Crossing the English Channel (France-England) and back autonomously
"hi and good luck .
if you got the ferry to france ,and went for a fly on the beach ,it would be a shame if your
TX battery went flat and your X8 APM return to home kicked in (set to your club field of course with waiting club member in attendance ) …"
Jul 26, 2013
Darren Royle replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi everybody ..
Yesterday I upgrade to 3.1 from 2.9b. in hope the I could get the "DO_SERVO" to work . I can manually control  the  servo with R/C channel 7,But still no luck in auto mission
Any chance Randy could do  a video or screen shots of MP…"
Jul 22, 2013
Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion twitch after arming ,but flys great . any ideas ?plus Randy please look
"hi again
think I solved the motor twitch.
I remove R/C channel 8 from APM and then change software to  "none " for the action of cannel 8
Now no twitch
But still no luck with the "servo_do" command, any help ?
cheers"
Jul 22, 2013
Darren Royle posted a discussion
hi everybodyyy ..just upgraded from 2.9.1b. to 3.1I didn't upgrade the ppm , I tried but could not get it too . the problem is the motors twitch when the apm2.5 is  armed .but it flys great .Do I need to recalibrate the esc ?I been flying the same…
Jul 21, 2013
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